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Washington, District of Columbia

SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM (THE) - EM - SPECIAL OPERATIONS PHYSICIAN

Emergency MedicineNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$325-$345/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Are you a clinician who loves to travel and looks for a diverse array of opportunities to provide care? TeamHealth has an excellent opportunity for a physician to join our elite emergency medicine special operations team. Our special operations team works at selected emergency departments, and physicians work in blocks with blocked time off.

TeamHealth will obtain any additional licenses and DEAs if needed. The ideal candidates for these positions must be adaptive, possess excellent communication skills, have a team player attitude and the flexibility to travel is a must. We ask that you be board certified or board eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with EM residency training required. Enhance your work-life balance with blocked time off every month to enjoy doing what you love - apply today!

Competitive compensation, with an estimated hourly range of $325/hour to $345/hour.

California Applicant Privacy

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[teamhealth is seeking a core faculty member for our MountainView Hospital Internal Medicine GME program in partnership with HCA GME, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ideal clinician will be a board certified internal medicine (IM) physician with academic experience, a passion for teaching, and resident development.

Research background, simulation education, bedside procedural skills, prior GME administrative experience, and Point-Of-Care Ultra Sonography (POCUS) knowledge is an additional benefit. The position entails Monday through Friday teaching rounds with residents and one or two paid weekends.

Clinician will work with 3-5 residents in a traditional team based teaching setting. The academic Hospitalist supervises resident's clinical work until they are capped after which admissions are taken by separate non-GME team.

This internal medicine residency was established in 2016 and has grown to a 66 resident internal medicine (IM) program with 13 residents in the transitional year program. There are five providers (all ABIM Board certified) that serve as core faculty for the five teaching teams.

Additional boarded physicians serve for cross coverage and overflow patients and admitting physicians. Aside from the perks of practicing in a fantastic location, another added bonus is that Nevada has no state income tax! California Applicant Privacy Act:

teamhealth.com]

City Caption

Live where you want, practice where you're needed!

City Description

As a TeamHealth special operations physician, you can live where you want and practice where you're needed. Choose your ideal city anywhere within the U.S. – we'll fly you to work.

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Special Operations Team Northeast

Facility Description

Special operations team members are credentialed at multiple emergency medicine client sites within a specified region and serve as clinical "top guns" for our clients. A special ops team member must be adaptive and possess excellent communication skills and a team-player attitude. Flexibility and the ability to travel are a must.

Job Benefits

  • Excellent alternative to locums with comparable pay and consistent work with the organization that is not only insuring you but is operationally responsible for the site in which you work
  • An elite guaranteed hourly compensation
  • Sign-on bonus
  • Paid travel and accommodations/earn travel awards
  • Easy travel booking and travel reimbursement
  • Superb licensing and credentialing support
  • Enhanced work/life balance with blocked time off
  • TeamHealth Institute and free CME
  • Leadership development programs
  • Well-being resources program including the Grokker App with programs for fitness, nutrition, mental health, sleep and financial wellbeing; access is provided for you and two family members or friends
  • Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
  • Patient safety organization

Key Responsibilities

Provide emergency medical care at various client sites as part of a special operations team. Work in blocks with scheduled time off while maintaining high clinical standards.

Requirements

Must be board certified or board eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with completed EM residency training. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills, a team-player attitude, and the flexibility to travel.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical careTeamworkAdaptabilityTravel flexibility

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 37 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 86% have no call, 59% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for District of Columbia is 109.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$697k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $634k in an average-cost state. 64.3% of District of Columbia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Emergency Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.9 / 10 · top 25% in emergency medicineranked against 1,045 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$676k–$718kEmergency Medicine median $96k (middle half $85k–$128k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$634k in purchasing powerDistrict of Columbia index 109.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Work settingon-sitepeers: 5% remote · 86% no call · 59% no weekends37 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS Physician listings: 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $60k) · 13% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Emergency Medicine hiring demand#1 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 63 days · 55% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 325 postings, 316 closed
New Emergency Medicine listings465 in the last 30 days446 the 30 days before (+4%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,045 Emergency Medicine listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Emergency Medicine Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

31 jobs · 13 employers
3
<$350k
21
$350k-400k
7
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

31 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
90%
Sign-on bonus
26% this job
Relocation assistance
16%
CME allowance
13% this job
Loan repayment
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 3.9
Better work-life than 80% of Emergency Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,045 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Team Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Knoxville, TN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Excellent alternative to locums with comparable pay and consistent work
An elite guaranteed hourly compensation
Sign-on bonus
Paid travel and accommodations/earn travel awards
Easy travel booking and travel reimbursement
Superb licensing and credentialing support
Enhanced work/life balance with blocked time off
TeamHealth Institute and free CME

Living in Washington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$638k
Typical market rent
$2,484/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.