Physician - Hospitalist Medical Director with Mercy in Joplin, MO

Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, has an exceptional Hospitalist Medical Director opportunity for a physician BC in Internal Medicine. You'll manage day to day operations and program implementation for local and ministry level. Mercy Hospital offers a chance to practice high quality medicine and enjoy a great lifestyle and cost of living. Mercy is a large healthcare system with hospitals and clinics in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma which allows interaction with a large, multi-specialty group. This position offers:

• You'll manage a collegial team of 20 Hospitalists including day rounders, swingshift and nocturnists. These physicians work 7 on/7 off
• You'll also manage 1 APP. (Currently looking to add 2 more APP's)
• This position is 75% Hospitalist and 25% Admin
• You'll work a minimum of 10 hospitalist shifts per month, plus about 60 hours/month admin
• Fully Integrated EMR with Epic, Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX) is available
• Closed ICU with 24-hour intensivist coverage
• All ICU rooms have E-ICU virtual monitoring from our Mercy Virtual Care Center in St. Louis
• All rooms private
• Broad Specialty Support
• Teaching opportunities available

Benefits Include:

• Competitive hour rate for admin duties and shift rate for hospitalist shifts
• $50,000 Commencement Bonus
• $10,000 for relocation
• $5,000 annual CME allowance
• Health, dental, vision insurance
• 401k/403b Retirement Plans
• Occurrence-based malpractice
• As a not-for-profit, Mercy qualifies for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program

Mercy Hospital Joplin

• State-of-the-art Mercy Hospital Joplin contains the latest technologies and design innovations.
• Offers specialty care on its main campus and supports primary care clinics throughout the community, serving more than 19 Joplin-area counties.
• Region's only facility to offer all private rooms.
• Services include Telemedicine, Birthing Center, sophisticated ICU and NICU, state-of-the-art Emergency Department: level II trauma center, and an Accredited Cancer Center.
• Mature, integrated health system well-positioned to face future healthcare challenges.
• Featuring storm-hardened architectural design and materials.

About Joplin
Appreciate an excellent quality of life in Joplin, where a crossroads of culture lies tucked away in the beautiful Ozarks of Southwest Missouri

• As the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the state, Joplin maintains the lowest cost of living and highest bang-for-your buck
• Population of the Greater Joplin Area is 75,000 (flourishing to over 200,000 during the workday) Joplin serves as a hub of economic, health and cultural activity for multiple communities in the four-state area
• Spend more time at home with no commute. Beautiful neighborhoods are located within an easy 5-10 minute drive from the clinic and hospital.
• Balance work with an active lifestyle with activities including golf (1 private, 3 public courses), tennis, numerous gyms, running, and hiking the scenic chert bluffs
• Enjoy easy access to nearby streams and lakes for fishing, kayaking and boating
• Multiple preK-12 options exist to make sure young minds have the opportunity to thrive. Choose from public, private and parochial schools, local colleges and a state university.
• Become a valued member of a diverse, growing medical hub with Kansas City University-Joplin's medical school and their 160+ students enrolled per year. A future dental school will open on KCU-Joplin's campus in 2023!
• Joplin has its own airport with United flights to Chicago and Denver. We are less than 1 hour from national airports in Springfield, MO and Bentonville, AR and 90 minutes from international airport in Tulsa.

Building a Ministry of Health Care

Mercy Clinic is a strong, physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group and is part of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, the fifth largest Catholic Health System in the nation. Located in seven states, Mercy is comprised of 50 hospitals employing 40,000 coworkers.

Working for Mercy gives you all the advantages of a larger organization balanced by the spirit of a smaller patient-centered medical group. You'll discover a friendly and cooperative environment where people care for one another at every level. What sets us apart is our unique approach where physicians and professional managers share leadership and make decisions together to improve upon, and deliver, world-class care.

At Mercy, you can lead the way. Join a team where your passion for patient care meets cutting-edge innovation. As part of an organization rooted in nearly 200 years of compassionate service, you'll help deliver transformative health care experiences while exploring new technologies and shaping the future of medicine. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to physician leadership-from the highest levels of our organization to the front lines of care-where physicians and caregivers collaborate, embrace fresh thinking, and drive clinical and operational excellence. If making a difference in your community is why you chose health care, Mercy is where your purpose meets possibility.