Regional Medical Director Jobs in California
Regional Medical Director jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in managed care organizations, large integrated health systems, and multi-site physician groups, with openings ranging from associate medical director through senior regional roles. The highest volume of hiring is in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, where organizations like Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, and Sutter Health maintain large regional operations. Utilization management, quality improvement, and population health leadership are the most in-demand areas of focus for these roles in California. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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This position leads, manages, and supervises providers in an assigned region and/or specialty care area(s), as well as promotes the integration of clinical programs including dental, vision, pharmacy, and case management, and any specialty services offered at St. John’s Community Health. As a medical provider, he/she will provide will continue to provide comprehensive, coordinated, primary and preventive health care services to a diverse & underserved patient population.
In performing this work, the Regional Medical Director ensures execution of assuring access to high quality, affordable care for all. Ideally, this position would spend 40% of their time on administrative duties and 60% of their time on clinical duties. The Regional Medical Director actively participates in the various committees and Meetings where Medical Leadership input is necessary and provides direct supervision of the floater providers and other designated clinicians as appropriate.
Benefits:
- Free Medical, Dental & Vision
- 13 Paid Holidays + PTO
- 403 (B) retirement match
- Life Insurance, EAP
- Flexible Spending Account
- Continued workforce development & training
- Succession plans & growth within
Qualifications/Licensure:
- Board Certified Physician
- California License to practice medicine and unrestricted DEA License.
- Experience in leadership and working with underserved patient populations with preference in community health centers.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing quality improvement programs.
- Experience with managed care, administration of programs, and staff supervision.
- Demonstrated experience with Electronic Medical Records and Computer Based Systems.
- Assures personal compliance with licensing, certification, and accrediting bodies.
Responsibilities
Recruitment and Onboarding
- Supporting Regional Medical Directors with recruitment of Providers and perform site visits as necessary.
- Working in collaboration with Director of Recruitment, Human Resources, and Credentialing in enduring timely start of clinicians.
- Ensures adequate initiative and participation from onboarding mentors for adequate training.
- Quarterly check in meetings with all new provider and mentor and supporting the progress of the onboarding program.
Provider Mentorship
- Supervision of Chart review and closures of providers
- Perform chart audits on providers as needed.
- Report chart audit findings reported to CMO and RMDs after completion of each Chart Audit.
- Take necessary action to rectify the audit findings based on guidance from the CMO or designee.
- Propose a plan to ensure that the delinquencies are not repeated.
- Assist in chart closures to maintain compliance with MRCP for providers who have more than 100 charts open or those providers who have left the organization.
Programs and other Support Lines
- Working in Collaboration with Programs to provide clinical support in achieving grant deliverables and site visits for above mentioned programs under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer.
- Working in collaboration with Programs to provide clinical support in analysis and management of date related to above mention programs under the direction of Director of Quality and Compliance.
- Health Information and Technology software update meetings participation including technology update trials.
Quality Compliance and Site Audits
- Working in collaboration with Medical Leadership Team to provide clinical support in achieving audit deliverables and site visits for HRSA/MHLA, and other organizations under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer.
- Working in collaboration with Medical Leadership Team to provide clinical support in analysis and management of date related to yearly medical audits under the direction of Director of Quality and Compliance.
Grievances and Risk Management
- Timely completion of health plan grievance response pertaining to medical department under direction of director of quality and compliance in collaboration with Site Lead Providers and Site Representatives
Managerial Skills:
- Supports and implements the organization’s vision, mission and values.
- Conducts orientation for new medical staff members covering St. John’s philosophy, medical protocols and providing proper patient care.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work without supervision. Expertise with various computer applications such as EHR, Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Supervises personnel to include screening, interviewing, hiring, disciplining and terminating. Guides, directs, disciplines, coaches and motivates staff regarding work performance, problem solving, and decision making to ensure staff meet work standards. Conducts all aspects of supervision in a professional, consistent and objective manner.
- Assists in the recruitment and selection of the site's lead providers and clinicians.
- Participates in setting staffing levels and training initiatives in area(s) of responsibility.
- Supervise all medical services offered by the programs.
- Completes probationary and annual performance reviews on or before the due date(s).
