Physician Hospitalist
Compensation
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Job Description
Manage the care of hospitalized patients in coordination with primary care physicians and specialists at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, AL. Send resumes to Keri Moody at Helen Keller Hospital, 1300 South Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, AL 35660 or keri.moody@helenkeller.com.
Qualifications
- Alabama Medical License
- 3 years of residency
About Us
Build Your Career with Us
At Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children and Madison Hospital, you’ll find meaningful work, supportive teams and opportunities to grow within a locally governed, nonprofit health system committed to the communities we serve.
Our workplace culture has earned national recognition, including Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care 2026 and Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Employers 2025.
Huntsville Hospital is the region’s primary referral center for advanced and specialty care, home to a specialized Orthopedic & Spine Tower, a Level III Regional Neonatal ICU and North Alabama’s Level I Trauma Center.
Together, our three Madison County hospitals have 971 licensed beds and offer career opportunities across a wide range of specialties and care settings.
Employees have access to continuing education, Shared Governance, Clinical Ladder, Nurse Residency, tuition assistance, child care, wellness resources, an on-site employee pharmacy and health clinic, and more.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a partner in the U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) Program.
Huntsville Hospital Benefits
We are committed to providing competitive benefits. Our benefits package for eligible employees includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending; short term and long term disability; several retirement account options with 401K organization match; nurse residency program; tuition assistance; student loan reimbursement; On-site training and education opportunities; Employee Discounts to phone providers, local restaurants, tickets to shows, apartment application and much more!
Learn More About Huntsville Hospital Health System
- Careers: careers.hhsys.org
- Benefits: careers.hhsys.org
- Education & Professional Development: huntsvillehospital.org
- Life In Huntsville: huntsvillehospital.org
Key Responsibilities
Manage the care of hospitalized patients in coordination with primary care physicians and specialists. Ensure high-quality clinical oversight within the hospital setting.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 63% have no call, 25% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Sheffield
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $155k
- Typical market rent
- $908/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 84.8
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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