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Memphis, Tennessee

Primary Care Physician - Memphis, TN (CareMore)

Primary CareFull-Time

Pay as listed: $201k-$301k · Memphis, Tennessee · pays below the median of 185 Primary Care listings (19th percentile).

Listed compensation

$201k-$301k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Job Description Summary

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Provides comprehensive physician services for patients across the lifespan in ambulatory and community-based care settings.

Evaluates, diagnoses, and manages acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs using evidence-based medical practice, including comprehensive health assessments, diagnostic evaluation, medication management, preventive services, chronic disease management, and care coordination.

Partners with advanced practice providers and interdisciplinary care teams to improve patient outcomes, promote population health, and deliver high-quality, patient-centered primary care.

The physician exercises full clinical decision authority within specialty, independently accountable for patient outcomes within the established care area. Decisions are complex and rely on specialty training and depth of clinical knowledge.

This job may include Associate Medical Director responsibilities, influencing clinical practice for a service line, mentoring advanced practitioners, and overseeing chart audits for APPs.

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How will you make an impact & Requirements

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Key Responsibilities

  • Evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs through comprehensive history, physical examination, diagnostic interpretation, and evidence-based medical decision-making.
  • Develop and oversee individualized treatment plans that include medication management, preventive services, immunizations, health screenings, lifestyle modification, chronic disease management, and ongoing monitoring of clinical outcomes.
  • Diagnose and manage a broad range of primary care conditions including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, thyroid disorders, obesity, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal conditions, infectious diseases, and other acute and chronic illnesses using current clinical practice guidelines.
  • Order, perform, interpret, and integrate laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, electrocardiograms, point-of-care testing, and other diagnostic evaluations to establish diagnoses and guide treatment decisions.
  • Perform office-based procedures consistent with specialty training and organizational credentialing, including minor skin procedures, wound management, joint and soft tissue injections, incision and drainage, and other approved primary care procedures.
  • Conduct annual wellness visits, preventive screenings, health risk assessments, chronic care management, transitional care management, and evidence-based preventive services to promote wellness and reduce disease burden.
  • Coordinate care for patients with complex medical conditions, collaborate with specialists and community resources, and determine the need for specialty consultation, hospitalization, or additional diagnostic evaluation when clinically indicated.
  • Collaborate with advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral health providers, care managers, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive patient care across the continuum.
  • Educate patients and caregivers regarding diagnoses, medications, preventive health measures, nutrition, exercise, chronic disease self-management, and treatment plans to support informed decision-making and long-term health.
  • Document patient encounters, medical decision-making, procedures, treatment plans, quality measures, and clinical outcomes accurately within the electronic health record while maintaining compliance with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, payer documentation guidelines, and value-based care initiatives.
  • Participate in quality improvement initiatives, peer review activities, population health programs, patient safety initiatives, clinical pathway development, and continuing medical education to support excellence in primary care delivery.

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Compensation Range

  • $200,801.00 to
  • $301,200.00

The anticipated base salary range represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the compensation it reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

The physician provides comprehensive primary care services, including diagnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses in community-based settings. They also collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care and improve population health outcomes.

Requirements

The role requires a qualified physician capable of performing comprehensive health assessments and evidence-based medical decision-making. Candidates must be proficient in managing complex medical conditions and documenting clinical encounters within an electronic health record system.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentClinical decision makingInterdisciplinary collaborationHealth risk assessmentTreatment planning

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 50% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$251k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $273k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$251k midpoint, that is roughly $10k–$18k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Primary Care Jobs

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Salary Distribution41 jobs · 31 employers

7
<$275k
4
$275k-315k
15
$315k-355k
12
$355k-395k
3
$395k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
95%
CME allowance
62% this job
Sign-on bonus
56%
Relocation assistance
44%
Loan repayment
31%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,306 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Memphis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$142k≈ 0.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,232/mo≈ 7% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
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 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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