- Handle clinical grievances and incident reports pertinent to the patient care on a local level. Involving HR/CMO and escalating to next level of management as appropriate.
- Ensure that all programs are effectively accomplishing goals established and all activities are clearly documented.
- Actively participates with other Regional Medical Directors and welcomes others to participate in his/her facility(ies) committees.
- Meet with Lead providers and other providers as needed on quality issues at least monthly.
- Conducts provider meetings on regular basis in collaboration with other Reginal Directors and Chief Medical Officer.
- Working closely with other regional directors and CMO, reviews and approves all clinical policies and medical protocols and standing orders regularly. Assists in overseeing quality of patient care. Monitors clinical issues to ensure proper protocols are used and risk is minimized.
- Performs job duties independently and exercise good judgment.
- Where applicable, reviews credentials and delineates clinical privileges for the physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners and optometrists providing service within the organization.
- Coordinates clinical care with Dental Director and cross refers dental patients.
- Promotes clear lines of communication between Medical Operations and the other staff members in all area(s) of responsibility.
- Disseminates and interprets outcomes information for the clinicians and uses that information to improve quality of care within the area(s) of responsibility that is consistent with national standards.
- Represents SJWCFC with the administration and medical staff of contracted hospitals, building a cooperative, professional relationship. Assesses care provided to St. John’s patients by hospitalists and specialists. Participates in quality and utilization reviews of care provided to St. John’s inpatients.
- Develops and implements the clinical staff education and training plan for technology adoption.
- Identifies and utilizes learning opportunities to increase personal leadership/management skills and clinical and technical proficiency and knowledge.
- Uses discretion and judgment in handling sensitive or confidential information. Answers all employee and client inquiries in a timely and courteous manner. Listens and responds to employee disputes. Understands which decisions can be made alone and which need to involve others.
- Sets level of medical care and quality for patients and monitors care using available data and chart reviews.
- Actively involves in Population health management including specialty care services.
- Helps with EMR optimization, data governance, quality assessment and improvement. Monitors quality metrics for the assigned clinics and aims to constantly improve the measures at site level, regional level and company level.
- Participates and takes lead in in other projects as required.
- Help co-ordinate new provider orientation, on-boarding, including trainings for the internship program.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned or determined to be required to lead the assigned functions
Clinical Responsibilities (as applicable based on the clinical specialty of the Regional Director:
- Reviews patient file/record, including allergies, problems, medications and immunization status.
- Elicits and records information about patient’s medical history.
- Examines patients for symptoms or physical information.
- Orders or executes various tests, analyses and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.
- Analyzes reports and findings of tests and examination and diagnoses condition of patient.
- Administers or prescribes treatments.
- Determines and prescribes medication, dosage and schedule given the patient’s condition and allergies.
- Discusses any possible side effects to medication or immunization with patient.
- Prescribes vaccinations to immunize patient from communicable diseases.
- Promotes health by advising patients about diet, hygiene and methods for prevention of disease.
- Provides prenatal care to pregnant women. Provides postnatal care to mothers and infants.
- Performs surgical procedures commensurate with surgical competency.
- Refers patients to medical specialist for consultant services when necessary for patient’s well-being.
- Documents the patient’s visit including medical history, physical exam, diagnoses and plan of action.
- Follows up with patient regarding progress in high risk or emergency cases.
- conducts physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage.
- Administer Family Planning services in compliance with title X Rules and Regulations/Protocols.
- Reviews and audits health charts of patients who receive Family Planning services.
- Attends annual Family Planning seminars, if instructed by the CMO.
- Commitment to mission of St. John’s with clinic involvement and engaging in healthcare community events
- Provider goals: sees minimum of twenty-four patients per day subject to clinic goals
- Provide cross-coverage to fellow Clinicians during weekdays and weekends.
- Educates patients and family members in health promotion, disease prevention and birth-control methods as appropriate.
- Helps coordinate efficient flow of patients through the system of care.
- Provide basic mental health assessment and treatment of non-emergent conditions such as anxiety, depression and simpler eating disorders.
- Practices safety, environmental, and/or infection control methods.
- Helps provide triage services and treatment services during disaster, per protocol.
- Provide a proportionate share of daily supervision and be able to act as mentor to PA/NP and co-sign their charts.
