MELROSE-WAKEFIELD HOSPITAL - HM -NOCTURNIST
Listed compensation
$162-$170/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
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
Key Skills
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).
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