Physician - Family & Occupational Health - Portsmouth, VA

Marathon Health is a leading advanced primary care provider, partnering with employer and union plan sponsors to improve health for millions of Americans. With nationwide onsite, nearsite, and network health centers, and virtual primary care, Marathon delivers a value-based model that enhances the healthcare experience for members and providers, while driving meaningful cost savings for plan sponsors. Marathon is proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work®, reflecting the company's commitment to building an inclusive, high-trust culture where all employees can thrive. Learn more at marathon.health

Join our team as we prepare for the opening of our Portsmouth, VA health center in April 2027. This full-time role will ultimately be based in Portsmouth, with the opportunity to start earlier at our Newport News, VA location.

Why Marathon Health? 

We provide high quality, proactive primary care to adults and children in partnership with local employers or unions. We focus on prevention and wellness, acute and chronic disease management, and maximizing provider-patient relationships. We seek providers who are passionate about providing full-spectrum primary care resulting in top-notch clinical quality, outstanding service, and reduced overall health costs. We offer providers: 

• ​Smaller patient panel (less than half the traditional PCP panel size) 

• More time with your patients: appointments range from 20 to 60 minutes 

• Fewer administrative and insurance-related tasks 
• The opportunity to work within a team of professionals who are passionate about improving the U.S. healthcare system 

​Physician Benefits 

• Non-production-based compensation package 

• Comprehensive benefits, including CME, medical license, DEA, and malpractice coverage 
• Regular provider meetings, such as journal clubs and grand rounds, for ongoing learning, development, and team collaboration 

​ABOUT THE JOB

You will provide patient-centered primary care, to employees at assigned Marathon Health Centers through an Employer-Sponsored Direct Primary Care. This is an exciting opportunity for a primary care career where you can truly have it all: a smaller panel where you spend as much time as you want with your patients... without financial risk. Welcome to Marathon Health™, the leader in bringing this transformative model to healthcare!  

Occupational Health responsibilities include post-offer and pre-employment physicals, return-to-work and fit-for-duty evaluations, DOT physicals, and public safety and travel physicals. The role also includes administering vaccines and occupational health-related labs, performing drug and alcohol testing (including urine, hair, saliva, and breath alcohol testing), vision screening, tuberculosis (TB) testing, lift testing, hearing conservation programs, pulmonary function testing, and respirator fit testing. Additional responsibilities include HAZMAT and lead surveillance, work injury and exposure care, stay-at-work coordination, and development of work restriction recommendations and referral management. The physician will also support advanced occupational health reporting, including regulatory reporting, first report of injury documentation, workers’ compensation and claims reporting, and OSHA log and recordability tracking.

Our Employer-Sponsored Direct Primary Care model offers many benefits to both providers and their patients:  

• Enhanced Relationships: Patient panels are limited to 800-1000 patients, and patient-centered medicine in a capitated-fee environment allows providers to have individual patient visits without time restrictions. Appointments of 30-60 minutes allow extra time for the care team to spend with patients.  
• Aligned Incentives: Our providers focus on improving health outcomes, driving patient engagement, and creating an atmosphere where patients are highly satisfied with high touch service from their care team. We remove the distorted fee-for-service incentives – all care provided by providers is included in our monthly membership fee (paid for by the employer).  
• Focus on Preventive Care: We facilitate an environment which provides providers with the opportunity to proactively work with patients to prevent diseases and injuries by making lifestyle changes prior to diagnosis. Our providers provide health care, not sick care.  
• Flexible Practice Approach with Improved Quality of Life for You and Your Family: Our providers enjoy an insurance-free work environment, as we rarely bill insurance, alleviating hours of paperwork and increasing the time to focus on patient care. Our providers are no longer chained to a physical office environment to interact with patients. By leveraging technology, providers can consult with their patients and provide access in the way we all live and work today – through our mobile phones and secure email access.  
• Improved Medical Model: Our Employer-Sponsored Medical Home model utilizes electronic medical records and rigorous population management tools to assist our clinical teams in providing state of the art care. Dedication to quality, clinical outcomes and service experience for patients is truly the focus.  
• Collaborative Oversight:  Our Physicians demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinary teamwork and actively collaborate with at least two or more Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) within the organization. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduation from an accredited medical school and completion of residency with professional experience in 1) Family Practice or 2) Internal Medicine + Pediatric. Board certification or eligibility and intent to certify required; Active state license required; DEA preferred. CPR/BLS certification required at time of start date. Per state regulations, may be required to have a dispensing license. Minimum 2 years of experience in occupational medicine preferred and 2+ years of experience in internal medicine or family/general practice required. DOT Medical Examiner Certification through the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners required or must obtain upon hire.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

Philosophical alignment with our care model and a strong interest in creating a wonderful service experience for our patients!  

Pay Range: $230,000 - $280,000/yr

The actual offer may vary dependent upon geographic location and the candidate’s years of experience and/or skill level. This position is also eligible for an annual incentive.

We are accepting applications for this position until a candidate has been selected.  To apply to this position and learn more about open jobs at Marathon Health, visit our careers page.