Medical Director, Outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center

UNC Health Pardee is seeking a Medical Director for its outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina. This physician leader will provide clinical oversight for the program, support quality and patient safety initiatives, collaborate with hospital and referring providers, and supervise an advanced practice provider (APP) practicing within the center. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in advanced outpatient wound care, a commitment to evidence-based, multidisciplinary care, and interest or experience in hyperbaric medicine. Hyperbaric training will be provided for the selected candidate if needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide physician leadership for the outpatient wound care and hyperbaric medicine program.
• Oversee clinical quality, patient safety, and evidence-based standards of care for acute and chronic wound management.
• Supervise and collaborate with the APP within the center, supporting clinical practice, documentation standards, and care coordination.
• Evaluate and treat patients with complex wounds and support development of individualized treatment plans.
• Guide appropriate use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and related clinical protocols.
• Partner with referring physicians, hospital leadership, nursing, and ancillary teams to promote continuity of care across settings.
• Support program development, provider engagement, performance improvement, and regulatory readiness.
• Participate in medical staff activities, policy development, and interdisciplinary collaboration as needed.

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
• Board certified or board eligible in an appropriate specialty.
• Eligible for or currently holding an unrestricted North Carolina medical license.
• Demonstrated experience in outpatient wound care practice.
• Ability to work collaboratively with physicians, APPs, nursing, and hospital leadership.
• Strong communication, leadership, and program development skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in advanced outpatient wound care.
• Wound care certification preferred or wound care certification course within 1-2 years of employment
• Strong hyperbaric medicine experience preferred; hyperbaric training will be provided if needed.
• Prior experience supervising or collaborating closely with an APP in an outpatient setting preferred.
• Experience with quality improvement, clinical protocol development, and interdisciplinary program leadership preferred.

About UNC Health Pardee

The Comprehensive Wound Healing Center at UNC Health Pardee provides state-of-the-art outpatient wound care and hyperbaric medicine for patients with acute and chronic wounds. Located in Hendersonville, North Carolina, UNC Health Pardee offers the opportunity to practice in a collaborative community setting while serving patients across Western North Carolina.

Where you work is as important as where you play. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Western North Carolina is not only a beautiful place, but a dynamic region filled with natural resources, a variety of cultural and educational opportunities, and some of the highest quality health care in the country. Physicians and medical professionals have settled here, drawn by the exceptional beauty and quality of life in Hendersonville.

Hendersonville is unique in having the feel of small town America, yet is geographically situated within convenient driving distance of the urban areas of Asheville, NC, Greenville, SC, and only a few hours from Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC. Nature is always close by with nearly twenty national, state, county and city parks, recreational areas and forests, many within of just outside the city limits of Hendersonville. Henderson County is ideally located for exploring festivals, recreational activities, historical sites, golf courses, family activities, and a variety of restaurants  with high quality public schools and private schools. 

UNC Health Pardee is a not-for-profit health care system that was founded in 1953 and is managed by UNC Health Care. It is the first hospital in the Carolinas to be accredited with the International Organization for Standardization for quality health care standards.

We are a licensed for 222 acute care beds and are the second-largest employer in Henderson County. We have several locations separate from our main campus, including a comprehensive physician practice network, multiple urgent care locations and five orthopedic clinics.