Lead Neurologist - Sunday Health

Our Mission

At Sunday Health, our mission is to address the significant lack of access to high quality, consistent brain health assessment and diagnosis. 

About Sunday Health

Sunday Health is dedicated to transforming cognitive health outcomes by focusing on early identification and intervention for those at risk of decline. We aim to address the significant lack of access to high-quality, consistent brain health services by providing comprehensive diagnosis and care for individuals with mild cognitive impairment and mild-to-moderate dementia. Our mission is to bridge the existing gap in brain health services, ensuring timely, effective, and accessible care to help patients optimize their cognitive well-being and to provide informed support to their care partners.

About this role

Sunday Health is seeking a Lead Neurologist (LN) to help with this mission. The LN will work hand in hand with the Chief Medical Officer and clinical team to accomplish the company's goals in several critical areas ranging from direct patient care to designing and executing a best in class clinical program at scale.  

The individual who fills this role should exhibit many characteristics that are essential to both patient and caregiver centered care and a healthcare start-up environment. To do so across many facets of clinical services requires a deep understanding of the complexity of cognitive impairment, as well as a broad realization of the components that come into play in these situations. The ideal individual for this role will not only be able to manage these details, but also balance traditional clinical models with hybrid, virtual-first care approaches, while maintaining the highest level of quality. 

Responsibilities:

1. Conduct Direct Patient Care  
   1. Act as internal expert and consultant to NPs and other staff for escalation support and any daily questions/concerns that arise from patient management
   2. Administer neuropsychological testing and interpret results
   3. Assist in growing and managing a virtual panel of patients, and their caregivers, concerned about or experiencing changes in cognitive function
   4. Help spearhead knowledge share internally among care team on new therapeutics, diagnostics, and care model advancements 
   5. Work closely with CMO and clinical staff on actively seeking and implementing solutions that help streamline care to enhance access 
   6. Work with clinical team to implement best in class quality measures for all patient care encounters
   7. Provide direct oversight as collaborating  physician for licensed clinicians while working with leaders across the organization to ensure comprehensive and patient-centered care
   8. Coordinate and lead internal trainings for clinical and non-clinical colleagues
2. Assist in Development and Execution of Clinical Model 
   1. Work closely with the CMO to foster a model in which NPs play a significant leading role in delivering care at all levels of the patient care continuum, both along disease severity and the care model 
   2. Directly train new staff as warranted and help create a compendium of information and training resources that capture essential elements of cognitive impairment diagnostics, therapeutics, and care steps 
   3. Work closely with the CMO to develop and implement care pathways for both virtual and in-person settings for MCI-specific and dementia-informed primary care that meet the highest standards of clinical care for patients and caregivers
      1. Help conceptualize how Sunday Health can work with other care providers in closing gaps and enhancing value to their patients 
   4. Work with CMO to hire, develop, and manage a top-tier clinical team to drive scale nationally and foster a culture that ensures clinicians optimize clinical and professional goals
   5. Assist as necessary in overseeing clinical efficiency, quality assurance, compliance, education, and training
3. Act as a Thought-Leader Internally and Externally 
   1. Promote Sunday Health through various platforms and channels including podcasts, videos, blog posts, and more as warranted 
   2. Attend conferences and promote Sunday Health as warranted via thought leadership 
   3. Assist with research and other efforts to uncover and implement emerging areas into Sunday Health's approach 

Qualifications:

1. Clinical experience
   1. MD or DO required. Board certified in Neurology. 
   2. 4-8 years of clinical experience post-training
   3. Required clinical practice experience with neurocognitive disorders including imaging, diagnostics, therapeutics, and neuropsych evaluation 
   4. Experience treating patients across different populations, understanding the complexity of care delivery for people living with cognitive impairment and their care partners
   5. Experience working in and leading multidisciplinary care teams a plus
   6. Virtual care experience a plus; desire to work remotely required as is occasional travel for team and/or partner meetings 
   7. Active licenses in different states a plus 
   8. Comfort with all types of technology a plus 
2. Start-up Experience
   1. Extremely creative and entrepreneurial; will not give up on a problem until a solution is reached, and will be flexible and agile in an early-stage and ambiguous environment
   2. Fast-paced, building teams, setting foundation for scale 
   3. Works collaboratively and respectfully with others regardless of position, department, training level, or background 
3. Executive Experience 
   1. Highly collaborative who will play a key role in developing company culture, with the ability to work across all levels of an organization to create change
   2. Excellent communication and speaking skills
   3. Digital health, AI, and/or data science experience is a plus

The ideal candidate will be a flexible and entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. They should be patient-centric, self-motivated, energetic, and comfortable working remotely. There is no inpatient call time in this role that comes with a flexible schedule, broader company support for practice management, and leadership opportunities. This is a salaried opportunity that is not dependent on patient volume or RVUs and may transition to a full-time role in the near future.