TeamHealth is seeking an experienced, collaborative, and visionary physician leader to serve as the facility medical director of hospital medicine at Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield, KY. The FMD provides clinical and administrative leadership for the hospital medicine program, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care while fostering physician engagement, operational excellence, and continuous quality improvement.

This physician leader will partner closely with hospital administration, nursing leadership, medical staff, and community providers to advance strategic initiatives, improve patient outcomes, and support the mission of providing exceptional healthcare to the communities we serve.

Clinical Leadership Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care as a practicing hospitalist

Maintain excellence in clinical practice and serve as a role model for quality, professionalism, and patient-centered care

Promote evidence-based medicine and standardized clinical pathways

Support safe, timely, and efficient patient care throughout the hospitalization

Medical Staff Leadership Responsibilities

Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain hospital medicine physicians and advanced practice providers

Foster a culture of teamwork, accountability, and professional growth

Assist with scheduling and staffing to ensure adequate physician coverage

Additional duties include spearheading initiatives around quality and patient safety, physician engagement, operational management, and strategic leadership

Qualifications

MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school

Board-certified in internal medicine or family medicine

Current or eligible Kentucky medical license

Minimum of five years of hospital medicine experience

Demonstrated leadership experience within a hospital medicine or inpatient setting

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience as medical director, associate medical director, or hospitalist team lead

Experience with physician recruitment and retention

Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or healthcare quality improvement methodologies

Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing change

Interested in learning more? Apply today!

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