SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM (THHM) - SPECIAL OPERATIONS PHYSICIAN
Compensation
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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Ready to take your leadership career to the next level? TeamHealth is seeking an experienced hospitalist medical director to serve as a traveling physician leader across the Southeastern United States. In this unique, non-clinical leadership role, you'll provide operational and physician leadership where it's needed most, supporting TeamHealth hospital medicine programs across 11 states.
Enjoy the flexibility of living anywhere in the U.S. while traveling to sites with all licensure, credentialing, travel, lodging, and expenses fully covered.
Position Highlights
- 100% administrative, non-clinical role
- Monday through Friday schedule with weekends off
- Live anywhere in the U.S.
- Lead and support hospital medicine programs across multiple markets
Generous compensation package including...
- Medical director stipend
- Quality incentives
- Retention bonus
- Sign-on bonus
If you're a seasoned hospitalist leader looking for a dynamic, high-impact role with outstanding work-life balance and travel flexibility, this is the role for you. Apply today to learn more.
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Job Benefits
- 1099 compensation package
- Generous monthly stipend
- Sign-on bonus and annual retention bonus
- Quality bonus based on metrics
- Access to financial services including healthcare coverage, tax and retirement planning
- Paid professional liability insurance with tail coverage
Key Responsibilities
Provide operational and physician leadership across multiple hospital medicine programs in the Southeastern United States. Support and manage clinical programs while traveling to various facilities as needed.
Requirements
Must be an experienced hospitalist medical director with strong leadership capabilities. Requires the ability to travel extensively and manage programs across multiple markets.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Key Skills
Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 82% have no call, 32% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 3.9 / 10 · above average in hospital medicine | ranked against 1,173 Hospital Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Cost of living | Tennessee index 91.9 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Hospital Medicine listings in Tennessee | 28 active | 1,169 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 82% no call · 32% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | Tennessee Physician listings: 29% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 6% offer loan repayment346 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Hospital Medicine hiring demand | #18 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 49 days · 28% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 402 postings, 440 closed |
| New Hospital Medicine listings | 452 in the last 30 days | 379 the 30 days before (+19%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
Top contract/1099 Hospital Medicine Jobs
22 matches · ranked by paySalary Distribution
21 jobs · 11 employersAnnual compensation range
Benefits & Perks
17 jobs · 11 employersShare of similar jobs offering each benefit
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$160-$180/hrWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,173 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No weekends
Benefits & Perks
Living in Knoxville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $356k
- Typical market rent
- $1,701/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.6
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Knoxville, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.