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Joplin, Missouri

Mercy Hospital Joplin - Full-Time Anesthesiologist

AnesthesiologyFull-Time

Listed compensation

$600K

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Job Description

Role Overview

NorthStar has an exciting Full Time Anesthesiologist opportunity at our Mercy Joplin location! Come be apart of an amazing team with great culture and amazing leadership!

Salary: $600K yearly + $25K bonus yearly PTO: 10 weeks Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, and more.

Cases: General, Ortho, Endo, Neuro, Peds, OB/GYN, and CV Busy practice with a great anesthesia team who work in a collaborative care-team model with a diverse case mix. NorthStar provides our teammates with competitive compensation and benefit package along with a supportive and engaged clinical leadership team! Come join our talented anesthesia team today!

About The Facility

The opening of Mercy Hospital Joplin brings an unprecedented leap forward in health care while fulfilling a promise not just to rebuild, but build a stronger community. Mercy’s commitment to Joplin dates to 1896 when the Sisters of Mercy began caring for this community. When there was a need, Mercy answered.

Today, we need the Joplin community to join with us and insist that all our neighbors have Mercy as a health care option. Facility Website: mercy.net Location: Joplin, Missouri - MO

About NorthStar

Our Story: NorthStar Anesthesia

Founded in 2004 by an Anesthesiologist and CRNA, NorthStar Anesthesia is one of the largest anesthesia management companies in the country. We partner with over 150 hospitals and surgery centers across 20+ states, encompassing more than 2000 providers nationwide.

NorthStar is on the cutting edge of technology implementation, ensuring our hospitals and providers have the best resources available.

Our performance-driven approach combines quality anesthesia care with the efficiency and accountability that hospitals require, allowing our partners and providers to focus on what they do best: care for patients. At NorthStar Anesthesia we believe that’s a better way to operate.

  • Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term/Short Term, Malpractice, 401k and more
  • EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/Disability Employer

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality anesthesia services within a collaborative care-team model at Mercy Hospital Joplin. Manage a diverse case mix including general, orthopedic, neuro, pediatric, and cardiovascular procedures.

Requirements

Candidates must be qualified Anesthesiologists capable of working in a busy, team-oriented clinical environment. The role requires professional certification and the ability to handle a wide range of surgical specialties.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

AnesthesiologyClinical careGeneral anesthesiaOrthopedic anesthesiaEndoscopy anesthesiaNeuroanesthesiaPediatric anesthesiaOB/GYN anesthesiaCardiovascular anesthesiaPatient care

Anesthesiology — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Anesthesiology listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 74% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$600k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $661k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

NorthStar Anesthesia ranks #7 of 11 employers hiring Anesthesiologist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Anesthesiology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Anesthesiologist Jobs

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Salary Distribution24 jobs · 17 employers

10
<$510k
5
$510k-640k
1
$662k
3
$770k-900k
5
$900k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs · 17 employers

401k / retirement match
82% this job
Sign-on bonus
64% this job
Loan repayment
36%
CME allowance
32%
Relocation assistance
27%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.7this job 2.6
Better work-life than 50% of Anesthesiology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 778 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Joplin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$206k≈ 0.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,237/mo≈ 2% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About NorthStar Anesthesia

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1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Long Term/Short Term
Malpractice
401k
$25K yearly bonus