Surgical Intensivist
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Job Type: Regular
Scheduled Hours
40
Job Description
About St. Elizabeth:
St. Elizabeth Physicians is a physician led multi-specialty physician group organization consisting of 517 physicians, 334 advanced practice providers and more than 2,000 non-provider associates. We are very proud of our culture around physician wellness and our high physician engagement and satisfaction scores.
St. Elizabeth Physicians serves more than 409,000 patients in our more than 121 conveniently located practices in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. In partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare, we are transforming how care is delivered in our region.
We are a mission and values driven organization, focused on patient-centered care, accountability, community, innovation, teamwork and excellence. St. Elizabeth is a regional healthcare provider continually recognized as one of the nation's best.
Our mission is to ensure our patients receive comprehensive and compassionate care - anywhere.
St. Elizabeth Physicians is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age or any other characteristic that is protected by state or federal law.
Key Responsibilities
The Surgical Intensivist will provide comprehensive and compassionate critical care to patients within the St. Elizabeth healthcare system. They will work collaboratively within a multi-specialty group to ensure high-quality, patient-centered outcomes.
Requirements
The role requires a qualified physician capable of working in a high-acuity surgical intensive care environment. Candidates must align with the organization's mission of accountability, innovation, and excellence in patient care.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Key Skills
Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 37 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 84% have no call, 59% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Kentucky index 90.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician listings in Kentucky | 158 active | 22,492 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 5% remote · 84% no call · 59% no weekends37 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Kentucky Physician listings: 38% state a sign-on bonus (median $88k) · 6% offer loan repayment158 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Critical Care Medicine hiring demand | #12 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 35 days · 33% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 76 postings, 77 closed |
| New Critical Care Medicine listings | 102 in the last 30 days | 89 the 30 days before (+15%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend | −2.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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About St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Benefits & Perks
Living in Edgewood
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $333k
- Median resident rent
- $1,073/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.4
- State income tax
- Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.