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Cookeville, Tennessee

Facility Medical Director (Physician) - Geriatric Long-Term Care

GeriatricsIncludes callNo weekendsNo nightsContract

Listed compensation

$200k-$300k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Open Position

Facility Medical Director & Supervising Physician - Geriatric Care

Schedule

  • Full-Time
  • Monday to Friday
  • Some Flexibility Offered
  • No Evenings
  • No Weekends
  • No Holidays
  • Minimal On-Call

Compensation

  • $200,000 to $250,000 Base Salary, negotiable dependent upon experience
  • Performance-Based Incentive Bonus Structure
  • Malpractice Insurance
  • Health / Dental / Vision Insurance
  • Life / AD&D Insurance
  • FSA & HSA
  • Paid Time Off
  • Tuition & CME Provisions
  • License / DEA Reimbursement
  • 401k w/ 3% Match
  • Many More Perks & Benefits
  • W2 and 1099 Options

LOCATION: Cookeville, Tennessee

Company Profile

This organization is a leading provider of integrated medical services, caring for individuals from post-hospitalization to home in various settings. They bring quality medical care to the geriatric population, as well as people with complex conditions, special needs, and intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Their providers make a dramatic impact in increasing quality of life and safeguarding the dignity of those they serve.

Position Description

This organization is seeking a physician leader for a facility medical director and supervising physician role, which includes some patient care duties.

Physicians see patients in skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care settings. Providers work autonomously and are remotely supported by a robust clinical and administrative team.

The duties of the role include, among other responsibilities:

  • medical directorship(s) for SNFs and/or other long-term care facilities
  • ensure engagement with facility leadership, other providers, patients, and families
  • help identify growth opportunities with SNFs and other facilities in local market
  • supervise nurse practitioners and physician assistants
  • audit documentation for each supervised provider on a monthly basis
  • provide high-quality complex geriatric care to patients
  • collaborate with other healthcare providers as needed
  • participate in the on-call schedule
  • attend required trainings and meetings

The new physician leader will also be charged with keeping focus on quality outcomes such as:

  • care path compliance
  • productivity
  • prevention of avoidable transfers
  • decrease in polypharmacy
  • costs of care

The practice uses an EHR on a mobile-based platform.

Requirements

  • Tennessee medical license
  • DEA
  • Board Certification, relevant field (Internal / Family Medicine, Geriatrics, etc.)
  • 2+ years clinical leadership or supervising physician experience
  • 5+ years clinical practice experience
  • previous experience with geriatric primary care or a related field

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please send your resume to Jenn Kunkel at jenn@chsrecruiting.com or call (773) 998-1272.

Please visit chsrecruiting.com for a full list of available opportunities at CHS Recruiting.

Key Responsibilities

The Facility Medical Director will provide high-quality geriatric care while overseeing clinical operations and supervising nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Responsibilities include ensuring care path compliance, auditing documentation, and engaging with facility leadership to identify growth opportunities.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Supervising PhysiciansSkilled Nursing Facility ManagementDocumentation AuditingComplex Care ManagementPolypharmacy ReductionEHR ProficiencyTeam Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Facility Medical Director (Physician) - Geriatric Long-Term Care at CHS Recruiting a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,310 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Geriatrics — Physician Career Context

CHS Recruiting holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 79/100, 78 active listings.

Of the 35 active Geriatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 57% have no call, 69% require no weekends.

Geriatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is up 12.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$225k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $245k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$225k midpoint, that is roughly $9k–$16k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top contract/1099 Geriatrics Jobs

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Salary Distribution28 jobs · 8 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
29% this job
Sign-on bonus
14% this job
Relocation assistance
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Geriatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 195 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • Includes call

Living in Cookeville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$328k≈ 1.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,463/mo≈ 9% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Performance-based incentive bonus
Malpractice insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
AD&D insurance
FSA