PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine & Hospitalist (0.6 - 1.0 FTE) - Grand Rapids, MN
Listed compensation
Compensation Range: $1.00–$1000K
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Building Location
Essentia Grand Rapids Clinic
Department
2401800 FAMILY PRACTICE - MER
Job Description
Education Qualifications:
Licensure/Certification Qualifications
- Family Medicine & Hospitalist – No OB
- Grand Rapids & Deer River, MN
Practice Specifics
We are building a team of 4 MD’s and 4 Nurse Practitioners to inhabit a new, 24 exam room, state-of-the-art facility.
Our Grand Rapids team works in close collaboration with existing Deer River team (20 minutes away).
Physician Led Practice
Call = Hospitalist Call: Approximately, 1 week, every 6 weeks. Hospitalists serve as backup after ER docs.
- Clinic work in Grand Rapids.
- Hospitalist work done at Essentia Health, Deer River Hospital; a modern, 20 bed, Critical Access Hospital with 24/7 ER physician coverage and Nurse Triage.
- Hospitalist Coverage: 3-4 day stretch, every 6 weeks – done in Deer River.
- Additional opportunities include; colposcopies, endoscopies, stress tests and EGD’s.
- EPIC electronic medical record
- Flexible, 0.6 – 1.0 FTE
Requirements
Board Certified/Board Eligible Family Medicine
Location
The City of Grand Rapids, on the banks of the Mississippi River, is located approximately 80 miles northwest of Duluth and 175 miles north of the Minneapolis/St. Paul.
- Grand Rapids Population = 11,000. Service Area Population = 45,000 (approx.)
- Over 1,000 lakes in this county!
Compensation
$345,449. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.
How to Apply
Apply here, using the "Apply" button
For Further Information, Contact
- Eric Bain, Senior Physician Recruiter
- Cell: 218-393-9518
- Email: Eric.Bain@EssentiaHealth.org
FTE
1
Possible Remote/Hybrid Option
- Shift Rotation:
- Day Rotation (United States of America)
Shift Start Time
Shift End Time:
Weekends
- Holidays:
- Yes
Call Obligation
Yes
Union
Union Posting Deadline:
Compensation Range
$1.00 - $1,000,000.00
Employee Benefits at Essentia Health: At Essentia Health, we’re committed to supporting your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with supplemental options to fit your needs.
We offer a 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you plan for the future, and we invest in your professional development through training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs.
To help you thrive both at work and at home, we provide flexible scheduling, generous time off, and wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Please note that benefit eligibility may vary.
For full details, refer to your benefit summary or contact our HR Service Center at (218) 576-0000.
Key Responsibilities
Provide family medicine clinic services in Grand Rapids and serve as a hospitalist at Deer River Hospital. Responsibilities include managing a patient load in a state-of-the-art facility and participating in a hospitalist call rotation.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
Essentia Health ranks #4 of 22 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 134 active listings.
In Minnesota, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$318k (78 salary observations; 219 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,235 salary observations; 5,776 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 50% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 8,530 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $427k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,390 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Living in Grand Rapids
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $292k≈ 0.8× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $1,090/mo≈ 4% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 15 min
- State income tax
- Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.