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Skilled Wound Care
Nashville, Tennessee

General Surgeon - Nashville, TN

SurgeryNo callNo weekendsNo nightsContract

Listed compensation

$250k-$500k

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

  • Job Title: General Surgeon
  • Location: Nashville, TN
  • Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary: $250,000 – $500,000 per year for Full-time
  • General Surgeon Jobs in Nashville, TN: Same Surgical Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You trained for years to become a General Surgeon. But across the country, surgeon shortages mean longer hours, heavier call and less time for life outside medicine. Top-tier General Surgeons shouldn’t have to give up their health, families and weekends for their careers.

Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring General Surgeons in Nashville, TN to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Maybe you’re a General Surgeon ready to step away from endless call rotations, OR block-time battles and productivity targets at large health systems. Maybe you want clinical autonomy outside the high-pressure hospital environment. Either way, this no-call General Surgeon job offers a high-impact surgical career without the corporate red tape.

Why General Surgeons in Nashville, TN Choose Wound Care

In a specialty where being on call can mean missed dinners, cancelled vacations and 2 a. m. emergency cases, we offer a refreshing alternative:

The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No 2 a. m. emergency cases. This is a true Monday–Friday surgeon job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.

Keep Your Surgical Skills: Surgical debridement and bedside procedures stay part of your daily practice.

A Sustainable Surgical Career: Bedside procedures are far less physically demanding than long OR cases, so the strain on your back, neck and shoulders goes down and you can keep practicing for years to come.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your surgical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.

Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.

  • General Surgeon Responsibilities
  • Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Nashville, TN:
  • Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
  • Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds

Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols

Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing

General Surgeon Salary & Compensation

  • Full-Time Average Annual Earnings: $250,000 - $500,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
  • High Achievers: Top performers earn $500,000+ through performance bonuses
  • Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

General Surgeon Schedule

  • We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:
  • Part-Time: 2–3 days per week
  • Full-Time: 4–5 days per week
  • General Surgeon Requirements
  • Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
  • Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
  • DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
  • Open Background: We welcome General Surgeons and surgeons of all backgrounds, as well as Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians. No previous wound care experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training
  • Great Place to Work® Certified!

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 4th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Apply for This General Surgeon Job in Nashville, TN

You trained to be a surgeon, not to be on call forever. If you’re a General Surgeon in Nashville, TN looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday surgical career with no earning cap, APPLY HERE.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Key Responsibilities

The General Surgeon will perform surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures to treat chronic and complex wounds. They will also lead wound care initiatives and provide collaborative care within skilled nursing facilities.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited institution and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. Eligibility for a DEA license is also required, and the role is open to surgeons, family medicine, and internal medicine physicians.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Chronic wound treatmentComplex wound treatmentClinical documentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates General Surgeon - Nashville, TN at Skilled Wound Care a 7.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Surgery — ranked against 1,242 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Skilled Wound Care holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 232 active listings.

Of the 38 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 89% have no call, 55% require no weekends.

Surgery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.3 / 10 · top 25% in surgeryranked against 1,242 Surgery listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$408k in purchasing powerTennessee index 91.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Tennessee31 active1,259 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 89% no call · 55% no weekends38 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTennessee Physician listings: 29% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 5% offer loan repayment366 active listings, Nov 2026
Surgery hiring demand#4 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 40 days · 40% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 604 postings, 152 closed
New Surgery listings765 in the last 30 days466 the 30 days before (+64%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Skilled Wound Caresilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index232 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,242 Surgery listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$375k midpoint, that is roughly $15k–$26k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Salary Distribution

33 jobs · 16 employers
14
<$395k
2
$400k
10
$490k-585k
4
$585k-680k
3
$750k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

24 jobs · 16 employers
401k / retirement match
63%
Sign-on bonus
54%
Relocation assistance
33%
CME allowance
13%
Loan repayment
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.7this job 7.3
Better work-life than 80% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,242 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Skilled Wound Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Performance bonuses
No-call lifestyle
No nights
No weekends
Clinical autonomy

Living in Nashville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$409k≈ 1.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,820/mo≈ 9% of gross pay
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.3
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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