ER Physician - Emergency Medicine - Mercy Springfield and Lebanon Missouri - Mercy

Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MIssouri is recruiting an emergency medicine physician! We offer a great variety of shifts at a level I, tertiary hospital and one of the busiest trauma centers in the Midwest combined with shifts at a rural regional hospital that allows for a very hands-on approach, critical thinking, variety of patients, and procedures. Candidates must be residency trained and BC/BE in emergency medicine. This is a hospital-employed group with guaranteed shifts and hours, no partnership track/buy-in and equal parity, scheduling, and vote from day one! We offer leadership and career growth plus full benefits and a dedicated, stable, loyal group of partners. A great work/life balance is achievable with great hours and flexible scheduling. 

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Mercy Hospital Springfield and Lebanon

• Springfield – 886 bed, level I, tertiary trauma, and catchment hospital for four states
  • 90,000+ annual ED visits 
  • 9-hour shifts - 7 for patient care and last 2 for clean-up means you go home on-time
  • 14 physician shifts each day
  • 80-bed emergency department
  • 11-bed pediatric emergency department with most peds specialties available
  • Over 600 employed physicians across all specialities 
  • 24/7 in-house neurology/stroke, general and orthopedic trauma, anesthesiology, intensivists, hospitalists, and OB Hos
  • ED ultrasound (Sonosite), MRI, and CT available all the time

• Lebanon – 50 bed hospital, no trauma designation
  • 12-hour shifts – on-time departure!
  • 19-bed ED
  • 25k-30k annual visits
  • Three physicians shifts and one APP shift each day – great coverage
  • Less than 2 patients per hour 
  • Very hands-on with lots of procedures, critical care, decision making and autonomy

• EPIC EMR across Mercy
• Partnership with local and nearby medical schools for teaching, if desired
• Rated in the top 5% nationally for overall clinical excellence by Healthgrades
• Leapfrog Grade A for safety and quality

Mercy Emergency Medicine Offers:

• Excellent culture – low physician turnover, mix of all experience levels
• Guaranteed shifts, hours, and hourly rate
• $100,000 recruitment bonus plus paid relocation
• 1:1 physician to scribe ratio
• Schedule set three months in advance
• Immediate parity and equal scheduling
• Physician mentors, partners, and friends
• Comprehensive benefits package for the entire family
• Occurrence-based liability insurance

Springfield, Missouri

As the third largest city in Missouri and the hub of the Ozark Mountains, living in Springfield is easy with everything you need! We have a plentiful and growing job market, great schools, universities, world-class health care, and all the entertainment and cultural options of a big city—but with far less stress, crime, and traffic and an abundance of character and friendliness. Enjoy a top 10 city for low cost of living and top 20 best places to live and work! Minutes from Branson and easy trips to Kansas City and St. Louis!

Your life is our life’s work 

At Mercy you can lead the way. When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to provide a transformative health care experience while putting new technologies to the test. You will be part of an innovative organization that remembers why we got into health care nearly 200 years ago. If caring for patients and making a difference in the community is the reason you became a physician, join us at Mercy.

It is a continuing goal to advance diversity and inclusion within our Mercy ministry. We cherish each person as created in the image of God and believe it is our responsibility to strive for excellence in establishing an environment of dignity for all.

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Todd Vandewalker, MHA, CPRP | Telephone: 417-820-3606 | Email: Todd.Vandewalker@Mercy.net

Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.