Primary Care Physician
Compensation
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Job Description
- Specialty: 2.0 FTE Primary Care Physicians
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Facility Location: Tohatchi, New Mexico
- Service Setting: Outpatient Primary Care Clinic
- Coverage Period: Potential for a long term contract
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Clinical Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm
- Patient Demographics: All ages
- Patient Volume: TBC
- Admissions: No
- inpatient needs are referred to Gallup Indian Medical Center
- % of Practice: 90% Direct Patient Care
- Support Staff: Clinical support staff and interdisciplinary healthcare team
- Procedures: Outpatient medical care procedures
- Office Equipment: Government-furnished for joint use (equipment, supplies, and clinic space)
- EMR: TBC
- Hospital Privileges required: Yes
- Temporary Privileges available: Yes
- Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered
Requirements
- Active unrestricted license in any State or U. S territory
- BC/BE in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
- BLS
- ACLS
- Minimum of 2 years of experience
Key Responsibilities
Provide direct patient care in an outpatient clinic setting for patients of all ages. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to deliver medical services.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Primary Care — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 52% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New Mexico is 92.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.4% of New Mexico clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Physician at Adelphi Staffing a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Primary Care — ranked against 1,333 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
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- No call
- No weekends
Living in Tohatchi
- Median resident rent
- $585/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 34 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.