Physician - General Surgery: BMG Jernigan Surgery Clinic
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Job Description
General Surgery Opportunity
Baptist Medical Group – Union City– Seeking a BC/BE
General Surgeon to join our well-established surgical practice!
- Competitive Compensation Package: GREAT earning potential!
- Complete benefits package, employment bonus, annual quality bonus, relocation
- This is an employed opportunity with Baptist Medical Group (a multidisciplinary medical group with over 1,500 employed physicians)
Some notable facts about BMG – Jernigan Surgery Clinic:
- Join an expanding busy clinic: 1 physician and PA
- Practice out of BMH – Union City (137 bed hospital)
- 21,000 ER visits per year
- 300 scopes performed in our dedicated GI suites
- 2600 surgeries per year with 4 OR’s
- 800 babies delivered
- Great quality of life - 10 days of call per month
- Covers 1 facility: BMH: Union City
- Approximately 2 hours from hospitals that can provide higher level of care
- Great collaborative and collegial physicians and administrative team
- As a not-for-profit system, BMHCC qualifies for Public Service Loan
Forgiveness (PSLF)
- J-1 and H-1b waivers available through the DRA
- Learn more at baptistonline.org
Small town charm with big city amenities and shopping nearby
- Incredibly affordable dream homes
- No state income tax with low cost of living
- Close to Memphis, Nashville, and St. Louis
- Enjoy outdoor recreation on trails, at wildlife refuges, Lake Isom and
Reelfoot Lake
- Enjoy a world-class entertainment and educational experience at Discovery
Park of America: discoveryparkofamerica.com
For immediate consideration, please send CV to Tina Rhinehart, Physician
Recruiter at Tina.Rhinehart@bmhcc.org [Melissa.Purcell@bmg.md]. For more information, please call 901-227-5056.
Key Responsibilities
The physician will join a well-established surgical practice to perform surgeries and provide care at the Baptist Medical Group – Union City clinic. Responsibilities include managing patient care, performing scopes in GI suites, and participating in the on-call rotation.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery. The role requires a commitment to a collaborative clinical environment and the ability to work at the designated hospital facility.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - General Surgery: BMG Jernigan Surgery Clinic at Baptist a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 1,016 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc.
Surgery — Physician Career Context
Of the 38 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 92% have no call, 89% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 11.1% 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)). 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.
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