OHIOHEALTH VAN WERT HOSPITAL - EM - MEDICAL DIRECTOR
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Job Description
Are you looking to grow your career in emergency medicine? We are seeking a facility medical director who is board certified in emergency medicine or board certified in internal medicine or family medicine with pervious EM experience.
The preferred candidate will have 2 to 5 years of leadership experience and a proven ability to lead effectively, though exceptional candidates ready to take on their first leadership position will also be considered. This leadership opportunity will report directly to the regional medical director and vice president of operations and will be responsible for the oversight of full-time physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
About OhioHealth Van Wert
- Annual Volume: 12,500
- Hospital Beds: 28
- ED Beds: 11
- Physician coverage per day: 24 hours per day
- APC coverage: 8 hours/day Sunday-Thursday
- Acuity Level: Medium
- Admission Rate: 10%
- Diagnostic imaging and laboratory services
- EMR: Epic
As facility medical director, you will be responsible for developing and sustaining relationships, impacting clinical strategies and workflows that promote evidence-based practice, and patient satisfaction, and improving value-based healthcare delivery. As FMD, you will be responsible for managing the facility's clinical, financial, human, and capital resources. If you are the right physician for this role, apply today!
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City Caption
Welcome to the city of Van Wert, Ohio!
City Description
Van Wert is home to many things - the first county library, the Van Wert Peony Festival, and a thriving community art center! The city is a wonderful place to raise a family with a number of options for education for students. Located a short trip's distance from Fort Wayne, Indiana, weekend trips are a breeze. Fall in love with the city of Van Wert!
Facility Caption
Van Wert Health
Facility Description
For more than a century, Van Wert Health has been caring for patients. The facility offers specialty back-up in general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, radiology, ultrasound, and more. Through leading health services and medical education, Van Wert Health works to enhance the quality of life for the entire community.
Job Benefits
- 1099 clinical/ W2 administrative
- Competitive hourly rate
- Administrative stipend
- Health benefits
- Sign-on bonus available with FT commitment
- Relocation assistance
- Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
- Fantastic work/life balance with flexible online scheduling
- Exceptional local and regional emergency medicine leadership support
- Membership to TeamHealth leading Patient Safety Organization
- Clinician health and wellness program
- Candidate referral bonus incentives
- National network of emergency medicine experts
- Diversity and inclusion and women in leadership programs
- Leadership development programs to further your career
Key Responsibilities
The medical director will oversee full-time physicians and advanced practice clinicians while managing the facility's clinical, financial, and human resources. They are responsible for developing clinical strategies and workflows that promote evidence-based practice and patient satisfaction.
Requirements
Candidates must be board certified in emergency medicine, internal medicine, or family medicine with previous emergency medicine experience. A preferred 2 to 5 years of leadership experience is required, though exceptional candidates for their first leadership role will be considered.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 36 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 86% have no call, 61% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 2.8 / 10 · top 25% in emergency medicine | ranked against 1,045 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Emergency Medicine median $294k (middle half $264k–$328k)318 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Ohio index 92.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Emergency Medicine listings in Ohio | 33 active | 1,064 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 86% no call · 61% no weekends36 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | Ohio Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 8% offer loan repayment651 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Emergency Medicine hiring demand | #1 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 63 days · 55% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 325 postings, 316 closed |
| New Emergency Medicine listings | 466 in the last 30 days | 446 the 30 days before (+4%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,045 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- Includes weekends
Benefits & Perks
Living in Van Wert
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $200k
- Median resident rent
- $765/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.