Medical Director

MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Nashville, TN

Annual Salary:
Minimum starting rate of $

Closing Date: 03/16/2026

This is a hybrid position that allows both remote and in-office work.

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Background Check:
This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access.

The Tennessee Department of Health is seeking a Medical Director for Prescribing Matters. This executive service position reports directly to the Assistant Commissioner of Health Licensure and Regulation.

• Review all complaints filed against licensees involving the inappropriate prescribing of controlled substances.
• Make threshold determinations on violations; advise board investigators in conjunction with the Office of General Counsel.
• Perform detailed review of medical charts.
• Consult with the Office of General Counsel in issuing positions on appropriate disciplinary parameters.
• Handle initial pain clinic licensure and renewals.
• Assist the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database (CSMD) Committee in utilizing CSMD information to comply with legislative mandates to identify prescribers with inappropriate prescribing practices.
• Interact with the Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Nursing, Board of Pharmacy, and other applicable boards concerning prescribing, and work with the Office of General Counsel to advise on promulgation of rules.
• Collaborate with other state departments regarding the misuse of controlled substances and conduct literature reviews/research to inform policy relative to prescribing.
• Supervise the APRN prescribing consultant and the pain clinic licensure team.

• Licensed and practicing for at least 5 years as a medical doctor or osteopathic physician in Tennessee.
• Experience in prescribing controlled substances.
• Certified Addiction Specialist (preferred).
• Certified Pain Management Specialist (preferred).

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.