Internist / Nursing Home Physician
Listed compensation
$190k-$240k
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Job Description
- Internist / Nursing Home Physician - Hackensack, NJ (#3432)
- Location: Hackensack, NJ
- Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time (Minimum of 3 days a week)
- Salary: $190,000 - $240,000/yr
About Greenlife Healthcare Staffing
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is a leading nationwide recruitment agency dedicated to connecting healthcare professionals with top-tier opportunities. We partner with hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, multi-specialty groups, and private practices to match talented individuals with roles that align with their skills and career goals.
Position Overview
A nursing home facility in Hackensack, NJ, is seeking an Internist or Nursing Home Physician to provide comprehensive medical care to residents. This position offers a competitive base salary with additional bonus potential and flexible scheduling options. Residents and fellows are welcome to apply.
Why Join Us?
Work Schedule
- Full-time or Part-time (Minimum of 3 days a week)
- Professional Growth: Collaborative environment in a specialized geriatric care setting.
Impactful Work: Provide essential medical care to nursing home residents as part of a dedicated healthcare team.
Key Responsibilities
Consult with patients to understand their symptoms and health concerns.
Diagnose and treat acute illnesses, such as bacterial and viral infections, as well as chronic diseases and conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, or diabetes.
Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress, and re-evaluate treatments, as necessary.
- Provide health and wellness advice to patients, including diet, physical activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Immunize patients against preventable diseases.
- Maintain detailed notes of appointments with patients, including comments, tests, and/or treatments prescribed, and test results.
- Refer patients to other medical specialists when necessary.
- Provide support and advice to patients receiving long-term care.
- Prepare official health documents or records, when necessary.
- Conduct research into the testing and development of new medications, methods of treatment, or procedures to prevent or control illness, disease, or injury.
- Greenlife Healthcare Staffing - Empowering Healthcare Professionals, Enriching Lives.
Qualifications
- Education: MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
- Licensure: Active NJ State Medical License (Required).
- Certification: Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible.
- Experience: Residents and fellows are welcome to apply.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in geriatric medicine, chronic disease management, and electronic health records.
Soft Skills: Excellent bedside manner, strong communication skills, empathy, and ability to work effectively with elderly patients and their families.
Competitive Compensation: $190,000 - $240,000/yr.
Comprehensive Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Savings
- Commuter Benefits program
- Visa Sponsorship opportunities
- Malpractice insurance coverage
- Loan repayment
- Flexible schedules
- Stable Employment
- Exclusive 20% Discount Tuition Reduction with local College
- $15,000 Sign-on bonus
- $20,000 Compliance bonus
- Productivity bonuses apply, and there is potential to make additional income if the provider is on call.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Internist / Nursing Home Physician at GreenLife Healthcare Staffing a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,271 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context
GreenLife Healthcare Staffing holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 328 active listings.
Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 52% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
Internal Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 10,160 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $53 per wRVU — implying roughly $538k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
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- No call
- On-site
Living in Hackensack
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $614k≈ 3.2× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $2,674/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 29 min
- State income tax
- Up to 10.8%
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.