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Washington, District of Columbia

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

Emergency Medicine Top 25% in Emergency MedicineNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$325-$345/hr

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Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 47m ago · Verified live

Job Description

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.

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[http://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: 
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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.

Facility Caption

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
  • 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
  • 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 34 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 9% are remote, 88% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

Emergency Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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).

Top Emergency Medicine Jobs

21 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution20 jobs · 8 employers

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<$350k
13
$350k-415k
4
$415k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
Sign-on bonus
30% this job
CME allowance
15% this job
Loan repayment
10%
Relocation assistance
10%

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Work-life snapshot

3.9/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Emergency Medicine

  • No weekends

Living in Washington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$642k
Typical market rent
$2,517/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 (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 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.

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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