Assistant Medical Director In Memphis, TN

Team Health; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-hour shifts

Closed ICU with 24/7 intensivists

No procedures required

Nocturnist team with on-call and APC

18-20 PPD

Competitive compensation

Tail insurance and liability coverage

Assistant director monthly stipend

Sign-on and relocation bonus

Job summary

TeamHealth seeks an assistant medical director at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, to support the HM director in leading the hospitalist program and delivering safe, high-quality inpatient care. The role blends clinical practice with leadership focused on operations, quality, engagement, and care coordination.

The AMD will guide daily operations, mentor staff, and collaborate across nursing, case management, and medical leadership to improve outcomes and efficiency, with

Qualifications

• Leadership in hospital medicine
• Experience driving quality improvement initiatives
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Provide direct inpatient care as a hospitalist.
• Assist in overseeing daily hospital medicine operations and clinician scheduling.
• Support quality, patient safety, and performance-improvement initiatives.
• Mentor hospitalists and advanced practice clinicians.
• Collaborate with nursing, case management, and medical staff leadership.
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and clinician performance management.
• Demonstrate physician leadership experience.
• Experience with quality improvement, throughput, and healthcare operations.

Skills

Hospital medicine leadership

Quality improvement

Physician engagement

Job description

Job Description

Join TeamHealth as assistant medical director at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. The hospital medicine AMD supports the HM director in leading the hospitalist program and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centered inpatient care. This role combines clinical practice with leadership responsibilities focused on operations, quality improvement, physician engagement, and care coordination

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct inpatient care as a practicing hospitalist
• Assist in overseeing daily hospital medicineoperations and clinician scheduling
• Support quality, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives
• Mentor and support hospitalists and advanced practice clinicians
• Collaborate with nursing, case management, and medical staff leadership to improve patient outcomes an operational efficiency
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and clinician performance management
• Previous physician leadership experience
• Experience with quality improvement, throughput, and healthcare operations

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Benefits

• - 12-hour shifts
• - Closed ICU with 24/7 intensivists
• - No procedures required
• - Dedicated nocturnist team with physician on-call and APC support
• - 18-20 PPD
• - Competitive compensation
• - Paid professional liability insurance and tail
• - Assistant director monthly stipend
• - Sign-on and relocation bonus

Facility

Baptist Memorial Health Care's flagship hospital, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is one of Tennessee's highest volume medical centers. This facility is a full-service medical center offering a comprehensive range of medical services. Its 80-acre campus is also home to Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, the Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children's Hospital, Baptist Memorial Restorative Care Hospital, Baptist Heart Institute, Baptist Women's Health Center and 5 physicians office buildings. Baptist Memorial Health Care system is one of the premier health systems in the nation and an award-winning network dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care.

About the City

Known for its Blues and Rock-n-Roll roots, Memphis is famous for its southern hospitality. Visit Elvis's Graceland, the eminent Peabody Hotel, and Mud Island, a museum that houses the legendary Memphis Belle, a World War II B-17 bomber. Learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. and the city's history at the National Civil Rights Museum. Cheer on the Memphis Grizzlies and attend world-class entertainment events at the downtown FedEx Forum. Take a stroll down Beale Street and enjoy world-famous Memphis barbecue--the highlight of the annual May Festival, an international barbecue cooking contest. With all this and more, Memphis is the ideal city to call home.