Medical Director Physician

About Core Clinical Partners

At Core Clinical Partners, we re redefining healthcare partnerships by doing things better.

As a physician-founded, owned, and led physician services company, we offer the personalized care of a local group with the support and resources of a national company while staying debt-free, allowing us to stay true to our mission. We actively engage and empower our clinicians, and our localized approach ensures the needs of each clinician, hospital, and community are met.

Your expertise is valued, your voice is heard, and your impact is real. Together, we re not just providing care; we re redefining it.

The Opportunity

Core Clinical Partners is seeking a Hospital Medicine Medical Director to lead our established program at St. Mary's Healthcare in Amsterdam, New York.

This is an opportunity for a physician leader who wants to remain clinically active while helping shape the future of a growing hospital medicine program. The Medical Director will partner closely with hospital administration, nursing leadership, Emergency Medicine leadership, and Core Clinical Partners operational leadership to drive quality outcomes, strengthen clinician engagement, support operational performance, and advance strategic program initiatives.

The role includes dedicated Medical Director compensation, protected administrative time, and the opportunity to influence program direction while maintaining an active clinical practice. The clinical and administrative structure will be tailored to support the needs of the program and the responsibilities of the physician leader selected.

Highlights

• Physician-founded, owned, and led organization
• Opportunity to lead and grow an established hospital medicine program
• Protected administrative time to support Medical Director responsibilities
• Clinical leadership role with continued active practice
• Collaborative leadership model across Hospital Medicine, Emergency Medicine, hospital administration, and Core Clinical Partners

About the Program

St. Mary's Hospital Medicine program is an established 10-clinician practice supported by a daily coverage model that includes day physician, day NP/PA, and nocturnist coverage.

Program Highlights

• 10-clinician Hospital Medicine team
• Daily coverage model includes:
  • 2 Day Physicians
  • 2 Day NPs/PAs
  • 1 Nocturnist Physician
• Mid-40s average daily census
• Transitioning to a closed ICU model in early 2027
• No Procedures required
• Meditech Expanse EMR with Dragon
• Collaborative environment with nursing leadership, administration, and multidisciplinary teams

Core Clinical Partners manages both the Hospital Medicine and Emergency Medicine programs at St. Mary's Healthcare. This integrated leadership structure fosters close collaboration between departments, supports patient throughput initiatives, enhances communication, and creates alignment around quality, operational, and patient experience goals.

About St. Mary's Healthcare

St. Mary's Healthcare is an independent community health system serving Montgomery and Fulton Counties in Upstate New York. Since 1903, St. Mary's has been committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality healthcare while maintaining deep roots within the communities it serves.

The organization has earned recognition for its commitment to patient safety, quality, community service, and workplace culture, including:

• Forbes Top Hospital 2026
• Leapfrog "A" Hospital Safety Grade
• Times Union Top Workplace
• Top Workplace Leadership Award
• Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care
• NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition across multiple primary care practices

These recognitions reflect St. Mary's ongoing commitment to clinical excellence, patient safety, clinician engagement, and continuous quality improvement.

Medical Director Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to physicians and advanced practice clinicians
• Partner with hospital administration and Core Clinical Partners leadership to achieve program goals
• Support clinician engagement, retention, and professional development
• Lead quality improvement and performance initiatives
• Collaborate with Emergency Medicine leadership on patient flow, admissions processes, and operational priorities
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning efforts
• Support program growth, strategic planning, and operational excellence
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and exceptional patient care

Qualifications

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• Hospital Medicine experience required
• Prior physician leadership experience preferred
• Demonstrated interest in quality improvement, operations, and physician leadership
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Eligible for unrestricted New York medical licensure

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive clinical compensation
• Dedicated Medical Director Stipend
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
• CME allowance
• Leadership support and development opportunities through Core Clinical Partners