Akeso Occupational Health

Title: Physician

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Salinas, CA

Specialties: Occupational Medicine

Bonus: Relocation bonus offered

Summary

The Clinical Staff Physician provides direct patient care 100% onsite as the Primary Treating Physician for occupational injuries, collaborating with therapists and specialists to optimize outcomes and expedite case closure. The role includes managing clinicians and support staff, ensuring compliance with medical and regulatory standards, participating in center leadership and quality improvement initiatives, maintaining client and payer relationships, and supporting staffing and financial aspects of the center. Requires MD or DO with unrestricted state medical license, board certification or eligibility in occupational medicine or related fields, and 5-8 years of relevant clinical experience.

Added on: 08/26/2025

Full Job Description

Description

The Clinical Staff Physician works with the Center Leadership Team at assigned Center, and under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer directs the Center's medical policies and programs ensuring the delivery of affordable, efficient, responsible, and accountable occupational healthcare of the highest quality to business, industry and patients in accordance with Agile’s policies, practices and procedures. Relocation bonus offered.

Responsibilities

  • Spends 100% of time in a center providing direct patient care, leading by example, enhancing processes and procedures to minimize visit times, and creating an exceptional patient experience
  • Ensures day-to-day execution as the Primary Treating Physician (PTP) for all injuries collaborating with therapists and specialists to drive optimal clinical outcomes and expedite case closure
  • Manages clinicians and support staff and complies with all supervisory physician requirements for PA/NPs
  • Creates a professional and collaborative working environment with full colleague participation that promotes teamwork, quality, exceptional outcomes, and patient safety
  • Works with medical leadership to identify and implement changes to ensure continuous clinical improvement and efficiency
  • Masters use of clinical systems to ensure efficiency, excellent supportive documentation, appropriate and optimal coding levels, charge capture, and follow through on all patient care orders
  • Ensures compliance with individual State Practice Act/Rules and Regulations/WC Regulations
  • Calls and communicates to employers on all new injuries and other significant clinical changes
  • Actively participates in team meetings with Center Manager and Center Therapist to improve quality, patient safety, case management, and ensures the ongoing development and growth of the center's business
  • Maintains and cultivates relationships with center clients and payers while responding to requests within 24 hours
  • Works with medical and clinical leadership to manage clinical and support staffing levels and proficiencies that will optimize patient satisfaction, workflows, and efficiencies
  • Develops and supports colleague success through all aspects of the talent life cycle for staff clinicians and support staff within the center
  • Fosters an environment of collaboration, professionalism, patient/colleague safety, quality care, continuous improvement and reward and recognition
  • Promotes center initiatives and workflows that are consistent with those in other centers
  • Possesses financial awareness and provides input to center budget and key business metrics
  • This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

Education/Credentials

  • Graduate of an accredited medical program with a M.D. or D.O. with an unrestricted medical license in the state where employed
  • Board certified or eligible by ABPM, ABFM, AOA, or medical board in the state where employed and in accordance with state laws of practice
  • Licensure requirements of the state of jurisdiction
  • BLS and AED Certified; ACLS Certified, preferred
  • NRCME Certified (DOT Medical Examiner)
  • DEA required

Job-Related Experience

  • Five to eight years of experience in occupational medicine, urgent care or an emergency setting

Job-Related Skills/Competencies

  • Ability to make decisions or solve problems by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose quality solutions
  • Outstanding customer service skills as well as the ability to deal with people in a manner which shows tact and professionalism
  • The ability to properly handle sensitive and confidential information (including HIPAA and PHI) in accordance with federal and state laws and company policies
  • Demonstrated knowledge of occupational medicine requirements (state specific)
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of clinical operations, OSHA, DOT
  • Medicine knowledge
  • Biology knowledge
  • Chemistry knowledge
  • Systems evaluation knowledge
  • Knowledge of human behavior and performance
  • Customer and personal service knowledge including needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction
  • Judgment and decision making
  • Critical thinking
  • Speaking to effectively convey information to supervisors, peers, or customers
  • Demonstrated knowledge of techniques and information needed to diagnose and treat human injuries
  • Demonstrated administration and management knowledge
  • Fosters a cooperative and harmonious working climate conducive to maximize employee morale and productivity
  • Ability to put patients first and enjoys treating patients
  • Must be a team player in a multidisciplinary environment
  • Demonstrates a value of all contributions to product and outcome
  • Displays a professional, approachable, and selfless demeanor at all times both to external and internal clients
  • Agrees, supports, and commits to Agile’s core practice standards and policies and procedures
  • Skilled in reviewing the clinical work of others according to professional standards and practice guidelines
  • Ability to supervise, evaluate, and develop staff
  • Ability to display high degree of inspiration for team members to retain focus of providing highest levels of customer satisfaction
  • Willingness to learn and continuously improve, to be audited, observed, and reviewed; is positively responsive to feedback
  • Basic computer skills, including email
  • Preferred experience with electronic medical record application
  • Demonstrated ability to coach, instruct and teach