<p>Baptist Health Corbin is recruiting a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician to serve as Medical Director of its busy, growing emergency department in Corbin, Kentucky. This is a leadership opportunity at a 273-bed regional referral center serving more than 200,000 residents across southeastern Kentucky and parts of Tennessee — a hospital in the middle of a $100 million expansion that will double current ED space and add a rooftop helipad directly above the new department. The Medical Director will lead a well-staffed team with both physician and APP coverage, operating on Epic EMR, at a facility recognized nationally for cardiology, stroke, and quality outcomes.</p>
<h3>Perks and Benefits</h3> <ul> <li>Leadership stipend in addition to clinical compensation (Medical Director role)</li> <li>Employment model through a national emergency medicine group with established infrastructure and support</li> <li>Professional liability insurance coverage (confirm tail vs. occurrence at time of offer)</li> <li>Access to full benefits package typical of employed physician arrangements including health, dental, and vision</li> <li>CME allowance and paid CME days</li> <li>Retirement savings plan</li> <li>Relocation assistance available</li> </ul>
<h3>Practice Highlights</h3> <ul> <li>42,000 annual ED visits with a 13.5% admission rate — a high-acuity, high-volume regional referral pattern</li> <li>34 hours per day of physician coverage and 44 hours per day of APP coverage — a well-resourced team structure</li> <li>Epic EMR throughout the department</li> <li>$100 million hospital expansion underway, scheduled for completion in early 2027, including an 80,000-square-foot patient care wing connected to the existing hospital via an enclosed pedestrian bridge</li> <li>ED expansion will double current emergency department footprint, with improvements to trauma and triage areas and a new rooftop helipad positioned directly above the expanded ED</li> <li>Expansion also includes a new and expanded ICU, NICU space expansion, and 24 new private inpatient rooms</li> <li>Advanced imaging on-site including a brand-new 264-slice cardiac CTA and two fully equipped cardiac catheterization labs</li> <li>Broad inpatient subspecialty support: interventional and general cardiology, gastroenterology, oncology, women's health, orthopedics, primary care, geropsychiatry, adolescent psychiatry, and inpatient drug and alcohol detox</li> <li>2025 Kentucky Hospital Association Quality Award — Acute Care Hospitals with 250+ Beds</li> <li>ACC NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award (2025)</li> <li>2025 Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll and Rural Stroke Gold Award</li> <li>2025 Pediatric Recognition Award from the Voluntary EMS Pediatric Recognition Program</li> <li>Recognized for sepsis care innovation at a regional quality roundtable (August 2025)</li> </ul>
<h3>Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li>Board certification required — ABEM (American Board of Emergency Medicine) or ABOEM (American Board of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine)</li> <li>Completion of an ACGME- or AOA-accredited Emergency Medicine residency</li> <li>Active Kentucky medical license or eligibility to obtain prior to start</li> <li>Prior emergency medicine leadership experience preferred — Medical Director, Assistant Medical Director, or equivalent administrative/quality role</li> <li>Comfort with the full acuity spectrum of a busy regional referral ED, including trauma stabilization and time-sensitive cardiac and stroke presentations</li> </ul>
<h3>About the Community</h3> <p>Corbin sits in the foothills of southeastern Kentucky, offering a low cost of living, favorable tax environment, and a genuine quality-of-life balance that is difficult to match in larger markets. The region provides immediate access to outdoor recreation across the Daniel Boone National Forest and Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, while placing you within a three-hour drive of Louisville, Lexington, the world-famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Churchill Downs, and the rapidly growing Nashville, Tennessee metro — giving you the cultural and entertainment options of major cities without the overhead of living in one.</p>