MEDICAL DIRECTOR - 73648

Executive Service

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

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/program-areas/careers/12%205%202025%20Medical%20Dir%20job%20ad.pdf

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.

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Job Overview:

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

Key Responsibilities:

• The medical director will be responsible for reviewing all complaints filed against licensees involving the inappropriate prescribing of controlled substances.
• This review will include, but not be limited to making threshold determinations on violations; advising board investigators in conjunction with the Office of General Counsel; performing detailed review of medical charts; and consulting with the Office of General Counsel in issuing positions on appropriate disciplinary parameters.
• The medical director will also be responsible for initial pain clinic licensure and renewals and assist the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database (CSMD) Committee in utilizing CSMD information to comply with legislative mandates to identify prescribers with inappropriate prescribing practices.
• The medical director will interact with the Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Nursing, Board of Pharmacy, and other applicable boards concerning prescribing as well as working with the Office of General Counsel to advise on the promulgation of rules.
• In addition, the medical director will collaborate with other state departments with regard to the misuse of controlled substances and conduct literature reviews/research to inform policy relative to prescribing. The medical director will supervise the APRN prescribing consultant and the pain clinic licensure team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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.