PHYSICIAN

Department of Health

Dickson, TN

Closing Date: 04/26/2023

Loan Repayment of up to $100,000 per year for 2 years and potential signing bonus - available for qualifying candidates.

Who we are and how we impact Tennessee:

TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access.

Mission:

Protect, promote, and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee.

Vision:

• Healthy People
• Healthy Communities
• Healthy Tennessee

Our Values:

• Collaboration
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Compassion
• Respect
• Health Equity

Strategic Priorities:

Prevention:

• Support Local Leadership
• Decrease Youth Obesity
• Decrease Tobacco Use
• Decrease Substance Misuse
• Prevent and Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences

Access:

• Optimize Internal Clinical Efficiency
• Improve External Primary Care Access
• Leverage Innovation
• Expand Partnerships

Job Overview:

The Mid-Cumberland Region of the Tennessee Department of Health provides primary care services in eleven (11) counties in the region by staffing safety-net clinical sites. These clinics are staffed by both physicians and advanced practice nurses and serve the uninsured and underinsured population. This position will be based at the Dickson County Health Department and will involve working at other surrounding county primary care sites.

Key Responsibilities:

• Diagnose, treat, and manage chronic and acute diseases in adults and children using evidence-based medicine approaches in an outpatient setting
• Consult with other health department staff
• Precept three advanced practice nurses in multiple sites, to include chart review, clinical mentoring, and consultation
• Participate in county and region-based activities as requested by county and regional supervisors
• Follow health department guidelines, protocols, and program recommendations
• Follow professional development directives from the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, including having and maintaining a valid unrestricted medical license

Minimum Requirements:

• MD or DO degree
• Valid and unrestricted Tennessee medical license
• Valid DEA license
• Residency training in a primary care specialty such as Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Valid Tennessee driver's license and available transportation as position requires at least monthly travel to different sites

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.