BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER - EM - STAFF PHYSICIAN
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Job Description
TeamHealth is seeking a full-time emergency medicine physician or family medicine physician with EM experience to join our team in the heart of the Midwest at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri. The Emergency Department at Boone Health is an award-winning stroke and STEMI center, providing around-the-clock emergency medical care.
About the Facility
- 397-bed, 5-star regional referral center in mid-Missouri
- Top 100 Hospital in the nation as listed by HealthGrades
- 16-bed ED
- 36,000 annual patient volume
- EPIC EMR
- Columbia is located centrally between Kansas City and St. Louis
Position Details
- 35 hours/day physician coverage
- 20 hours/day APC coverage
- Manageable case load
- 1099 independent contractor
- Become part of a team of physicians that are as dedicated to making the right decisions for patients as you are
Why TeamHealth
TeamHealth is one of the nation's leading integrated healthcare providers, offering clinicians support and management across the full continuum of care. As a physician-founded company, we understand the importance of balancing a fulfilling career with personal time. Our success comes from the ingenuity, teamwork, and integrity of our people.
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City Caption
Native American and Pioneer History
City Description
Home of the known University of Missouri and the columns of Francis Quadrangle, this city is known as the "Athens of Missouri" for its beauty. Annual heritage and food festivals bring in everyone from all over to experience the live music and outdoors.
Columbia is made of 3,300 acres of local and state parks which offer everyone in the family perfect settings for hiking and biking trails, camping, and much more! Also, not far are scenic beaches and waterfronts which give you alluring local shops and restaurants to take in along the way.
Facility Caption
Collaborative care
Facility Description
Boone Hospital Center is home to a diverse family of physicians that provide a comprehensive range of services in general and specialty practice areas.
Physicians at Boone Hospital foster a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to the care they provide, with a strong sense of teamwork among the approximately 350 physicians on the medical staff.
A 392-bed, full-service hospital, Boone Hospital Center is a regional referral center for central Missouri and is well-known for its cardiology, neurology, oncology, surgical, obstetrics and emergency medicine specialties.
Boone Hospital Center is affiliated with BJC HealthCare, one of the nation's largest healthcare systems.
Boone Hospital Center also carries Magnet designation, the highest honor for excellence in nursing.
Job Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Paid professional liability insurance with tail coverage
- Leadership and career growth opportunities
- Free CME opportunities with TeamHealth
- Access to a nationwide network of emergency medicine professionals for collaboration and guidance
- A work/life balance that lets you enjoy your quality time
Key Responsibilities
The staff physician will provide around-the-clock emergency medical care at the Boone Hospital Center. They will manage a manageable case load while working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
Requirements
Candidates must be a full-time emergency medicine physician or a family medicine physician with emergency medicine experience. The role is open to new graduates and requires a commitment to high-quality patient care.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER - EM - STAFF PHYSICIAN at Team Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Emergency Medicine — ranked against 1,048 active Emergency Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 32 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 91% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.1 / 10 · top 25% in emergency medicine | ranked against 1,048 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Cost of living | Missouri index 90.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Emergency Medicine listings in Missouri | 25 active | 1,047 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 91% no call · 53% no weekends32 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Missouri physician listings (all specialties): 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 18% offer loan repayment361 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Emergency Medicine hiring demand | #1 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 63 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 325 postings, 316 closed |
| New Emergency Medicine listings | 501 in the last 30 days | 434 the 30 days before (+15%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,048 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No call
Benefits & Perks
Living in Columbia
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $287k
- Typical market rent
- $1,464/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 89.4
- 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 · Columbia, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.