Physician Lead – Medical Pod Leader

HarmonyCares Medical Group - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Lead with purpose. Practice with meaning. Shape the future of home-based primary care.

HarmonyCares is a nationally recognized, physician-led organization delivering high-quality, home-based primary care to medically complex patients. We are seeking a Physician Lead (Medical Pod Leader) for our Philadelphia, PA market—an exceptional opportunity for a physician who thrives at the intersection of clinical excellence, leadership, and compassionate patient care.

This role blends direct primary care with meaningful leadership responsibilities, guiding a team of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) and clinical professionals who serve some of the region’s most vulnerable patients.

About the Role

As the Medical Pod Leader, you will serve as the key clinical leader for a designated care team ("pod"), ensuring high-quality outcomes, strong team performance, and seamless collaboration across disciplines. Working in dyad partnership with the Market Manager, you will mentor providers, support clinical operations, and contribute to market-level initiatives—while also maintaining a small panel of your own patients.

This position is ideal for a physician who values relationship-based medicine, enjoys developing others, and wants to influence care delivery at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership & Mentorship

• Serve as the collaborating and supervising physician for APPs and physicians within your pod

• Mentor, coach, and clinically develop APPs through ride-alongs, case reviews, and structured feedback

• Lead care team huddles and ensure proactive plans for high-risk or complex patients

• Support social workers, community health workers, nurse navigators, care managers, and other team members

Quality, Documentation & Performance

• Conduct routine chart reviews and provider panel assessments

• Review pod-level clinical quality metrics and provider productivity; implement improvement strategies

• Guide documentation practices, diagnosis accuracy, and chronic condition management

• Sign orders and provide oversight in accordance with state regulations

Patient Care

• Maintain a small panel of your own patients, delivering high-touch home-based primary care

• Perform high-risk patient visits or joint visits with APPs as needed

• Provide clinical expertise for complex or escalated cases

Operational & Organizational Collaboration

• Partner with Market Leadership and Regional Medical Directors to drive pod-level performance

• Participate in hiring, onboarding, compliance reviews, and performance improvement, in collaboration with HR

• Engage in strategic initiatives that support market growth and clinical excellence

Qualifications

• MD or DO with an active, unrestricted Pennsylvania license

• Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Geriatric Medicine (preferred)

• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, or collaborating with APPs strongly preferred

• Strong clinical acumen with experience managing medically complex adult patients

• Commitment to relationship-centered, home-based primary care

Why HarmonyCares

• More than 30 years of experience delivering home-based care to vulnerable populations

• Physician-led, mission-driven culture that prioritizes quality, compassion, and teamwork

• Smaller patient panels enabling deeper, more meaningful patient relationships

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive leadership support

• Opportunity to shape care delivery and have a measurable impact on patient outcomes

Ready to Lead?

Join HarmonyCares and help deliver care the way it was meant to be—through compassion, connection, and clinical excellence.

Apply today to begin a meaningful leadership journey in home-based primary care.

www.harmonycares.com