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Skilled Wound Care
Jackson, Mississippi

Wound Care Physician

Wound Care 8.7 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsContract

Listed compensation

$250k-$500k

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Wound Care Physician
  • Location: Jackson, MS
  • Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary: $250,000 – $500,000 per year for Full-time
  • Wound Care Physician Jobs in Jackson, MS Your Clinical Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You went into medicine to care for patients. But across the country, physicians in every specialty are dealing with the same problems: long hours, nights and call, packed schedules, prior authorizations, overflowing inboxes and less control over how they practice.

Burnout has become a nationwide problem, and too many physicians are giving up their health, families and weekends for their careers.

Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring physicians of all specialties in Jackson, MS to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Whether you’re a surgeon, hospitalist, primary care physician, emergency physician or from any other specialty, wound care offers a fresh start. Maybe you’re ready to leave call and shift work behind. Maybe you want to add hands-on procedures to your practice. Or maybe you want a part-time role alongside your current work. Either way, this no-call physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.

Why Physicians in Jackson, MS Choose Wound Care

In a profession where the work often follows you home, we offer a refreshing alternative:

The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. This is a true Monday–Friday physician job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.

Hands-On Procedures: Perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures, with full training provided.

Any Specialty Welcome: Your medical training is the foundation. We teach you the rest.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.

  • See Patients Heal: Follow patients through healing and build lasting relationships.
  • Part-Time Flexibility: Add wound care to your week alongside your current practice or schedule.
  • Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.
  • Wound Care Physician Responsibilities
  • Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Jackson, MS:
  • Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
  • Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds

Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols

  • Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing
  • Wound Care Physician Salary & Compensation
  • Full-Time Average Annual Earnings: $250,000–$500,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
  • High Achievers: Top performers earn $500,000+ through performance bonuses
  • Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

Wound Care Physician Schedule

  • We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:
  • Part-Time: 2–3 days per week
  • Full-Time: 4–5 days per week
  • Wound Care Physician Requirements
  • Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
  • Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
  • DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one

Open Background: We welcome physicians from all specialties. Completed residency and board certification/eligibility are not required. No previous wound care or procedural experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training

Great Place to Work® Certified!

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Apply for This Physician Job in Jackson, MS

You became a physician to care for patients, not to burn out. If you’re a physician of any specialty in Jackson, MS looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday career with hands-on procedures and no earning cap, or a part-time role alongside your current work, apply now.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Key Responsibilities

Perform surgical and sharp debridement along with other bedside procedures to treat chronic and complex wounds. Provide collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and follow patients through their healing process.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. No prior wound care experience is required as comprehensive training is provided.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Chronic wound treatmentComplex wound managementClinical documentationPatient assessment

Wound Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 34 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 100% have no call, 91% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$375k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $431k in an average-cost state. 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physician market look like in Mississippi?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.7 / 10 · top 5% in wound careranked against 168 Wound Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$250k–$500kPhysician median $275k (middle half $275k–$300k)166 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$431k in purchasing powerMississippi index 87.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Mississippi99 active22,686 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 100% no call · 91% no weekends34 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Physician listings: 37% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 11% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
Wound Care hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 43 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, September 2026 · 47 postings, 41 closed
New Wound Care listings127 in the last 30 days66 the 30 days before (+92%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Physician pay trend+3.4% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Skilled Wound Caresilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index290 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (168 Wound Care listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; 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 Wound Care Physician at Skilled Wound Care a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Wound Care — ranked against 168 active Wound Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top contract/1099 Wound Care Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

28 jobs · 3 employers
8
<$325k
1
$325k
16
$350k
0
$375k-400k
3
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

27 jobs · 3 employers
401k / retirement match
63%
Sign-on bonus
30%
CME allowance
30%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$250k-$500k
#2

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$200k-$500k
#3

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$250k-$400k
#4

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$200k-$350k
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Work-life snapshot

median 7.2this job 8.7
Among the best 10% of Wound Care listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 168 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Skilled Wound Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

No call
No nights
No weekends
Part-time flexibility
Full training provided
Custom software to reduce admin time

Living in Jackson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$86k≈ 0.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,228/mo≈ 6% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.0
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Jackson, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.