Mid Level Critical Care Physician Jobs
Mid level critical care physician jobs go to physicians ready to independently manage complex patient care, mentor residents, and drive clinical decisions across the ICU with limited attending oversight. Openings are predominantly on-site across Healthcare & Medical Services and Education, with employers like Allegheny Health Network, Novant Health, and Prisma Health hiring at this level now.
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Clinical Physician Executive – Critical Care & Pulmonary Services
Novant Health is seeking a Clinical Physician Executive, Critical Care & Pulmonary Services to provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for critical care and inpatient/outpatient pulmonary programs across the Triad Region. This physician leader will partner with executive and clinical leadership to advance quality outcomes, support program growth, drive operational excellence, and ensure exceptional patient care delivery across multiple hospital settings.
The Clinical Physician Executive will play a key role in developing and executing regional strategy, fostering physician engagement, leading quality and safety initiatives, and supporting the continued growth and advancement of critical care and pulmonary services.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical and operational leadership for critical care and pulmonary services across the Triad Region
- Partner with system and regional leadership to develop and execute strategic plans, operational priorities, and growth initiatives
- Lead efforts to improve quality, patient safety, patient experience, and clinical outcomes
- Support the development and implementation of evidence-based best practices and standardized care models
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing, pharmacy, and administrative leaders to optimize care delivery and care transitions
- Drive operational excellence, resource utilization, and performance improvement initiatives
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization
- Support physician recruitment, retention, engagement, and professional development
- Lead regional provider meetings and foster collaboration among critical care and pulmonary teams
- Champion Novant Health's mission, values, diversity, inclusion, and culture of belonging
Position Structure
The Clinical Physician Executive role combines clinical practice and leadership responsibilities.
Required Education, Training & Certification:
MD or DO from an accredited medical school
Fellowship training in:
- Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, or
- Internal Medicine/Critical Care Medicine
Board Certified in:
- Critical Care Medicine (CCM) and/or Pulmonary Medicine
Required Experience
- 5+ years of ICU Medical Director experience
- Demonstrated involvement in quality and patient safety initiatives
- Experience leading multidisciplinary critical care teams
- Committee leadership experience
- Experience with throughput and capacity management initiatives
- Sepsis program involvement or oversight
- Experience developing and implementing care models or clinical strategy initiatives
Preferred Experience
- ECMO experience or exposure
- Cardiac Critical Care experience
- Advanced bronchoscopy experience
- Tele-ICU experience
- Clinical research involvement
- Outpatient pulmonary practice experience
- Advanced degree such as MBA, MHA, or MPH
About Novant Health's Triad Region: Novant Health’s Triad Region is comprised of five hospitals, including Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, the region’s tertiary referral center, and four community-based hospitals that provide high quality, patient-centered care close to home. The Triad Region hospitals operate with a closed ICU model, partnering closely with intensivists and multidisciplinary teams to ensure consistent, evidence-based critical care across the region. This integrated network offers physicians the opportunity to practice in both community and tertiary care settings while benefiting from seamless collaboration, coordinated specialty support, and access to advanced resources throughout the Novant Health system.
Why Novant Health
At Novant Health, we are committed to delivering remarkable care while creating a culture where team members feel valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. This physician leader will have the opportunity to shape the future of critical care and pulmonary services across a growing regional network while making a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, physician engagement, and organizational performance.
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Clinical Physician Executive – Critical Care & Pulmonary Services
Novant Health is seeking a Clinical Physician Executive, Critical Care & Pulmonary Services to provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for critical care and inpatient/outpatient pulmonary programs across the Triad Region. This physician leader will partner with executive and clinical leadership to advance quality outcomes, support program growth, drive operational excellence, and ensure exceptional patient care delivery across multiple hospital settings.
The Clinical Physician Executive will play a key role in developing and executing regional strategy, fostering physician engagement, leading quality and safety initiatives, and supporting the continued growth and advancement of critical care and pulmonary services.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical and operational leadership for critical care and pulmonary services across the Triad Region
- Partner with system and regional leadership to develop and execute strategic plans, operational priorities, and growth initiatives
- Lead efforts to improve quality, patient safety, patient experience, and clinical outcomes
- Support the development and implementation of evidence-based best practices and standardized care models
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing, pharmacy, and administrative leaders to optimize care delivery and care transitions
- Drive operational excellence, resource utilization, and performance improvement initiatives
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization
- Support physician recruitment, retention, engagement, and professional development
- Lead regional provider meetings and foster collaboration among critical care and pulmonary teams
- Champion Novant Health's mission, values, diversity, inclusion, and culture of belonging
Position Structure
The Clinical Physician Executive role combines clinical practice and leadership responsibilities.
Required Education, Training & Certification:
MD or DO from an accredited medical school
Fellowship training in:
- Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, or
- Internal Medicine/Critical Care Medicine
Board Certified in:
- Critical Care Medicine (CCM) and/or Pulmonary Medicine
Required Experience
- 5+ years of ICU Medical Director experience
- Demonstrated involvement in quality and patient safety initiatives
- Experience leading multidisciplinary critical care teams
- Committee leadership experience
- Experience with throughput and capacity management initiatives
- Sepsis program involvement or oversight
- Experience developing and implementing care models or clinical strategy initiatives
Preferred Experience
- ECMO experience or exposure
- Cardiac Critical Care experience
- Advanced bronchoscopy experience
- Tele-ICU experience
- Clinical research involvement
- Outpatient pulmonary practice experience
- Advanced degree such as MBA, MHA, or MPH
About Novant Health's Triad Region: Novant Health’s Triad Region is comprised of five hospitals, including Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, the region’s tertiary referral center, and four community-based hospitals that provide high quality, patient-centered care close to home. The Triad Region hospitals operate with a closed ICU model, partnering closely with intensivists and multidisciplinary teams to ensure consistent, evidence-based critical care across the region. This integrated network offers physicians the opportunity to practice in both community and tertiary care settings while benefiting from seamless collaboration, coordinated specialty support, and access to advanced resources throughout the Novant Health system.
Why Novant Health
At Novant Health, we are committed to delivering remarkable care while creating a culture where team members feel valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. This physician leader will have the opportunity to shape the future of critical care and pulmonary services across a growing regional network while making a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, physician engagement, and organizational performance.
#NHMGPhysicians
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Mid Level Critical Care Physician Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level critical care physician job?
Position your application around independent clinical decision-making and outcomes you've owned. Highlight your ability to manage the full scope of critically ill patients without constant supervision, any quality improvement initiatives you've led, and experience with complex cases like multi-organ failure or ARDS. Board certification in critical care medicine and demonstrated procedural competency are strong differentiators at this level.
Which companies hire mid level critical care physicians?
Companies hiring mid level critical care physicians right now include Allegheny Health Network, Novant Health, and Prisma Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Hiring at this level comes primarily from large health systems, academic medical centers, and physician staffing groups that need intensivists with proven independent clinical experience.
How do I move up to a mid level critical care physician role?
The path from a junior to mid level critical care physician is built through progressively autonomous patient management, deeper procedural skills, and demonstrated ownership of outcomes. Early-career physicians grow into this tier by taking on more complex case loads, leading code teams, contributing to protocols, and showing consistent clinical judgment that attending physicians can rely on without close supervision.
Which industries hire the most mid level critical care physicians?
Mid Level critical care physician roles concentrate in Healthcare & Medical Services and Education, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors drive hiring because they operate high-acuity inpatient facilities, trauma centers, and specialty ICUs that require physicians with enough experience to manage the unit independently and contribute to departmental quality standards.