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Job Description
SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital (Physiatrist through US Physiatry)Position: Staff Physiatrist - Physical Medicine and RehabilitationLocation: Richmond Heights, MO | Lake St. Louis, MO | Bridgeton, MOSchedule: Full-Time
Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation and multiple traumas.
Responsibilities
Committed to Excellence in Rehabilitation
- Experienced physical medicine physician leadership team
- Flexible, diverse, independent practices
- Stable practices anchored with inpatient rehab and supplemented with hospital consults and/or SNF and/or LTAC
- Independent contractor (1099) and employed* (W2) pay model choice*Benefits our W-2 physicians receive: Base salary
- Monthly productivity bonus (no income cap)
- No practice overhead
- Experienced executive management
- Flexibility and autonomy
- Access to full benefits package
- Malpractice insurance coverage and CME reimbursement
Minimum Qualifications
Valid State MD/DO license
BLS required at hire
Preferred Qualifications
- Inpatient Rehabilitation experience preferred
- Additional Data
- Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Physician Career Context
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Missouri index 90.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician listings in Missouri | 371 active | 22,724 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | Missouri Physician listings: 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $40k) · 18% offer loan repayment371 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Physician pay trend | +2.4% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
| Implied production pay | ~$250k | $50/wRVU × 5,000 wRVUsCMS CPT frequencies; WeekdayDoc listing median $/wRVU |
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About SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Benefits & Perks
Living in St. Louis
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $255k
- Typical market rent
- $1,292/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.1
- State income tax
- Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.