Medical Director, Correctional Health

Medical Director, Correctional Health — Physician Leader — Washington, DC (On-Site)
Lead a High-Visibility Correctional Health Program Inside a Major Urban Jail System

A mission-driven healthcare organization supporting underserved populations in Washington, DC is hiring a full-time, on-site Medical Director of Correctional Health to lead clinical quality and operational performance within a large, high-acuity jail setting. This is a high-accountability environment with significant visibility, complex stakeholders, and a real mandate to improve care delivery metrics and provider performance.
 
The Opportunity
This role is designed for a hands-on, clinically credible physician leader—someone who can set standards, coach providers, and drive operational follow-through in a correctional setting.
You will:

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight for correctional health operations in close partnership with on-site administrative and nursing leadership
• Ensure consistent clinical decision-making through quality review, peer review support, and targeted interventions when standards aren’t met
• Improve key performance indicators tied to day-to-day operations, including:
  • Sick-call access and turnaround
  • Provider productivity / visits per hour
  • Timely completion and closure of documentation
  • Appropriateness and quality of encounters
• Lead and develop a large provider group through structured communication, accountability, onboarding support, and annual evaluations
• Chair and guide morbidity & mortality review and site-level quality initiatives
• Engage directly with Department of Corrections stakeholders—including pushing back when appropriate while maintaining a productive partnership
• Step in clinically as needed to support continuity of care and provider teams

Practice model & environment:

• Setting: Washington, DC | On-site, full-time (correctional healthcare)
• Leadership scope: Oversight within a large provider hierarchy (approximately 66–70 providers, plus multidisciplinary clinical teams)
• Clinical mix: Primary care/internal medicine/family medicine, APPs, dental, psychiatry, and behavioral health
• Workforce dynamic: Unionized environment requiring strong communication and steady leadership presence

Requirements
Required:

• MD/DO
• Active District of Columbia medical license or ability to obtain 
• Active DEA registration
• DC Controlled Substance Registration (CDS)
• 3–7 years of ambulatory care experience
• At least 2 years of people/medical management experience

Preferred:

• Correctional health / DOC experience (strongly preferred)
• Experience working with government stakeholders and high-visibility client relationships
• Comfort leading in a union environment and managing performance/accountability conversations
• Track record of improving measurable outcomes (throughput, documentation timeliness, access, quality)

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $320,500–$335,000 annually
• Comprehensive benefits package including 403b company match, affordable healthcare coverage and more 

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