Physician - Critical Care
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Job Description
- Job Id: Y-MD-3507827
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Critical Care
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Morgantown, WV
- Service Setting: Hospital
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: Jan 04, 2027 – Jul 05, 2027
- Clinical Shift Schedule: Friday – Monday, 12-hour shifts, 1 weekend per month
Patient Information
Case Mix: Bread and Butter ICU
Facility Information
- No. of Beds in Department: 16 beds
- Trauma Level: Level IV
- EMR System: Cerner
- Specialty Backup Available: All specialty support onsite
Privileges & Compliance
- Temporary Privileges Available: Yes (IMLC or WV Temp License)
- Credentialing Timeline: 60 days
Job Requirements
- Licenses: Active WV license or Universal License (IMLC)
- Board: Board Certified (required)
- DEA: Required
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
- Experience: Minimum 2 years in Critical Care
Duties & Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive critical care management for ICU patients.
Perform procedures as needed (e. g., intubation, central line placement).
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary team.
- Participate in on-call coverage as scheduled.
- Document patient care in Cerner EMR.
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive critical care management for ICU patients and perform necessary procedures such as intubation and central line placement. Coordinate with the multidisciplinary team and participate in scheduled on-call coverage.
Requirements
Requires an active West Virginia license or IMLC, board certification, and a minimum of 2 years of experience in critical care. Must hold current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 88% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for West Virginia is 89.5 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.5% of West Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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- Includes call
- Includes weekends
Living in Morgantown
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $286k
- Typical market rent
- $1,360/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 93.3
- State income tax
- Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Morgantown, WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.