- Maintain current knowledge-base and appropriate licensure.
Financial/Budgetary Skills:
- Coordinate financial budget with CMO and CFO
- Monitors financial performance, sets goals (financial, quality, etc) for the provider team and monitor and hold them accountable.
- Oversees the management of participant's medical situations and oversees the site's use of medical specialists and inpatient care. Focuses on the financial objectives of market/company.
- Evaluates the capital equipment and staff needs of each area(s) of responsibility, making recommendations to the appropriate management personnel.
- Participates in all area(s) of responsibility to bring new business to the centers.
- Recommends potential growth opportunities for new or existing services within the market.
- Reviews expenses to insure costs are appropriately controlled and other financial indicators such as labs, pharmacy utilization, referrals, etc are providing appropriate amounts of revenue.
Community Engagement
- Engage with outreach and case management staff to inform and implement community engagement strategies.
- Represent the Collaborative at relevant community and government meetings, including Right to Health Committee meetings, and other collaborative opportunities.
- Engage with community, and government stakeholders to achieve work plan objectives
- Performs other duties as assigned.
St. John’s Community Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
This position leads, manages, and supervises providers in an assigned region and/or specialty care area(s), as well as promotes the integration of clinical programs including dental, vision, pharmacy, and case management, and any specialty services offered at St. John’s Community Health. As a medical provider, he/she will provide will continue to provide comprehensive, coordinated, primary and preventive health care services to a diverse & underserved patient population.
In performing this work, the Regional Medical Director ensures execution of assuring access to high quality, affordable care for all. Ideally, this position would spend 40% of their time on administrative duties and 60% of their time on clinical duties. The Regional Medical Director actively participates in the various committees and Meetings where Medical Leadership input is necessary and provides direct supervision of the floater providers and other designated clinicians as appropriate.
Benefits:
- Free Medical, Dental & Vision
- 13 Paid Holidays + PTO
- 403 (B) retirement match
- Life Insurance, EAP
- Flexible Spending Account
- Continued workforce development & training
- Succession plans & growth within
Qualifications/Licensure:
- Board Certified Physician
- California License to practice medicine and unrestricted DEA License.
- Experience in leadership and working with underserved patient populations with preference in community health centers.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing quality improvement programs.
- Experience with managed care, administration of programs, and staff supervision.
- Demonstrated experience with Electronic Medical Records and Computer Based Systems.
- Assures personal compliance with licensing, certification, and accrediting bodies.
Responsibilities
Recruitment and Onboarding
- Supporting Regional Medical Directors with recruitment of Providers and perform site visits as necessary.
- Working in collaboration with Director of Recruitment, Human Resources, and Credentialing in enduring timely start of clinicians.
- Ensures adequate initiative and participation from onboarding mentors for adequate training.
- Quarterly check in meetings with all new provider and mentor and supporting the progress of the onboarding program.
Provider Mentorship
- Supervision of Chart review and closures of providers
- Perform chart audits on providers as needed.
- Report chart audit findings reported to CMO and RMDs after completion of each Chart Audit.
- Take necessary action to rectify the audit findings based on guidance from the CMO or designee.
- Propose a plan to ensure that the delinquencies are not repeated.
- Assist in chart closures to maintain compliance with MRCP for providers who have more than 100 charts open or those providers who have left the organization.
Programs and other Support Lines
- Working in Collaboration with Programs to provide clinical support in achieving grant deliverables and site visits for above mentioned programs under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer.
- Working in collaboration with Programs to provide clinical support in analysis and management of date related to above mention programs under the direction of Director of Quality and Compliance.
- Health Information and Technology software update meetings participation including technology update trials.
Quality Compliance and Site Audits
- Working in collaboration with Medical Leadership Team to provide clinical support in achieving audit deliverables and site visits for HRSA/MHLA, and other organizations under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer.
- Working in collaboration with Medical Leadership Team to provide clinical support in analysis and management of date related to yearly medical audits under the direction of Director of Quality and Compliance.
Grievances and Risk Management
- Timely completion of health plan grievance response pertaining to medical department under direction of director of quality and compliance in collaboration with Site Lead Providers and Site Representatives
Managerial Skills:
- Supports and implements the organization’s vision, mission and values.
