Medical Director

The role

You will serve as the senior clinical leader for supportive and palliative care in your market. You will lead the local care team, provide direct patient care, and help shape the supportive oncology model across California.

What you will do

• Lead the day-to-day clinical work of the care team in your market.
• Supervise Nurse Practitioners and nurses.
• Act as the collaborating physician of record for local Nurse Practitioners.
• Oversee Supportive Care Physicians as the team grows.
• Serve as the first point of clinical escalation for the market's care team.
• Provide direct patient care through virtual and in-person visits.
• Manage symptom management, goals-of-care conversations, advance care planning, and family meetings.
• Take part in remote supportive oncology on-call coverage.
• Design and refine the supportive care model and symptom management protocols.
• Build relationships with oncology practices, primary care physicians, hospice, home health agencies, and health plan partners.

Required qualifications

• Physician (MD or DO)
• Board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine or have at least 3 years of practice in palliative and supportive care, with primary board certification in internal medicine, family medicine, oncol
• Active, unrestricted California medical license or willingness to obtain one
• Experience in palliative and supportive care practice after fellowship
• Experience leading or supervising clinical teams
• Strong communicator
• Comfortable with technology
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Compliance with Daymark's Employee Vaccination and Testing policy
• Valid driver's license for roles requiring in-home visits

Nice to have

• Experience with meaningful oncology patient populations
• Experience in community-based, home-based, or outpatient palliative care

Before you apply

• Candidates without BLS certification at time of hire must coordinate to meet requirements by start date
• Candidates without vaccination/testing compliance must coordinate to meet requirements by start date

About the company

Daymark Health is a value-based oncology company redefining the cancer care experience for patients, providers, and health plans. It uses a hybrid in-person and virtual care model to provide personalized cancer care.