Primary Care Physician (Relocation to San Francisco/Bay Area, CA)

Job Description

Forward is on a bold mission to make high quality healthcare available to a billion people across the globe. We’re building the world’s most advanced healthcare platform from the ground up, combining hardware, software and doctors under one roof. Forward was founded in January 2016 by former executives and engineering leaders from Google and Uber. We are funded by some of the world's best investors and entrepreneurs including Founder's Fund, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Eric Schmidt (Google/Alphabet Chairman), Marc Benioff (Salesforce Founder), Joe Lonsdale (Palantir Founder), Joshua Kushner (Oscar co-Founder) and Garrett Camp (Uber co-Founder). Feel free to read our story , view a Forward Tour with our Medical Lead , learn how Forward is combatting COVID-19 , and check out some press: TechCrunch , New Yorker , TIME , Forbes , WIRED and TIME . Why Join Forward? We don’t want to just move dollars around the healthcare industry - we want to rebuild it and fix it. All of it. As a Primary Care Physician, you’ll play a key role in rebuilding our country’s most important and most broken industry from first principles. You will be on the clinical front-lines ensuring that we are delivering a world class experience that will allow us to scale.

You Will

• Provide high quality patient-centered, comprehensive primary care services
• Participate in the selection of a suitable treatment plan for all patients
• Supervise other medical staff to ensure the care team is providing appropriate care in accordance with their duties and obligations
• Be proactive in ensuring adequate follow up of patients and their concerns (will be facilitated greatly by our technology and workflow tools)
• Provide continuous availability for medical and technical questions to the employees, patient care staff and ancillary care providers including limited after-hours coverage
• Actively participate in the development of new technology and protocols to improve patient care and outcomes
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, designers, nurses, health coaches and medical assistants

You Are

• Impact-driven . You care about your impact upon the world. That means more building and less talking as you’re working toward something that has a chance to change people’s lives.
• User-obsessed . You are deeply empathetic, constantly putting yourself in the shoes of our members
• A Problem Solver - You've solved ambiguous and analytically complex problems, and are always looking for a new challenge.
• Process-oriented - You have exceptional organizational skills and enjoy building scalable operational processes
• A leader . You’re kind, collaborative and humble. Teams want to be in the trenches with you, and to build something great by your side

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or DO
• Board certified
• ~1+ years of clinical experience in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• Interested in relocating to San Francisco/Bay Area, CA

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• CA licensed is preferred

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We deeply understand the value of bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and we prioritize diversity within our team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Apply for this job