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Melrose, Massachusetts

MELROSE-WAKEFIELD HOSPITAL - HM -NOCTURNIST

Hospital MedicineFull-Time

Listed compensation

$162-$170/hr

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
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Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Are you a hospitalist physician with a passion for providing the highest quality
of care? If so, TeamHealth needs you to join our dynamic team in Melrose,
Massachusetts, in north Boston. We are seeking a nocturnist who is board
certified or board eligible in internal medicine or family medicine.

In joining TeamHealth, you become part of one of our nation's leading health
care organizations that specializes in hospital medicine, emergency medicine and
specialty medicine. We welcome the opportunity to share more information with
you and learn about what you seek in a position.

Competitive compensation, with an estimated base salary range of $162 to $170 an
hour with the opportunity to earn incentives.

Interested in learning more about this opportunity? Apply today!

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City Caption

Melrose, Massachusetts

City Description

Located approximately seven miles north of Boston, Melrose offers residents a
desirable compromise between the crowded metropolis of Boston and the frontier
of rural exurbia. Melrose is predominantly residential with exquisite Victorian
homes dating from the late 1800s, but beyond being a city of homes, Melrose has
a long-standing tradition of being self-sufficient in supporting residents'
housing, education, employment, health, shopping, entertainment, recreation and
leisure needs.

Facility Caption

Premier charitable provider of north Boston

Facility Description

Melrose-Wakefield Hospital is a 234-bed facility offering a range of services
including Cardiac Care, Wound Care, 24-hour Emergency Medicine, Maternity
Services, Inpatient and Intensive Care, Specialty and Robotic-Assisted Surgery,
General Surgery and more. Melrose-Wakefield Healthcare is the premier charitable
provider of vital health services to Boston's northern communities and is the
official healthcare partner of Tufts Medical Center and the Boston Bruins.

Job Benefits

  • Join a well-established hospitalist group
  • Great mix of seasoned and newly trained providers
  • Closed ICU
  • No procedures
  • Excellent specialty support
  • Comprehensive benefits include: fully paid professional liability insurance
  • Realize your career potential by growing into local, regional, and national

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality hospitalist care as a nocturnist at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Collaborate with a well-established team of providers to deliver patient services in a facility with specialty support.

Requirements

Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in internal medicine or family medicine. The role requires a commitment to providing high-quality care in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient careClinical leadership

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Hospital Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$252k (24 salary observations; 30 listings), vs ~$287k nationally (178 salary observations; 520 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 48% have no call, 43% require no weekends.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$345k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $326k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Hospital Medicine Jobs

20 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution20 jobs · 11 employers

5
<$290k
0
$290k-300k
11
$300k-350k
4
$350k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks19 jobs · 11 employers

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
26%
Sign-on bonus
16%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
11%

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Melrose

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$911k
Typical market rent
$3,055/mo
Residents’ average commute
35 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Fully paid professional liability insurance (with tail)
Health insurance
Dental
Vision
Short-term and long-term disability
401K
SERP
Concierge service