Medical Director, Nephrology

What We Strive For 

At Strive Health, we’re driven by a purpose: transforming the broken kidney care system. Through early identification, engagement, and comprehensive coordinated care, we significantly improve outcomes for people with kidney disease, reducing emergency dialysis and inpatient utilization. Our high-touch care model integrates with local providers and uses predictive data to identify and support at-risk patients along their entire care journey. We embrace diversity, celebrate successes, and support each other, making Strive the destination for top talent in healthcare. Join us in making a real difference. 

Benefits & Perks 

• Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts. 
• Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based discretionary bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
• Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, flexible vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
• Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend. 
  

What You'll Do

The Medical Director, Nephrology position is a pivotal role responsible for leading nephrology-focused clinical initiatives, enabling nephrology partner integration, and spearheading training and education programs. While Strive Medical Directors for Nephrology do not act as the patient’s attributed nephrologist, they are critical in ensuring that care through the patient’s personal nephrologist is optimized and well-coordinated. The ideal candidate will be instrumental in driving Strive Health's mission of delivering exceptional kidney care and ensuring optimal patient outcomes. 

The Medical Director, Nephrology will lead nephrology-focused clinical initiatives, enable nephrology partner integration, and spearhead training and education programs across all regions. While not serving as the patient's attributed nephrologist, this role is critical in ensuring care through the patient's personal nephrologist is optimized and well-coordinated. The Medical Director will design and implement clinical programs that impact key metrics including GDMT adherence, volume management, Optimal Starts rates, and utilization metrics with the goal of delivering exceptional kidney care and ensuring optimal patient outcomes for CKD and ESKD populations. This role reports to the Chief Clinical Officer. 

• Lead biweekly Optimal Starts rounds with each region to review complex clinical cases, collaboratively problem-solve, and identify provider integration challenges with nephrologists and vascular surgeons while providing patient-level advocacy 

• Conduct weekly ESRD rounds with each region to review complex clinical cases in actively dialyzing populations and facilitate multidisciplinary care coordination 

• Drive systematic performance improvement through continuous monitoring of key metrics including GDMT adherence, volume management, Optimal Starts rates, readmission rates, and utilization patterns with proactive outlier identification and targeted interventions 

• Partner strategically with Regional Medical Directors and Cardiology Medical Director to ensur