What are the responsibilities and job description for the Telehealth Physician (MD/DO) position at Companian?
About Companian
Companian is building the wellness companion for older adults. We pair advocates that are supported by AI with seniors — coordinating care, navigating the healthcare system, and keeping families in the loop.
The U.S. healthcare system leaves older adults and their families to figure out the hard parts alone, and primary care practices aren't financially set up to fill the gap. Companian fills it.
We're early, moving fast, and building something that genuinely improves how older adults age in place.
About the Role
As a Physician at Companian, you'll be the clinical backbone for a panel of older adults — many of them newly discharged from nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities, at one of the most fragile moments in their care journey.
Your core focus is conducting intakes: complete the clinical assessments and assess potential beneficiaries of Companian services. You'll work alongside our AI companion and our Care Advocates, turning the signals they surface into sound clinical decisions.
This is a 1099 role. You can work part-time or full-time, remotely.
What You'll Do
- Conduct intake assessments for newly enrolled members — many transitioning home from nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities — to get each member's care started on the right footing.
- Provide telehealth care to a panel of older-adult members, building trust over time as a steady clinical presence in their lives.
- Act on check-in signals from the Companian platform and Care Advocate escalations — assessing, diagnosing, and closing the loop.
- Develop and oversee care plans, managing acute and chronic conditions within your scope of practice.
- Collaborate with Care Advocates and providers — clarifying treatment plans, supporting care transitions, and bridging gaps between PCPs, specialists, and the member.
- Provide fearless feedback to the founding team. You'll directly shape how the clinical model and product work as we build and scale.
What We're Looking For
- Active, unrestricted medical license in the State of Tennessee (MD or DO).
- Board certified or board eligible in a relevant specialty (e.g., Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Geriatrics).
- Comfort practicing in a telehealth-first environment, fluent with the technology that care now runs on.
- Strong clinical judgment and the drive to fight for people who can't always fight for themselves.
- Comfort working autonomously in an early-stage, ambiguous environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
Nice to Have
- Experience caring for a senior or older-adult population — geriatrics, home health, hospice, hospital case management, or Medicare/Medicare Advantage populations.
- Experience in digital health, telehealth, or virtual care delivery. (Either this or senior-care experience is enough — both is even better.)
- Prior experience at an early-stage or tech-enabled healthcare company.
Why Companian
- Be an early member of a mission-driven team reinventing how older adults age in place.
- Spend your time on judgment and patients — the tech handles the busywork.
- Flexible, fully remote, set your own hours.
- Directly shape a new model of care and the product behind it.
Applicants must be licensed and based in Tennessee.
Contact: recruiting@companian.health