- Conducts orientation for new medical staff members covering St. John’s philosophy, medical protocols and providing proper patient care.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work without supervision. Expertise with various computer applications such as EHR, Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Supervises personnel to include screening, interviewing, hiring, disciplining and terminating. Guides, directs, disciplines, coaches and motivates staff regarding work performance, problem solving, and decision making to ensure staff meet work standards. Conducts all aspects of supervision in a professional, consistent and objective manner.
- Assists in the recruitment and selection of the site's lead providers and clinicians.
- Participates in setting staffing levels and training initiatives in area(s) of responsibility.
- Supervise all medical services offered by the programs.
- Completes probationary and annual performance reviews on or before the due date(s).
- Handle clinical grievances and incident reports pertinent to the patient care on a local level. Involving HR/CMO and escalating to next level of management as appropriate.
- Ensure that all programs are effectively accomplishing goals established and all activities are clearly documented.
- Actively participates with other Regional Medical Directors and welcomes others to participate in his/her facility(ies) committees.
- Meet with Lead providers and other providers as needed on quality issues at least monthly.
- Conducts provider meetings on regular basis in collaboration with other Reginal Directors and Chief Medical Officer.
- Working closely with other regional directors and CMO, reviews and approves all clinical policies and medical protocols and standing orders regularly. Assists in overseeing quality of patient care. Monitors clinical issues to ensure proper protocols are used and risk is minimized.
- Performs job duties independently and exercise good judgment.
- Where applicable, reviews credentials and delineates clinical privileges for the physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners and optometrists providing service within the organization.
- Coordinates clinical care with Dental Director and cross refers dental patients.
- Promotes clear lines of communication between Medical Operations and the other staff members in all area(s) of responsibility.
- Disseminates and interprets outcomes information for the clinicians and uses that information to improve quality of care within the area(s) of responsibility that is consistent with national standards.
- Represents SJWCFC with the administration and medical staff of contracted hospitals, building a cooperative, professional relationship. Assesses care provided to St. John’s patients by hospitalists and specialists. Participates in quality and utilization reviews of care provided to St. John’s inpatients.
- Develops and implements the clinical staff education and training plan for technology adoption.
- Identifies and utilizes learning opportunities to increase personal leadership/management skills and clinical and technical proficiency and knowledge.
- Uses discretion and judgment in handling sensitive or confidential information. Answers all employee and client inquiries in a timely and courteous manner. Listens and responds to employee disputes. Understands which decisions can be made alone and which need to involve others.
- Sets level of medical care and quality for patients and monitors care using available data and chart reviews.
- Actively involves in Population health management including specialty care services.
- Helps with EMR optimization, data governance, quality assessment and improvement. Monitors quality metrics for the assigned clinics and aims to constantly improve the measures at site level, regional level and company level.
- Participates and takes lead in in other projects as required.
- Help co-ordinate new provider orientation, on-boarding, including trainings for the internship program.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned or determined to be required to lead the assigned functions
Clinical Responsibilities (as applicable based on the clinical specialty of the Regional Director:
- Reviews patient file/record, including allergies, problems, medications and immunization status.
- Elicits and records information about patient’s medical history.
- Examines patients for symptoms or physical information.
- Orders or executes various tests, analyses and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.
- Analyzes reports and findings of tests and examination and diagnoses condition of patient.
- Administers or prescribes treatments.
- Determines and prescribes medication, dosage and schedule given the patient’s condition and allergies.
- Discusses any possible side effects to medication or immunization with patient.
- Prescribes vaccinations to immunize patient from communicable diseases.
- Promotes health by advising patients about diet, hygiene and methods for prevention of disease.
- Provides prenatal care to pregnant women. Provides postnatal care to mothers and infants.
- Performs surgical procedures commensurate with surgical competency.
- Refers patients to medical specialist for consultant services when necessary for patient’s well-being.
- Documents the patient’s visit including medical history, physical exam, diagnoses and plan of action.
- Follows up with patient regarding progress in high risk or emergency cases.
- conducts physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage.
- Administer Family Planning services in compliance with title X Rules and Regulations/Protocols.
- Reviews and audits health charts of patients who receive Family Planning services.
- Attends annual Family Planning seminars, if instructed by the CMO.
