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PHYSICIAN - 81259

Executive Service

PHYSICIAN

Department of Health

Community Health Services

Cleveland, TN

Minimum Annual Salary: $160,128.00

Closing Date: 10/28/2026

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.

How You Make a Difference in This Role:

Protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of people in Tennessee by serving the uninsured in medically underserved counties in Southeast Tennessee.

Job Overview:

Are you ready to leave the private sector and no longer worry about insurance, overhead costs, and quotas? Are you interested in public health and being a leader for innovative methods of care? The Tennessee Department of Health Southeast Region is looking for a physician to 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 in Cleveland, but may work in surrounding county health departments, with travel reimbursement provided.

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.

  • MD or DO degree

  • Valid DEA license

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in a primary care specialty such as Family Medicine or Internal Medicine

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.

Date Posted
09/29/2026
Job Reference
81259
Organization
State of TN
Location
Cleveland, TN 37311
Category
Physician/Surgeon
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