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Hospitalist Medical Director - Mercy Hospital Joplin, MO

$50K Commencement Bonus | Leadership + Clinical Role

Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, is seeking a Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician for an exciting Hospitalist Medical Director position. This leadership role combines clinical excellence with administrative oversight, offering the opportunity to shape program strategy while maintaining hands-on patient care.

Position Highlights

• Lead a collegial team of 20 Hospitalists (day rounders, swing shift, nocturnists)

• Oversee 1 APP (with plans to add 2 more)

• 75% clinical / 25% administrative responsibilities

• Minimum 10 hospitalist shifts per month plus ~60 hours/month administrative duties

• Fully integrated Epic EMR with Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX)

• Closed ICU with 24-hour intensivist coverage

• All ICU rooms equipped with E-ICU virtual monitoring from Mercy Virtual Care Center

• All patient rooms are private

• Broad specialty support and teaching opportunities available

• Competitive hourly rate for administrative duties and shift rate for hospitalist work

• $50,000 commencement bonus

• $10,000 relocation assistance

• $5,000 annual CME allowance

• Comprehensive benefits: health, dental, vision

• Retirement plans: 401(k) / 403(b)

• Occurrence-based malpractice coverage

• Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

• State-of-the-art facility featuring advanced technologies and storm-hardened design

• Region?s only hospital offering all private rooms

• Level II Trauma Center, Accredited Cancer Center, NICU, and sophisticated ICU

• Telemedicine capabilities and integrated specialty care

• Mature, integrated health system serving 19 counties in the four-state area

Enjoy an exceptional quality of life in the beautiful Ozarks:

• Fourth-largest metro in Missouri with low cost of living

• Population: 75,000 (regional hub serving 200,000+)

• No commute - neighborhoods within 5-10 minutes of hospital

• Outdoor recreation: golf, hiking, fishing, boating, and scenic trails

• Excellent public, private, and parochial schools plus local colleges and a state university

• Home to Kansas City University-Joplin medical school (160+ students annually)

• Convenient travel: Joplin Regional Airport with United flights to Chicago & Denver; 1 hour to Springfield, MO or Bentonville, AR; 90 minutes to Tulsa International Airport

Your life is our life?s work

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.

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About Mercy

Mercy Clinic is a physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group. With over 2,500 primary care and specialty physicians, Mercy Clinic is the fourth largest integrated physician organization in the country.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.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.ST. LOUIS – Forbes has named Mercy to its America’s Best Employers for New Grads 2022 list, ranking Mercy in the top 200 companies, including AT&T, Edward Jones and The Walt Disney Company.

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