Family Medicine, Lead Physician Primary Care - Over $300k Potential Compensation

Job Description

Over $300k Potential Compensation

AbsoluteCare is seeking a dynamic, mission driven Lead Physician, Primary Care in Pittsburgh to put the principles of team-based collaborative care and population health into action for our medically complex & socially vulnerable members

AbsoluteCare cares for some of the most medically complex and socially vulnerable individuals. Our model moves care out of the ER and into a comprehensive, person-centered environment that delivers dignity, access, and whole person support.

You will work in a model built around:
Smaller patient panels, 10-12 patients per day
Longer visits & deeper relationships
Interdisciplinary, team based care
A focus on prevention, reduced utilization, and better outcomes

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality primary care to a panel of members, managing chronic diseases, acute conditions, and preventive needs.
• Lead the pods interdisciplinary care team and ensure coordinated, whole person care grounded in evidence based practice.
• Coach, mentor, and develop clinicians in primary care, urgent care, and community based care delivery; support them in effectively leading their own interdisciplinary teams.
• Participate actively in population health huddles, guiding teams toward achieving quality, utilization, and preventive care benchmarks.
• Manage acute exacerbations of chronic illnesses onsite and determine when escalation to higher levels of care is required.
• Accept same day, next day, and urgent appointments, including members recently discharged from hospitals, ERs, or skilled nursing facilities, to prevent readmissions and ensure stabilized transitions of care.
• Track member status across the entire care continuumhospitalizations, ER visits, SNF stays, home based careand intervene early to reduce preventable utilization.
• Collaborate with social work, care management, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, and behavioral health to build and implement comprehensive plans of care.
• Monitor, track, and achieve key quality metrics and outcomes tied to value based care performance.
• Participate in leadership meetings with the Medical Director and help shape clinical operations, workflows, and strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of clinical protocols, care pathways, and upskilling initiatives that support top of license practice across all clinical roles.
• Utilize the electronic health record at full capacity to support documentation, quality efforts, patient tracking, and workflow efficiency.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case reviews and recommend treatment strategies to resolve ongoing clinical issues.
• Provide on call coverage in rotation with other providers.
• Perform additional duties consistent with chronic care, complex care management, and the needs of the center.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted medical license in the state of employment.
• Experience in primary care, inpatient medicine, and/or community based care settings serving complex populations.
• Proven ability to train, mentor, and support physicians and advanced practice providers.
• Strong interpersonal communication, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead initiatives, and contribute to operational and clinical improvement.
• Independent, collaborative, and mission driven, with demonstrated interest in population health, utilization management, and continuous development of a value based care model.

Why Work at AbsoluteCare?

AbsoluteCare serves some of the most vulnerable individualspeople with complex, chronic conditions who often rely on emergency rooms for basic care. We transform that experience by bringing them into a comprehensive, member centered care model rooted in dignity and access.

We provide care beyond medicine through an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, and medical assistants who have the time and resources to understand and address members needs. Essential services such as pharmacy, labs, imaging, nutrition, and urgent care are available under one roof.

Our work extends into the community to remove barriers to care and reach those who need us most. Everything we do is guided by our core values of accountability, caring, trust, and teamworkACT2.