Physician - Hospitalist - Ashland - J1 Eligible

Hospital MedicineFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Position Location: Ashland, Ohio
  • Position Type: Full-time Physician
  • Specialty: Internal Medicine

Every day, for more than 150 years, the physicians of University Hospitals have renewed a promise to meeting our patients’ health care needs. Our talented team is integral to our rich history of success and critical to our future in a dynamic environment. As stewards of the UH legacy for excellence in patient care, our physicians are guided by an unwavering commitment to our mission:

Work Site and Opportunity Highlights

University Hospitals seeks a Hospitalist to join UH Samaritan Medical Center in Ashland, Ohio. University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center is a 55 staffed bed acute care facility located between two of Ohio’s largest cities, Cleveland and Columbus. Hospitalists are on-site physicians who specialize in caring for adult patients during their hospital stay. They manage the care of their patients in conjunction with a patient’s primary care physician and in consultation from specialty teams when appropriate.

  • Schedule is one week on, one week off. During the work week, physicians are expected to work a twelve hour shift.
  • Ten PTO days, in addition to every other week off
  • Additional productivity incentives
  • Board-certified or Board-eligible Internal Medicine/Family Medicine Physician
  • Active Ohio Medical License in good standing upon effective date of employment
  • Must align with our core values: Excellence, Diversity, Integrity, Compassion and Teamwork

Key Responsibilities

The hospitalist will manage the care of adult patients during their hospital stay in coordination with primary care physicians and specialty teams. The role requires working a twelve-hour shift schedule of one week on and one week off.

Requirements

Candidates must be board-certified or board-eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. An active Ohio medical license in good standing is required by the start date.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical Consultation

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 78% have no call, 40% require no weekends.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Top Hospital Medicine Jobs

29 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs · 15 employers

4
<$300k
13
$300k-305k
5
$305k-395k
6
$395k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 15 employers

401k / retirement match
96%
Sign-on bonus
17%
Loan repayment
8%
PSLF eligible
8%
CME allowance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,196 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Ashland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$926/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
Up to 4%
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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About University Hospitals

Hospitals and Health Care
Cleveland, Ohio
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

10 PTO days
Every other week off
Productivity incentives