Skin Health Specialist - Physician

Neko Health
New York, NY
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward primary care clinicians comfortable with dermatology service line leadership and clinical scanning work, based in New York and focused on preventative care and operationalizing specialist recommendations.

Best fit for

  • Primary care physicians with interest in dermatology and leadership experience
    — “built for a primary care clinician who wants to deepen dermatology expertise and expand their scope without stepping away from patient care”
  • Candidates who can balance clinical and administrative responsibilities effectively
    — “the flexibility to balance clinical and administrative responsibilities”
  • Individuals with experience in skin cancer screening or preventive skin health programs
    — “Experience with skin cancer screening, dermatologic triage, or preventive skin health programs”

Things to consider

  • Must be licensed in New York and have primary care board certification or eligibility
    — “Clinical licensure in the state of NY: MD, DO, NP or PA required”
  • Role requires maintaining a high standard of patient care while managing leadership duties
    — “holding the same standard of patient care you held before taking on this role”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in evaluating skin findings and understanding dermatologic workflows
    — “experience evaluating common skin findings and lesions, and an understanding of skin cancer screening and dermatologic workflows, is required”
  • Emphasize prior leadership or clinical champion roles in your resume or interview narrative
    — “Prior experience as a lead clinician, medical director, or clinical champion”
  • Demonstrate ability to operationalize specialist recommendations and manage referrals
    — “collaborating with specialist physicians and operationalizing referral pathways based on specialist recommendations”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • timely review of skin lesions
  • implementation of referral care pathways
  • 50% scanning clinician caseload
Typical background
clinical licensure in NYboard-certified or board-eligible in primary care

Skills & requirements

Required

Clinical DermatologyPrimary CareDermatology WorkflowsClinical LeadershipPatient CareReferral PathwaysQuality Improvement

Preferred

TelemedicinePreventative Care

Stack & domain

Clinical LicensureDermatologyPrimary CarePreventative HealthOutpatient MedicineCollaborationOperationalizing Referral PathwaysService Line LeadershipActive Scanning Clinician WorkBuilding Scalable Care PathwaysHealthcarePreventative Care

About the role

Original posting from Neko Health via Ashby

MISSION

Neko is redefining what prevention means, from treating illness when it arrives, to sustaining health before it's ever at risk. Our mission: make data-driven, preventative care accessible to more people, before symptoms appear.

In a single, non-invasive visit under an hour, proprietary technology and direct clinical care combine to deliver personalised, actionable insights. It's a team that thinks in 10x, not 10%. Every role here plays a part in building a world where prevention is the norm, and where your work genuinely helps people live longer, healthier lives.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Skin Specialist (NY) will serve as the local clinical liaison between scanning clinicians and our International Expert Center (IEC) Dermatologists, signing off on specialist recommendations and operationalizing the necessary referrals, serving as a clinical escalation point for scanning clinicians who need guidance or Quality Improvement round our dermatology service line, and building scalable skin health care pathways as the business grows. This is a hybrid role split evenly between service line leadership and active scanning clinician work: built for a primary care clinician who wants to deepen dermatology expertise and expand their scope without stepping away from patient care.

WHAT YOU'LL DELIVER IN THE FIRST 6–12 MONTHS

  • Skin lesions, tagged for review by the scanning clinicians, and then reviewed by our dermatology specialists, are signed off on in a timely manner and referral care pathways for dermatologic findings are documented, implemented, and adopted across active US clinics, ensuring members get the care they need with the right level of specialist review and scanning clinicians have a clear path to specialist input. (Tech-Enabled, Human-Centered)
  • You've become a trusted bridge between scanning clinicians and dermatology specialists, providing reliable guidance on referrals and specialist recommendations. (Member-first, Always)
  • You maintain a 50% scanning clinician caseload alongside service line leadership duties, holding the same standard of patient care you held before taking on this role. (Impact, Not Activity)
  • Friction points in the dermatology service line are surfaced early and addressed directly with dermatologists and operational teams, not left to compound. (Optimistic Truth-seeking)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

  • Clinical licensure in the state of NY: MD, DO, NP or PA required
  • For physicians, board-certified or board-eligible in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or a related primary care specialty. For NPs and PA, certification via an accredited professional board.
  • While this role is not responsible for first-line dermoscopy or lesion read (this is done by our consulting dermatologists), experience evaluating common skin findings and lesions, and an understanding of skin cancer screening and dermatologic workflows, is required.
  • Comfortable collaborating with specialist physicians and operationalizing referral pathways based on specialist recommendations.
  • Clinical experience in primary care, a dermatology practice, preventive health, outpatient medicine, or a similar setting.
  • Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage escalations, referrals, and operational follow-through.
  • Genuine interest in dermatology and clinical leadership, with the flexibility to balance clinical and administrative responsibilities.

PREFERRED

  • Prior experience as a lead clinician, medical director, or clinical champion.
  • Experience supporting referral pathways or care coordination.
  • Process-improvement or operational leadership experience.
  • Experience with skin cancer screening, dermatologic triage, or preventive skin health programs.

Source: Neko Health careers (Ashby)

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