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Job satisfaction is a most vital concept in an organisation. Each employer focuses on the level of job satisfaction among employees as higher level of it leads to low level of complaints and work grievances among employees. Job satisfaction also influences various factors such as productivity, less absenteeism, lower turnover ratio, reduce accident, less job stress and less unionization and result in increased organisation effectiveness. Doctors play an important role in providing health care services to the society and present study focuses on job satisfaction of Doctors in Public Hospitals of Uttarakhand. Although a number of studies have been conducted on the Indian health sector towards job satisfaction but there is a dearth of such studies especially in hill state of Uttarakhand. For conducting the study responses of 150 doctors were recorded who were serving in 30 public hospitals in Deharadun and Haridwar district of Uttarakhand through judgmental sampling technique. Study used exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis for data analysis. On the basis of the review of literature this study used 36 statement to measure the job satisfaction among doctors but on the basis of explorative factor analysis this study excluded the two statement I have opportunity practice the way I want to do, and I can take off time without feeling guilty. So finally this study find dimensions of job satisfaction included in Ten factors with 34 statement such as Resources (4 items), Relation with patients (4 items), Payment/compensation/income (4 items), Autonomy (4 items), Relationship with staff (3 items), Relationship with co-workers (3 items), Community (3 items), Intrinsic factors (3 items), Administration (3 items), Personal time (3 items). The proposed measurement model exhibited a good level of model fit, too.