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Lake Havasu City, Arizona

SYSTEM MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Emergency MedicineContract

Compensation

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Call expectations
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Posted 51m ago · Verified live

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

Multidisciplinary CollaborationStaffing Management

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).

Top Emergency Medicine Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs · 10 employers

5
<$345k
14
$350k
2
$390k-435k
6
$435k-480k
1
$499k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs · 10 employers

401k / retirement match
74%
CME allowance
26%
Relocation assistance
15%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Loan repayment
4%

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$220-$240/hr
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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Lake Havasu City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$494k
Typical market rent
$1,694/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.1
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

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