ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - EM - STAFF PHYSICIAN
Listed compensation
$250-$265/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Are you a physician who excels in quality patient care and is passionate about emergency medicine? If your answer is yes, you will make the perfect addition to our team in Rome, New York! Grow your EM career with TeamHealth in Central New York and the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains!
Rome Memorial Hospital is a 130-bed, non-profit community hospital affiliated with St. Joseph's Health and a clinical site of New York Medical College. Surrounded by lakes and mountains, Rome is the outdoor enthusiast's dream, and we would love to welcome you home!
TeamHealth emergency medicine clinicians have the esteemed privilege of caring for 34,000 patients annually with 24 hours of physician coverage and up to 17 hours of advanced practice clinician coverage daily in our 14-bed emergency department with a fast-track.
We have an exceptional relationship with the ED nursing team and administration, and we offer flexible scheduling and block shifts. If you are board-certified or board-eligible in emergency medicine or primary care with EM experience, you are just who we are looking for!
Apply today to qualify for our full-time sign-on bonus and join our team in picturesque Central New York, just minutes from Syracuse!
Competitive Compensation, with an estimated salary range of $250/hour to $265/hour as an independent contractor.
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City Caption
Welcome to the foothills of the Adirondacks!
City Description
Rome is in Oneida County of upstate New York and has a population of about 32,850. Rome is the perfect place to call home for an outdoor enthusiast and their family. There are plenty of activities to enjoy such as boating, hiking, camping, and so much more! Rome has an award-winning public school system as well as close proximity to nearby universities.
Facility Caption
More than a century of non-profit care
Facility Description
Serving the community for more than 130 years, Rome Memorial Hospital is a non-profit acute care facility with 130 licensed acute care beds and an 80-bed skilled nursing facility.
This facility provides a wide range of care services to the community including general medical and surgical care, pediatric care, intensive care, obstetric, long-term care, sub-acute rehabilitation, and senior behavioral healthcare, as well as a full array of outpatient services.
All of these services are backed by the facility's commitment to delivering high quality care using evidence-based practices and the latest in medical technology.
Rome Memorial Hospital is an affiliate of St. Joseph's Health, a non-profit regional health care system based in Syracuse, New York, focused on advancing and expanding the range of healthcare services provided at their facilities.
Job Benefits
- 1099 independent contractor status
- 12-hour shifts for physicians
- Option to become adjunct faculty at New York Medical College
- Competitive compensation
- Potential to receive sign-on bonus
- Relocation assistance
- Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
- Exceptional local and regional emergency medicine leadership support
- Membership to TeamHealth's leading Patient Safety Organization
- Health and wellness program
- Candidate referral incentives
- National network of emergency medicine experts
- Access to TeamHealth partnerships that offer the ability to secure benefits, additional insurances, tax planning, asset protection, investment options, and retirement plans
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality emergency medical care to patients in a 14-bed emergency department. Collaborate with the nursing team and administration to ensure efficient patient throughput and clinical excellence.
Requirements
Must be board-certified or board-eligible in emergency medicine or primary care with relevant emergency medicine experience. Candidates must be capable of working in a fast-paced community hospital setting.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
In New York, the Emergency Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$374k (33 salary observations; 99 listings), vs ~$316k nationally (321 salary observations; 2,614 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 41 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 93% have no call, 71% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$536k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $496k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Rome
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $214k
- Typical market rent
- $1,472/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Utica-Rome, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.