SYSTEM MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Compensation
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- Call expectations
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- Weekends
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Job Description
DESCRIPTION
We are seeking a board-certified emergency medicine physician to serve as a
system medical director, providing strategic and operational leadership across
multiple emergency medicine and hospital medicine programs.
In this role, you will partner with facility medical directors, hospital
leadership, recruiters, and operational teams to drive physician engagement,
patient safety, quality improvement, staffing excellence, and client
satisfaction. Responsibilities include physician leadership development,
performance management, recruitment and retention oversight, operational
planning, and implementation of patient safety initiatives.
Qualifications
* MD/DO with board certification in EM
* Proven physician leadership experience
* Strong operational, quality, and team-building skills
* Experience working with hospital administration and multidisciplinary teams
This is primarily a leadership position with the opportunity to work modest
clinical shifts under a separate clinical agreement.
Interested in learning more? Apply today!
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City Caption
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
City Description
Lake Havasu City is located along the shores of Lake Havasu, where the city gets
it's name from. The area hosts a wide array of events from fishing tournaments,
to boating events and even the International World Jet Ski Races. In Lake
Havasu, you can visit a piece of history from Across the Pond - London Bridge.
The bridge was purchased and brought to the area directly from London. If
outdoor recreation is what you enjoy, hike Crack in the Mountain Trail, head to
some of the surrounding area national parks, and so much more! Fall in love with
home in Lake Havasu City.
Job Benefits
- Employed position with comprehensive benefit package
- Leadership stipend
- Professional reimbursement allowance
- Paid professional liability insurance with tail guarantee
- No billing or coding responsibilities
- Enrollment in TeamHealth's Patient Safety Organization
- Access to TeamHealth's wellness program, professional development tools and
- 1099 or W-2 compensation for clinical shifts (site specific)
Key Responsibilities
Provide strategic and operational leadership across emergency medicine and hospital medicine programs, partnering with facility medical directors, hospital leadership, recruiters, and operational teams. Lead physician development and performance, recruitment and retention, operational planning, staffing excellence, quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, and client satisfaction.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 46 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 7% are remote, 85% have no call, 46% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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