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UnityPoint Health
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Urgent Care - Physician - Marion

Urgent CareIncludes weekendsNo callFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for an Urgent Care Physician to join our team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world.

Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker’s Healthcare and among America’s Best Employers By State in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care.

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids serves a seven-county area surrounding Cedar Rapids.

St. Luke’s Hospital is the only hospital in Cedar Rapids designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital six times, has been named a top 50 Hospital in the Nation by Healthgrades, named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health eight times and also has been honored six times as Becker’s Hospital Review ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’. St. Luke’s is also a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.

  • Urgent Care Clinics are open 8am-8pm Monday – Friday; 8am-3pm Saturday and Sunday
  • Schedule full time and flexible; average 14-15 shifts per month
  • Rotating weekend shifts
  • 2 Providers per shift

No Call Requirements

  • Full-time position, including dedicated administrative time, with flexible scheduling to ensure sufficient patient access
  • 24/7 hospitalist program is responsible for adult and pediatric inpatients
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination
  • Epic integration with an option for patient’s to “reserve your spot” online

Responsibilities

  • Average of 5-6 patients per hour
  • Provide medical treatment for minor illnesses and injuries
  • Excellent assessment skills
  • Work in a fast-paced environment
  • Provide high quality care to all ages
  • Offers select diagnostic tests and lab tests
  • Prescribe treatment, refer patients for follow up care, and educate patients
  • Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
  • Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

  • MD or DO
  • Board Eligible or Board Certified in Family Medicine and/or Emergency Medicine
  • Preferred American board of Urgent Care medicine certification
  • Ability to care for all ages
  • Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
  • Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)

We Offer

Initial 2-year salary guarantee with ability to exceed on an innovative compensation program

Attractive Incentive Package

  • A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
  • Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
  • Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa’s centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state’s Eastern region.

As the second-largest city in the state, “The City of Five Seasons” offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle.

Learn more about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Prescribing TreatmentPatient EducationDecision MakingCollaborationAnalytical Skills

Urgent Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 47 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 85% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Urgent Care market look like in Iowa?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · above average in urgent careranked against 345 Urgent Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedUrgent Care median $369k (middle half $275k–$588k)172 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingIowa index 87.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Urgent Care listings in Iowa5 active345 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 85% no call · 60% no weekends47 benchmarked listings
Urgent Care pay trend+7.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (345 Urgent Care listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Urgent Care - Physician - Marion at UnityPoint Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Urgent Care — ranked against 345 active Urgent Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, flexible scheduling.

Top Urgent Care Jobs

43 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

42 jobs · 13 employers
7
<$350k
23
$350k-400k
3
$400k-450k
5
$450k-500k
4
$500k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

41 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
73% this job
CME allowance
27% this job
Sign-on bonus
15%
Relocation assistance
5%
Loan repayment
2% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physician - Emergency Medicine

Med America · Sacramento, California

$275k-$900k
#2

Remote Emergency Medicine Radiologist

Radiology Partners · Chicago, IL, United States

$550k-$650k
#3

SENTARA NORTHERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER - EM - STAFF PHYSICIAN

$238-$278/hr
#4

Emergency Medicine Physician

$250k-$500k
+ 41 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Urgent Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 345 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends
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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Malpractice Coverage
CME Allowance
Retirement Contributions
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligible
H1-B Cap Exempt

Living in Cedar Rapids

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$214k
Typical market rent
$1,291/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.0
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Cedar Rapids, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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