Physician
Listed compensation
$200k-$300k
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
- Job Title: Physician
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
- Salary: $200,000 – $300,000 per year for Full-time
- Physician Jobs in Los Angeles, CA Your Clinical Skills, a Better Way to Practice
You went into medicine to care for patients. But across the country, physicians in every specialty are dealing with the same problems: long hours, nights and call, packed schedules, prior authorizations, overflowing inboxes and less control over how they practice.
Burnout has become a nationwide problem, and too many physicians are giving up their health, families and weekends for their careers.
Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring physicians of all specialties in Los Angeles, CA to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.
Whether you’re a surgeon, hospitalist, primary care physician, emergency physician or from any other specialty, wound care offers a fresh start. Maybe you’re ready to leave call and shift work behind. Maybe you want to add hands-on procedures to your practice. Or maybe you want a part-time role alongside your current work. Either way, this no-call physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.
Why Physicians in Los Angeles, CA Choose Wound Care
In a profession where the work often follows you home, we offer a refreshing alternative:
The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. This is a true Monday–Friday physician job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.
Hands-On Procedures: Perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures, with full training provided.
Any Specialty Welcome: Your medical training is the foundation. We teach you the rest.
Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.
- See Patients Heal: Follow patients through healing and build lasting relationships.
- Part-Time Flexibility: Add wound care to your week alongside your current practice or schedule.
- Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.
- Wound Care Physician Responsibilities
- Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Los Angeles, CA:
- Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
- Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds
Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols
- Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing
- Wound Care Physician Salary & Compensation
- Average Annual Earnings: 200,000–250,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
- High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses
- Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs
- Wound Care Physician Requirements
- Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
- Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
- DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
Open Background: We welcome physicians from all specialties. Completed residency and board certification/eligibility are not required. No previous wound care or procedural experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training
Great Place to Work® Certified!
Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.
Apply for This Physician Job in Los Angeles, CA
You became a physician to care for patients, not to burn out. If you’re a physician of any specialty in Los Angeles, CA looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday career with hands-on procedures and no earning cap, or a part-time role alongside your current work, apply today.
Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.
Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
Key Responsibilities
The physician will perform surgical debridement and bedside procedures to treat chronic and complex wounds in skilled nursing facilities. They are responsible for evaluating patients, applying advanced dressings, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited institution and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. No prior wound care experience is required as comprehensive training is provided.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Wound Care — Physician Career Context
Of the 42 active Wound Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 93% have no call, 83% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$250k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $226k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Skilled Wound Care holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 88 active listings.
Wound Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 14.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician at Skilled Wound Care a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Wound Care — ranked against 177 active Wound Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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