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UMass Memorial Health
Southbridge, Massachusetts

Per Diem Hospitalist Physician, Ha

Hospital MedicinePer Diem

Listed compensation

$170.00 per hour

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

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Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve.

We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

  • Hiring Range: $170.00 per hour
  • Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
  • Location: Southbridge, MA
  • Facility: UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Hospital
  • Department: Hospital Medicine
  • Specialty: Physician – Internal Medicine / Family Medicine
  • Schedule: Per Diem

UMass Memorial Medical Group seeks a per diem Hospitalist Physician to join our growing Hospital Medicine team at Harrington Hospital. Our competitive compensation and benefits package places us as your top choice in the region.

Harrington Hospital in Southbridge, MA is a community-focused, acute care hospital serving patients across South Central Massachusetts and Northeastern Connecticut. As part of UMass Memorial Health, Harrington combines the personalized approach of a community hospital with access to the resources, specialty expertise, and academic strength of the region's largest health system.

Click here to learn more about Harrington Hospital.

Key Highlights

  • Established Hospital Medicine program staffed by experience physicians and advanced practice providers
  • Open ICU, no procedures required
  • Epic electronic medical record platform across the UMass Memorial Health system.
  • Supportive nursing staff and experienced multidisciplinary care teams.
  • Collaborative, supportive team environment with strong operational support
  • Commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care

Qualifications

  • Board-certified or board-eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
  • Must hold an MD or DO degree

Eligible for Medical Licensure in Massachusetts

Visit UMass Memorial Medical Group to learn more about our organization.

Qualified candidates may contact Brittany Kosiba, Provider Recruiter at brittany.kosiba@umassmemorialhealth.org or 774-737-3412.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities

Provide hospitalist physician care as part of the Hospital Medicine team at Harrington Hospital. Collaborate with nursing staff and multidisciplinary care teams to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 75% have no call, 53% require no weekends.

In Massachusetts, the Hospital Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$282k (40 salary observations; 85 listings), vs ~$305k nationally (569 salary observations; 3,278 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 Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$354k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $334k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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

Top contract/1099 Hospital Medicine Jobs

30 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution29 jobs · 12 employers

5
<$290k
16
$290k-330k
4
$330k-370k
3
$370k-410k
1
$445k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
96%
CME allowance
8%
PSLF eligible
8%
Sign-on bonus
4%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$140-$150/hr
#2

CDI Physician Advisor, Greater East Bay

Sutter Health · Vallejo, California

$278k-$445k
#3

Hospitalist

$118k-$400k
#4

Physician, Adult Hospitalist (Castro Valley, CA)

$180-$190/hr
+ 28 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,210 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Southbridge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$388k
Typical market rent
$1,880/mo
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

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

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