- Commitment to mission of St. John’s with clinic involvement and engaging in healthcare community events
- Provider goals: sees minimum of twenty-four patients per day subject to clinic goals
- Provide cross-coverage to fellow Clinicians during weekdays and weekends.
- Educates patients and family members in health promotion, disease prevention and birth-control methods as appropriate.
- Helps coordinate efficient flow of patients through the system of care.
- Provide basic mental health assessment and treatment of non-emergent conditions such as anxiety, depression and simpler eating disorders.
- Practices safety, environmental, and/or infection control methods.
- Helps provide triage services and treatment services during disaster, per protocol.
- Provide a proportionate share of daily supervision and be able to act as mentor to PA/NP and co-sign their charts.
- Maintain current knowledge-base and appropriate licensure.
Financial/Budgetary Skills:
- Coordinate financial budget with CMO and CFO
- Monitors financial performance, sets goals (financial, quality, etc) for the provider team and monitor and hold them accountable.
- Oversees the management of participant's medical situations and oversees the site's use of medical specialists and inpatient care. Focuses on the financial objectives of market/company.
- Evaluates the capital equipment and staff needs of each area(s) of responsibility, making recommendations to the appropriate management personnel.
- Participates in all area(s) of responsibility to bring new business to the centers.
- Recommends potential growth opportunities for new or existing services within the market.
- Reviews expenses to insure costs are appropriately controlled and other financial indicators such as labs, pharmacy utilization, referrals, etc are providing appropriate amounts of revenue.
Community Engagement
- Engage with outreach and case management staff to inform and implement community engagement strategies.
- Represent the Collaborative at relevant community and government meetings, including Right to Health Committee meetings, and other collaborative opportunities.
- Engage with community, and government stakeholders to achieve work plan objectives
- Performs other duties as assigned.
St. John’s Community Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in regional medical director jobs across California.
- Active and unrestricted California physician license issued by the Medical Board of California
- Board certification in a recognized medical specialty relevant to the organization's patient population
- MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school plus completion of a residency program
- Minimum five to seven years of clinical practice experience in California or a comparable health system
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing clinical teams, physician groups, or multi-site operations
- Familiarity with California's Medi-Cal program, DMHC regulations, and value-based care contracting models
Regional Medical Director Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a regional medical director in California?
The foundational requirement is an active, unrestricted physician license issued by the Medical Board of California, which requires completing an accredited MD or DO program, finishing a residency, and passing the relevant board exams. Most California employers also expect board certification in a clinical specialty and several years of direct patient care or physician leadership experience. From there, candidates typically move into medical director roles through quality, utilization management, or physician leadership tracks within California health systems or medical groups.
Which companies hire regional medical directors in California?
Employers hiring regional medical directors in California right now include LifeLong Medical Care, CareConnectMD, and Alliance Animal Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. California's density of large integrated systems, Medi-Cal managed care plans, and multi-site physician organizations means the employer pool is unusually broad compared with most other states.
Which California cities have the most regional medical director jobs?
Pinole, Pasadena, and Richmond have the most regional medical director openings in California. Los Angeles anchors the market as home to the state's largest managed care plans and integrated networks, while San Francisco and San Diego draw significant hiring through major academic medical centers, biotech-affiliated health systems, and large regional physician groups serving dense metropolitan populations.
Are there remote regional medical director jobs in California?
Yes, but they are less common than in purely desk-based fields, since the role typically involves site visits, physician oversight, and on-the-ground operational leadership. About 0% of regional medical director openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting growing flexibility in utilization management and population health oversight functions. Administrative and quality-focused sub-roles within the position are most likely to offer a remote component.
How can I get hired as a regional medical director in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a physician leadership development role or associate medical director position within a large California health system such as Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, or a county health plan. Many candidates transition from clinical roles in quality assurance, utilization review, or population health management, where they build the operational and administrative skills that regional medical director positions require. Pursuing a California-based healthcare administration credential or completing a physician leadership program at a UC medical school can strengthen a less experienced candidate's profile significantly.
Where can I find and apply to regional medical director jobs in California?
You can find and apply to regional medical director jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across health systems, managed care organizations, and physician groups. Find the roles that fit your specialty and experience level and apply directly to the ones that match.
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