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Skilled Wound Care
Jackson, Mississippi

Emergency Medicine Physician

Emergency Medicine 8.7 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$250k-$500k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Location: Jackson, MS
  • Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary: $250,000 – $500,000 per year for Full-time
  • Emergency Medicine Physician Jobs in Jackson, MS: Your Procedural Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You chose Emergency Medicine to treat whatever comes through the door. But years of rotating nights, weekends and holidays take a toll on your sleep, health and family life.

Across the country, Emergency Medicine physicians are dealing with ED crowding and boarding, rising violence against staff, satisfaction-score pressure and staffing groups that cut hours and pay.

Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring Emergency Medicine Physicians in Jackson, MS to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Maybe you’re an Emergency Medicine physician ready to leave shift work and night rotations for good. Maybe you want a part-time role to reduce your ED shifts. Either way, this no-call, no-nights Emergency Medicine Physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.

Why Emergency Medicine Physicians in Jackson, MS Choose Wound Care

In a specialty where your schedule can mean nights, weekends and missed holidays, we offer a refreshing alternative:

No Nights, No Rotating Shifts: No overnight shifts, no weekends, no holidays and no pagers. This is a true Monday–Friday daytime physician job, so you can finally keep a regular sleep schedule and be home for your family.

Keep Using Your Procedural Skills: Surgical debridement and bedside procedures are part of your daily practice.

A Calmer Clinical Setting: Leave behind crowded waiting rooms, boarding patients and the safety concerns of the modern ED.

See Patients Heal: Follow patients through healing and build lasting relationships, instead of treating them once and never learning what happened.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not throughput metrics, satisfaction scores or a staffing company.

Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting after your shift ends.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician Responsibilities
  • Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Jackson, MS:
  • 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
  • Emergency Medicine Physician Salary & Compensation
  • Full-Time Average Annual Earnings: $250,000–$500,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
  • High Achievers: Top performers earn $500,000+ through performance bonuses
  • Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

Emergency Medicine Physician Schedule

  • We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:
  • Part-Time: 2–3 days per week
  • Full-Time: 4–5 days per week
  • Emergency Medicine 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 Emergency Medicine physicians, as well as surgeons of all backgrounds and Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians. No previous wound care 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 Emergency Medicine Physician Job in Jackson, MS

You’ve spent enough nights in the ED. If you’re an Emergency Medicine Physician in Jackson, MS looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday daytime career with hands-on procedures and no earning cap, or a part-time role to reduce your ED shifts, apply now.

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 and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures to treat chronic, non-healing, and complex wounds. They will also provide collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and follow patients through their healing process.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited institution and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. Eligibility for a DEA license is also required, and no previous wound care experience is necessary as training is provided.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical documentationPatient evaluationChronic wound treatmentMedical diagnosis

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Emergency Medicine Physician at Skilled Wound Care a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Emergency Medicine — ranked against 1,023 active Emergency Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Skilled Wound Care holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 290 active listings.

Of the 30 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 7% are remote, 90% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.7 / 10 · top 5% in emergency medicineranked against 1,023 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$250k–$500kPhysician median $312k (middle half $312k–$312k)103 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$431k in purchasing powerMississippi index 87.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Mississippi99 active22,683 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 7% remote · 90% no call · 73% no weekends30 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS Physician listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 18% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
Emergency Medicine hiring demand#3 of 26 specialtiespostings stay open a median 64 days · 52% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, September 2026 · 279 postings, 369 closed
New Emergency Medicine listings494 in the last 30 days448 the 30 days before (+10%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Physician pay trend+3.4% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Skilled Wound Caresilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index290 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,023 Emergency Medicine listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Emergency Medicine Jobs

29 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

27 jobs · 8 employers
4
<$340k
19
$340k-380k
1
$416k
0
$420k-460k
3
$460k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

27 jobs · 8 employers
401k / retirement match
85%
Sign-on bonus
19% this job
CME allowance
7%
Relocation assistance
7%
Visa sponsorship
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 8.7
Among the best 10% of Emergency Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,023 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Skilled Wound Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

No Call
No Nights
No Weekends
No Holidays
Flexible Schedule
Part-Time Option
Performance Bonuses
Independent Contractor

Living in Jackson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$86k≈ 0.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,228/mo≈ 6% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.0
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Jackson, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.