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Dallas, Texas

Staff Physician - Family Practice

Family MedicineFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Full Time Family Practice Opening with optional 4 Day or 5 Day Workweek.

Primary Purpose Responsible for providing comprehensive healthcare for patients accessing, including bio-medical and social aspects of medical and surgical conditions including problem identification, physical exams, history assessment, identification of psychosocial concerns, diagnosis, appropriate management, and specific treatments ensuring optimal health, decreasing complications, and expediting recovery.

MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS Education: Must have successfully completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Medical Association (AMA) approved residency for appropriate specialty. Experience: None.

Certification/Registration/Licensure: Must be currently licensed for the practice of medicine in the State of Texas. Must meet and maintain licensing and registration requirements as delineated by the Medical Staff Bylaws, Medical Staff Rules and Regulations, and Credentialing Policies/Procedures, if any.

Skills or Special Abilities: Must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the appropriate specialty practice (e. g. Psychiatry, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics) assessment techniques and treatment processes.

Must be able to determine objectives, set priorities, and establish and meet target dates. Must be able to work effectively with other health care professionals and serve as a resource to the community. Must be able to demonstrate patient centered/patient valued behavior.

Parkland Health, one of the nation’s largest public hospital systems, is dedicated to delivering exceptional care to the Dallas community. A career at Parkland means joining a collaborative, engaged team focused on excellence, innovation, and patient-centered service.

Our employees are supported with resources to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact every day.

Key Responsibilities

The primary purpose involves providing comprehensive healthcare, including managing biomedical and social aspects of medical and surgical conditions through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. This role ensures optimal patient health, complication reduction, and expedited recovery.

Requirements

Candidates must have successfully completed an ACGME or AMA approved residency for the appropriate specialty and must hold current licensure to practice medicine in the State of Texas. No prior experience is explicitly required, but a working knowledge of specialty assessment and treatment processes is mandatory.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient Centered BehaviorPrioritizationTarget SettingCollaborationCommunity Resource

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Texas, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$273k (74 salary observations; 384 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,908 salary observations; 6,496 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 50% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

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

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 · 36 employers

14
<$325k
7
$325k-350k
16
$350k-375k
8
$375k-400k
5
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
81%
Sign-on bonus
65%
CME allowance
49%
Relocation assistance
37%
Loan repayment
23%

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 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,560 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Dallas

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$286k
Typical market rent
$1,591/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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