Associate Medical Director / Occupational Health Physician- Fully Remote in the US

Job Summary

The Associate Medical Director provides physician leadership, clinical oversight and medical governance across WorkCare’s occupational health services. This role partners with operational, clinical, and business leaders to ensure high-quality, evidence-based, and compliant delivery of services while supporting positive client and employee outcomes.

The Associate Medical Director services as a subject matter expert in occupational health and preventive health, providing medical consultation, protocol oversight, quality assurance, case review, and clinical guidance across multiple service lines. The role supports clinical staff, contributes to program innovation and growth, and helps ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and WorkCare policies. The position may include direct patient care, client-facing responsibilities, physician consultation, and oversight of clinical programs based on organizational needs and physician qualifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Associate Medical Director may perform the following essential functions based on business needs, assigned services, client requirements, physician qualifications, licensure, and scope of practice.

Physician Leadership and Clinical Services

• Provide physician leadership, medical consultation, clinical oversight, and subject matter expertise across WorkCare services involving physician participation or oversight.
• Perform, support, or oversee clinical evaluations, medical reviews, consultations, and other physician services through virtual, telephonic, onsite, or other approved delivery models.
• Serve as a medical escalation resource for complex, unusual, urgent, or high-risk clinical matters.
• Provide medically appropriate determinations, recommendations, and guidance consistent with the available information, assigned authority, applicable requirements, and scope of practice.

Clinical Governance, Quality, and Compliance

• Develop, review, approve, interpret, and support clinical protocols, policies, standing orders, workflows, documentation standards, and escalation pathways.
• Participate in quality assurance, peer review, case review, audits, incident review, corrective action, and continuous improvement activities.
• Support compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, professional standards, client requirements, and WorkCare policies and procedures.
• Promote appropriate clinical documentation, confidentiality, privacy, ethical practice, and risk management across assigned services.

Consultation, Collaboration, and Program Support

• Collaborate with WorkCare clinical, operational, business, and medical leadership teams, as well as authorized client and external stakeholders, to support effective service delivery.
• Provide medical input for program design, implementation, evaluation, enhancement, and resolution of clinical or operational concerns.
• Coordinate or consult with treating providers, specialists, healthcare organizations, and other authorized parties when clinically appropriate and permitted.
• Support client education, staff development, clinical training, proposals, presentations, and strategic initiatives requiring physician expertise.

Administrative and Professional Responsibilities

• Maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation, reports, communications, and records in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Maintain required licenses, certifications, credentials, continuing education, and professional competency for assigned responsibilities.
• Help ensure appropriate physician coverage, continuity, and handoff of assigned responsibilities.
• Perform other physician, leadership, administrative, or program responsibilities within qualifications and scope of practice, as assigned.