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GoHealth Urgent Care
Hartford, Connecticut

Physician Urgent Care

Urgent CareNo callFull-Time

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Job Description

  • It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!
  • We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
  • Hartford Healthcare-GoHealth Urgent Care
  • Physician Opportunities Within Expanding Urgent Care Network in Connecticut

Various Opportunities & Locations Available

We are seeking experienced Physicians who have urgent care or emergency room experience, treating both adult and pediatric patients, to join our welcoming and diverse community of providers in the surrounding region.

Job Summary

Physicians independently perform a wide variety of clinical services including treatment of acute episodic conditions such as sore throats, colds, flu-like symptoms, cuts, sprains and minor infections and are also responsible for selecting and utilizing appropriate diagnostics and/or therapeutic procedures for patients.

Education

  • Graduate of an accredited medical school required

Work Experience

2-5 years of post-residency clinical experience required

Minimum 18 months experience in applicable practice setting required

Adult and pediatric practice experience

Required Licenses/Certifications

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible by an ABMS member board or AOA specialty board in Family Medicine or Emergency Medicine
  • Active state medical licensure

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

  • Experience in an Urgent Care or Emergency Medicine setting
  • Applicable office procedures including but not limited to suturing, splinting, etc.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred

  • Knowledge and experience with Electronic Medical Records
  • Ability to be attentive with strong listening skills
  • Strong communication and customer service skills

Job Responsibilities Include

  • Examining and treating patients
  • Taking patients’ medical histories
  • Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and X-rays
  • Making diagnoses and prescribing medications
  • Treating minor injuries that may require sutures, splints, or casting
  • Recording progress notes for follow-up patients
  • Educating and counseling patients
  • Ordering and/or carrying out therapy with patients
  • Giving vaccinations, and referring patients to additional care
  • Supervising GoHealth PA/NPs remotely when cases are presented to you for supervision

Job Responsibilities Include

  • Examining and treating patients
  • Taking patients’ medical histories
  • Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and X-rays
  • Making diagnoses and prescribing medications
  • Treating minor injuries that may require sutures, splints, or casting
  • Recording progress notes for follow-up patients
  • Educating and counseling patients
  • Ordering and/or carrying out therapy with patients
  • Giving vaccinations, and referring patients to additional care
  • Supervising GoHealth PA/NPs remotely when cases are presented to you for supervision
  • Act as a Collaborating Physician for up to four PA/NPs in the credentialing process, including signoff of the PA/NPs delineation of privileges (DOP)
  • 20 hours required monthly for per diem

Note: this job description is not inclusive of all the duties of the position. You may be asked by leaders to perform other duties. Management reserves the right to revise this position description at any time.

Physical Requirements

  • Indicate the appropriate physical requirements of this job in the course of a shift.
  • Occasionally – Activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time.
  • Frequently – Activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time.
  • Constantly – Activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time.

*Please note that employees must be able to perform the entire range for each physical demand task marked Occasionally, Frequently, and Constantly.

Connect with Us

Have questions or need more information? Apply below or reach out to our Provider Recruiter, Damaris.Ruiz@gohealthuc.com to start a conversation about your future with Hartford Healthcare-GoHealth Urgent Care.

Note: this job description is not inclusive of all the duties of the position. You may be asked by leaders to perform other duties. Management reserves the right to revise this position description at any time.

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Key Responsibilities

Physicians independently perform clinical services including treating acute conditions, ordering diagnostics, and prescribing medications. They also supervise physician assistants and nurse practitioners while providing patient education and counseling.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited medical school with 2-5 years of post-residency clinical experience. Board certification or eligibility in Family Medicine or Emergency Medicine and active state medical licensure are required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Diagnostic testingPatient counselingPediatric careAdult careMedical history taking

Urgent Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 88% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Urgent Care at GoHealth Urgent Care a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Urgent Care — ranked against 349 active Urgent Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Top Urgent Care Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution39 jobs · 12 employers

5
<$345k
24
$345k-390k
2
$390k-435k
5
$435k-480k
3
$480k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
79%
CME allowance
29%
Sign-on bonus
13%
Relocation assistance
11%
Loan repayment
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$238-$278/hr
#3

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$220-$240/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Urgent Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 349 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Hartford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$274k
Typical market rent
$1,600/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 7%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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