SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM (THE) - EM - SPECIAL OPERATIONS PHYSICIAN
Listed compensation
$325-$345/hr
Listing transparency2 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Contract
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Do you want to live in Baltimore and practice emergency medicine where you can
truly make a difference and earn great money? You can be based in Baltimore,
work blocked shifts in select emergency departments in the Northeast and have
your travel paid and earn free hotels, flights, and car rentals to enjoy on your
blocked time off!
Curious about the role of a special operations team physician? A special ops
physician is assigned to one ED at a time providing quality care to patients.
Our team physicians can count on continuous work due to planned assignments. If
you are board certified or eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with emergency medicine
residency training, you are just right for this role! TeamHealth will obtain any
additional licenses and DEAs for the designated states if needed.
To see what makes TeamHealth Special Ops Team elite, check out this video
[https://teamhealth.widen.net/s/tzxqlrj5gm/2024_43-what-makes-teamhealth-special-ops-an-elite-team-]!
Competitive compensation, with an estimated hourly range of $325 to $345. To
learn more about how our travel team provides a great work/life balance and
premium pay, apply today!
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Facility Description
Special Operations team members are credentialed at multiple emergency medicine
client sites within a specified geography and serve as clinical "top guns" for
our clients. A special ops team member must be adaptive and possess excellent
communication skills and a team-player attitude. Flexibility and the ability to
travel are a must.
Job Benefits
- Excellent alternative to locums with comparable pay and consistent work with
- An elite guaranteed hourly compensation with a generous sign-on bonus
- Blocked time off, enhanced work/life balance
- Enriched EM experience working in a variety of practice settings
- Well-being resources concierge program including the Grokker App with programs
- TeamHealth Institute resources and free CME
- Access to leadership development programs
- Superb licensing and credentialing support
- Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
- Membership in TeamHealth's leading Patient Safety Organization
Key Responsibilities
The special operations physician provides high-quality clinical care to patients at assigned emergency department sites. They serve as a clinical expert who must adapt to various practice settings while maintaining excellent communication and teamwork.
Requirements
Candidates must be board certified or eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with completed emergency medicine residency training. The role requires flexibility, the ability to travel to multiple client sites, and a team-player attitude.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 88% have no call, 40% require no weekends.
Emergency Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$697k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $664k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
Living in Baltimore
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $203k
- Typical market rent
- $1,802/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 29 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 104.5
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.