Primary Care Physician
Bardstown, KYJob$250–350K/yrSeen 3mo agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Family Medicine Physician joins an established primary care network in Bardstown, Kentucky, providing full-spectrum care to patients across the lifespan. The role includes preventive wellness, screenings, and management of chronic conditions, with EPIC EMR supporting care coordination and treatment planning. The physician works with a collaborative primary care team and may influence clinical protocols through quality improvement initiatives.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Family Medicine Physician, you will join our established and growing primary care network in Bardstown, Kentucky. You will serve as the primary healthcare provider for individuals and families across the lifespan, providing high-quality, full-spectrum care in a community-focused practice that prioritizes long-term patient relationships and clinical excellence.
In this role, you will deliver comprehensive primary care to a diverse patient panel, addressing a wide range of health concerns from preventative wellness and routine health screenings to the management of complex chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension. You will act as a true medical home for your patients, utilizing EPIC EMR to coordinate care, guide treatment planning, and promote overall health and wellness within the Bardstown community.
To be successful in this role, you will be a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Family Medicine Physician with an active or eligible license to practice medicine in Kentucky. You will possess exceptional clinical expertise, excellent communication skills, and a strong commitment to patient-centered care. We are seeking a provider who is adept at working both independently and as a valued member of our collaborative primary care team.
Key Highlights & Compensation:
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Flexible 4.5-day work week for exceptional work-life balance.
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Manageable patient census (18-22 patients/day) for dedicated time and strong patient relationships, caring for newborns and up.
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Opportunity to influence clinical protocols through quality improvement initiatives .
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Work with a dedicated supporting team (nurses, MAs, admin).
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Access to specialty consults and referrals within our integrated network for coordinated care.
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Competitive base salary coupled with rewarding production and quality incentives.
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Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and disability.
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Robust Time Off: 33 days of PTO plus 6 paid holidays per year.
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Lucrative Recruiting Incentives: Package includes sign-on bonus, student loan assistance, residency bonus, and relocation assistance.
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Generous Retirement: Retirement options with up to 6% employer match PLUS an additional 3% annual company contribution.
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Supportive practice environment valuing physician input and work-life harmony.
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Community: Located in Bardstown, KY—a historic, welcoming community with a high quality of life.
Job Requirements
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Required:
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Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited institution.
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Board certification or eligibility in Family Medicine.
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Active or eligible license in the state of Kentucky.
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Strong clinical skills in full-spectrum primary care, including preventative medicine, acute illness treatment, and chronic disease management.
Where You'll Work
Bardstown, KY Highlights:
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USA Today and Rand McNally declared Bardstown, KY “Most Beautiful Small Town in America”.
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Throughout Nelson County, there are more than 300 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, with more than 200 of them located in historic downtown.
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Bardstown, KY, known as the “Bourbon Capital of the World” has 11 distilleries within 16 miles.
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Even if bourbon is not your thing, Bardstown, KY has many other entertainment options including the many beautiful parks, museums, dining options, and the Stephen Foster Story.
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This small town hosts the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and Arts, Crafts & Antiques Fair.
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Access to hiking trails, water sports, biking, and much more!
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It is conveniently located under 50 miles away from Louisville, Kentucky (including an international airport).
Click here (https://www.cityofbardstown.org/) for more information about Bardstown, KY.
About CHI Saint Joseph Health and CommonSpirit Health
CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health includes 275 providers delivering quality care to patients across 88 locations in central and eastern Kentucky. Our full service network delivers a variety of Primary Care Services including Family Internal Geriatric and Pediatric Medicine in addition to several specialties to deliver custom care based on the unique needs of our patients.
CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
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Pay Range
$250,000 - $350,000 /year
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 727 open Primary Care Physician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$250–350K/yr
- US median$250–312K/yr494 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $300K, is 8% above the US median midpoint ($277K) — in the top quarter of Primary Care Physician salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Primary Care Physician jobs in Kentucky and 727 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- CenterWell64 open
- CenterWell (Humana)57 open
- CVS Health51 open
- Experience
- Primary Care Physician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 3 years (157 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 469 of the 727 open Primary Care Physician jobs (65%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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