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Wellpath
Eddyville, Kentucky

Regional Medical Director- Days- $50,000.00 Sign-On BONUS

Family MedicineFull-Time

Listed compensation

$277k-$308k

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Job Description

You Matter

  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

The Site Medical Director provides clinical leadership at the assigned facility and ensures compliance with medical standards and regulations. They deliver direct care, supervise healthcare staff, and coordinate with internal and external healthcare providers.

Responsibilities include documentation, emergency response, treatment planning, and formulary compliance. The Medical Director supports continuous quality improvement efforts and participates in policy and protocol development.

They also play a key role in chronic care clinic oversight, pharmacy monitoring, and medical program review.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide direct medical care and document all clinical encounters in compliance with standards
  • Supervise and support healthcare staff and ensure adherence to clinical protocols
  • Oversee chronic care clinics, utilization review, and quality improvement initiatives
  • Collaborate with the Health Services Administrator to enhance patient care and outcomes
  • Maintain clinical oversight and consult on complex medical cases or referrals
  • Additional Details
  • Over the pay BONUS applies
  • Qualifications & Requirements

Education

Medical school graduate

Experience

  • Experience in Family Practice, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine or Public Health preferred
  • LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
  • Must have and maintain current licensure within the State of employment
  • Maintains a current DEA number
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain CPR certification
  • Must maintain privileges and CME requirements for continued medical practice in the State

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.

Requirements

Candidates must be medical school graduates with experience in Family Practice, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Public Health. A current state medical license, DEA number, and CPR certification are required for the role.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Direct patient careChronic care managementStaff supervisionRegulatory complianceMedical documentationPolicy developmentConsultation

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$292k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $324k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 48% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 35 employers

17
<$315k
5
$315k-340k
15
$340k-365k
9
$365k-390k
4
$390k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks42 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
83% this job
Sign-on bonus
74% this job
CME allowance
55% this job
Relocation assistance
43%
Loan repayment
24%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,560 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Eddyville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$258k≈ 0.9× annual pay
Median resident rent
$730/mo≈ 3% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (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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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision
Paid time off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Company paid life insurance
Health Spending Accounts