PHYSICIAN - 80335

Executive Service

PHYSICIAN

Department of Health

Community Health Services

Cleveland, TN

Annual Salary: $160,128.00 - $213,336.00

Closing Date: 09/07/2026

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

The Southeast Region of the Tennessee Department of Health provides women's health services, as well as primary care services, in the ten-county region surrounding Hamilton County. The Tennessee Department of Health Southeast Region is looking for a physician to provide Primary Care and Women's Health services.

How you make a difference in this role:

Protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of all people in Tennessee.

Job Overview:

Provide primary care services, as well as women's health services, in rural county health departments surrounding Hamilton County. Clinics are staffed by both physicians and advanced practice nurses and serve the uninsured population. This position will be based at the Bradley County Health Department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver direct patient care

• Follow health department guidelines, protocols and program recommendations

• Be available to consult with other department staff

• Provide chart review for APN charts as requested

• Follow professional development directives from the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, including having and maintaining a valid unrestricted medical license

• Participate in county and regional based activities as requested by county and regional supervisors

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid and unrestricted Tennessee medical license

• Residency training in either Family Medicine or General Internal Medicine

• Valid Tennessee driver's license and available transportation as position may involve work in more than one health department

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.