Physician Lead

About the role

Step beyond traditional clinical practice and shape healthcare delivery at a systems level.

Are you a physician ready to use your medical expertise in a more strategic, influential, and globally connected role? Do you want to apply your clinical judgement not just to individual patients, but to improving healthcare outcomes across an entire international military population?

As Near Patient Physician Lead, you will play a central leadership role in ensuring U.S. Military beneficiaries in Germany receive high-quality, coordinated care within the host nation healthcare system.

This is a unique opportunity to combine clinical expertise, leadership, and international healthcare coordination. You will work directly with military medical leadership, German healthcare providers, and International SOS teams to remove barriers to care, improve patient outcomes, and strengthen healthcare delivery across borders.

You will influence how care is delivered at scale guiding clinical standards, mentoring physicians, and shaping the success of the Near Patient Program across Germany.

This role offers:

• The opportunity to step into medical leadership while remaining closely connected to patient care

• Direct collaboration with U.S. Military medical command and international healthcare leaders

• Exposure to complex, cross-border healthcare systems and operational medicine

• A platform to develop strategic, leadership, and international healthcare expertise

• A career pathway into senior medical leadership roles within a global organisation

Some travel within Germany is required to engage directly with stakeholders and support program delivery.

Key responsibilities

Provide medical leadership and shape healthcare delivery

• Lead the Near Patient Program in Germany, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred, and compliant care delivery

• Act as the senior clinical voice supporting operational and strategic healthcare decisions

Influence and collaborate at senior levels

• Serve as the key medical liaison between International SOS teams, U.S. Military medical command, and German healthcare providers

• Build trusted relationships with military medical leaders, hospital physicians, and healthcare partners

Mentor, guide, and develop physicians

• Train and support Near Patient Physicians and clinical teams

• Share expertise on international healthcare systems, military medicine, and care coordination

Improve healthcare systems and patient outcomes

• Identify barriers to care and implement solutions to improve coordination and access

• Ensure quality oversight, governance, and continuous improvement

Represent International SOS within the global medical community

• Engage with military healthcare leadership and key stakeholders

• Contribute to program development, reporting, and strategic planning

About you

You are a physician ready to expand your impact beyond traditional clinical care and step into a leadership role within international healthcare.

You bring:

• Medical Doctor (MD) qualification with minimum 5 years post-graduate experience

• Full medical registration and licence to practice in Germany

• Specialist training in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, ICU, Aviation Medicine, Tropical Medicine, or similar

• Fluency in English and German

You are someone who:

• Wants to influence healthcare delivery beyond individual patient encounters

• Enjoys leadership, collaboration, and mentorship

• Is confident working across complex healthcare systems

• Thrives in roles combining clinical expertise with strategic and operational impact

Experience with military healthcare systems, international healthcare coordination, or evacuation medicine is advantageous but not essential.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary

• Car allowance and home allowance

• Structured career progression into senior medical leadership roles

• Exposure to international healthcare systems and military medicine

• Flexible working environment

• Supportive, globally connected medical leadership team

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