Facility Medical Director (Physician) - Geriatric Long-Term Care
Listed compensation
$200K - $250K
Listing transparency5 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- No weekends
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
Chattanooga, 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 www.chsrecruiting.com/jobs 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 facility engagement, auditing documentation, and focusing on quality outcomes such as reducing polypharmacy and avoidable transfers.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
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 Geriatrics — ranked against 191 active Geriatrics 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 78/100, 66 active listings.
Of the 39 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 41% have no call, 51% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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.
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Listing-based score
Above average in Geriatrics
- No weekends
- No nights
- Includes call
Living in Chattanooga
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $327k
- Typical market rent
- $1,513/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 91.5
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Chattanooga, TN-GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.