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Skilled Wound Care
Sacramento, California

Family Medicine Physician

Family MedicineNo callNo weekendsNo nightsContract

Listed compensation

$200k-$300k

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Family Medicine Physician
  • Location: Sacramento, CA
  • Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary: $200,000 – $300,000 per year for Full-time
  • Family Medicine Physician Jobs in Sacramento, CA: Your Clinical Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You went into Family Medicine to care for patients. Instead, too many days are spent running through 15-minute visits, clearing an overflowing inbox, fighting prior authorizations and finishing charts long after the last patient leaves.

Across the country, primary care physicians are carrying heavier patient panels and more administrative work than ever.

Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring Family Medicine Physicians in Sacramento, CA work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Maybe you’re a Family Medicine Physician ready to step away from packed clinic schedules, after-hours patient messages and productivity targets at large health systems. Maybe you want to add hands-on procedures to your practice and gain clinical autonomy. Either way, this no-call Family Medicine Physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.

Why Family Medicine Physicians in Sacramento, CA Choose Wound Care

In a specialty where the workday can stretch into evenings of charting and inbox messages, we offer a refreshing alternative:

The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No after-hours patient portal messages. This is a true Monday–Friday physician job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.

Add Procedures to Your Practice: Perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures, with full training provided.

Escape the Clinic Treadmill: Leave behind rushed visits, overbooked schedules and endless prior authorizations.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.

Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.

Long-Term Patient Relationships: Keep the continuity of care that drew you to Family Medicine, and watch your patients heal.

  • Family Medicine Physician Responsibilities
  • Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Sacramento, CA:
  • Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
  • Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds

Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols

  • Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing
  • Family Medicine Physician Salary & Compensation
  • Average Annual Earnings: 200,000–250,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
  • High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses
  • Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs
  • Family Medicine Physician Requirements
  • Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
  • Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
  • DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
  • Open Background: We welcome Family Medicine physicians, as well as Internal Medicine physicians and surgeons of all backgrounds. No previous wound care or procedural experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training
  • Great Place to Work® Certified!

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Apply for This Family Medicine Physician Job in Sacramento, CA

You became a Family Medicine Physician to care for patients, not to chase an inbox. If you’re a Family Medicine Physician in Sacramento, CA looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday career with hands-on procedures and no earning cap, apply today.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will perform surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures to treat chronic and complex wounds in skilled nursing facilities. They will also provide collaborative care and follow patients through their healing process in post-acute settings.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited institution and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. Eligibility for a DEA license is also required, and no prior wound care experience is necessary as training is provided.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical documentationPatient assessmentChronic wound treatmentComplex wound managementPost-acute care

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$250k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $226k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 42% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Skilled Wound Care holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 56 active listings.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine Physician at Skilled Wound Care a 7.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,541 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top contract/1099 Family Medicine Jobs

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Salary Distribution50 jobs · 37 employers

12
<$325k
14
$325k-350k
16
$350k-375k
4
$375k-400k
4
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks47 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
85%
CME allowance
64%
Sign-on bonus
53% this job
Relocation assistance
36%
Loan repayment
32%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 7.3
Better work-life than 80% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,541 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Sacramento

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$455k≈ 2.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,056/mo≈ 12% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
106.7
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Skilled Wound Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

No call
No nights
No weekends
Quarterly bonus programs
Comprehensive wound care training