UT Health East Texas logo
UT Health East Texas
Carthage, Texas

Outpatient Physician (BE/BC IM/FM) Opening for UT Tyler School of Medicine | Carthage

Family MedicineNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the pay range, the work setting, call expectations and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Faculty position employed by the University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine, practicing in UT Health East Texas facilities.

UT Tyler School of Medicine - UT Health East Texas Physicians – Carthage RHC is seeking a BC/BE Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Physician to join the Carthage team.

About the Position

Join the Carthage Rural Health Clinic team of 2 Physicians, 4 FM/IM NPs, 1 Peds NP, 1 Acute Walk-in NP, and rotating specialists

  • Average daily patient volume: 18-22
  • Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
  • Clinic call
  • Lab onsite; Imaging in hospital
  • Teaching opportunities with students, residents, and fellows

Epic EMR

Smart Technology: See more patients without extending your day. Our providers use Epic EMR and Ambience AI scribe technology to automate documentation, reduce administrative burden, improve patient flow, and ensure accurate coding-leading to better work-life balance and revenue.

A Recruitment & Benefits Package That Values Your Talent!

Recruitment Package May Include

  • Base salary + wRVU production incentive
  • CME allowance
  • Commencement bonus
  • Medical debt consultative services by Navigate Student Loans
  • Relocation allowance
  • Residency stipend
  • Paid malpractice coverage
  • University faculty retirement plans available
  • Marketing + practice growth assistance

About Carthage

Carthage is a close-knit East Texas town with a strong sense of community, affordable living, and excellent schools. Physicians enjoy the opportunity for a balanced lifestyle and the ability to truly get to know their patients while still being within driving distance of larger cities like Tyler, Shreveport, and Dallas.

UT Health Carthage is a short-term acute care facility recognized for excellence, earning The Leapfrog Group’s 2024 Top Hospital Award for outstanding quality and safety, as well as national recognition through the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines? program for high-quality cardiovascular and stroke care.

  • Level IV Trauma Center
  • Licensed Beds: 23 Private Rooms
  • ER: 8 Beds
  • OR: 2 Rooms
  • Med/Surg: 12 Beds

About UT Health East Texas

The UT Health East Texas system is comprised of nine hospitals, more than 90 physician clinics, over 500 employed providers, 13 regional rehabilitation facilities, two freestanding emergency centers, six urgent care clinics, regional home health services covering 41 counties, an EMS fleet of more than 60 ambulances and four helicopters, and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network, including a Level 1 trauma center. Our service area has a population of over 1.1 million.

About UT Tyler School of Medicine

The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine is the first medical school in East Texas and the seventh in The University of Texas System. Its mission is to train future healthcare professionals to embrace responsibility for the unique needs of rural and hard-to-reach communities and populations, particularly those in East Texas.

The school offers a robust Graduate Medical Education program, with 20 residency and fellowship training programs, enabling graduates to gain specialized skills in areas such as family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, surgery, and anesthesia. Additionally, UT Tyler’s Master of Biotechnology program provides students with an interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes medical research and biotechnology innovation, preparing them for careers in medical research, diagnostics and therapeutic development.

Construction is currently underway on a five-story, 248,000-square-foot Medical Education Building (MEB) in Tyler’s Midtown District. Connected by a skybridge to UT Health Tyler, the MEB will support interdisciplinary education for medical students and resident training. It will also aid as part of a medical education program expansion throughout the UT Health East Texas Health System.

Emphasizing a community-centered approach, the UT Tyler School of Medicine combines advanced research, hands-on learning, and partnerships with regional healthcare providers to cultivate a new generation of physicians prepared to improve healthcare outcomes and enhance the quality of life in East Texas. Visit uttyler.edu/medicine to learn more.

Key Responsibilities

Provide outpatient medical care to patients in a rural health clinic setting with an average daily volume of 18-22 patients. Participate in teaching opportunities for students, residents, and fellows while utilizing advanced AI documentation tools.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. The role requires a commitment to practicing in a rural East Texas community and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient careClinical documentationCardiovascular careTrauma care

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Texas, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$275k (73 salary observations; 379 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,880 salary observations; 6,427 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 46% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 8,530 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $427k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Physician (BE/BC IM/FM) Opening for UT Tyler School of Medicine | Carthage at UT Health East Texas a 6.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,570 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 35 employers

14
<$325k
5
$325k-350k
17
$350k-375k
8
$375k-400k
6
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks42 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
79% this job
Sign-on bonus
64% this job
CME allowance
52% this job
Relocation assistance
36% this job
Loan repayment
19% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Primary Care Physician w/ Managed Care exp (Open comp.)

MASC Medical · Brooksville, Florida

$420k
#2

Physician, Family Medicine – Telemedicine Opportunity – DrHouse

Dr House · Houston, Texas

$100-$200/hr
#3

Physician, Internal Medicine – Telemedicine Opportunity – DrHouse

$100-$200/hr
#4

Family Medicine / Internal Medicine Physician Atlanta GA

$150-$200/hr
+ 48 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.5
Better work-life than 60% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,570 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Carthage

Median resident rent
$797/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

UT Health East Texas logo

About UT Health East Texas

Hospitals and Health Care
Tyler, TX
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Base salary + wRVU production incentive
CME allowance
Commencement bonus
Medical debt consultative services
Relocation allowance
Residency stipend
Paid malpractice coverage
University faculty retirement plans