Locum - Physician - Hospitalist
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Job Description
Coverage Opportunity Overview
Practice Setting
Hospital Call
Coverage Period
December 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027
Shift Details
- 12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
- Weekly rotation: 7 on, 7 off
Rationale for Coverage
Recruitment Gap
Patient Load
16 inpatient cases per day
Support Staff Responsibilities
- Rounding and intermittent patient staffing
- Occasional code coverage
- Advanced Practice Provider (APP) support handles admissions
Current EHR System
Cerner
Required Competencies
- Internal Medicine
- Adult inpatient care (excluding ICU/CCU)
Coverage Schedule
- Weekly rotation: one week on, one week off
Specific Shift Dates and Times Include
- December 1, 2026, 7 AM - 7 PM
- December 7, 2026
- December 29, 2026, 7 AM - 7 PM
- January 4, 2027
Shift Structure
- Regular 12-hour day shifts (7 AM - 7 PM) covered every four weeks
- Transition to every other week starting December
Weekend Requirements
Yes
Requirements
Board Certification
Required
BLS and ACLS Certification
Required
DEA
Verbal confirmation required at name clearance
Background Check
Clean background mandatory for expedited privileging
Licensure
Active Michigan medical license required
Availability Notification
Requested at name clearance
Employee Health Mandates
Flu Vaccine
Required for the 2024-25 season
COVID-19 Documentation
- If the 2024-25 booster has not been received, a declination must be submitted
Tuberculosis Testing
- 2-step skin test within the last 12 months or Quantiferon within the last 6 months
- Completion of TB Questionnaire
Hepatitis B Immunization
- Titer with quantifiable results or signed declination
MMR Immunization
- Vaccine series or titers with quantifiable results
Varicella Immunization
- Vaccine series or titers with quantifiable results
TDAP Immunization
- Adult vaccine received within the last 10 years
Certification and Licensure Requirements
Board Certification
Mandatory
State License
Must be valid in Michigan
Key Responsibilities
The physician will provide hospitalist coverage, managing 16 inpatient cases per day. Responsibilities include rounding, intermittent patient staffing, and occasional code coverage.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active Michigan medical license and be board certified in Internal Medicine. Current BLS and ACLS certifications are mandatory, along with a clean background check.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Michigan, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$294k (120 salary observations; 1,183 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,623 salary observations; 56,282 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 78% have no call, 40% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Locum - Physician - Hospitalist at Rinvio Recruitment a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 1,196 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.
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- Includes weekends
Living in Petoskey
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $462k
- Median resident rent
- $1,006/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 15 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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