Nocturnist
Compensation
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Job Description
- Job Id: 105378
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Nocturnist
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Clinton, NC 28328
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: Jan 18, 2027 – Apr 30, 2027
- Shift Schedule: 8p-8a
- 8-10 shifts per month
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by Agency
Patient Information
- Patient Demographics: Adult, pediatric, and newborn nursery
- Average Daily Volume: 5 patients/day (census 30–35 shared with another provider)
- Admissions: Yes
- Rounding: Unassigned Patients
- Case Mix: Hospitalist – Family Medicine, Adult, Pediatric, Newborn
Facility Information
- Open ICU
- EMR System: MediTech 6.1
- Specialty Backup Available: Consulting specialists in cardiology, nephrology, and oncology
Privileges & Compliance
Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
Required Procedures
- Vent Management
- Intubations
- EKG Interpretation
- C-Lines, A-Lines, I&D
Job Requirements
- Board: BC/BE
- Licenses: NC or IMLC
- DEA: Active
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, NRP
- Experience: Comfortable treating adult and pediatric patients, experience providing newborn nursery care
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide hospitalist coverage for adult, pediatric, and newborn nursery patients.
- Share census of approximately 30–35 patients with another provider; round and admit overnight.
- Respond to hospital codes and perform newborn resuscitation as needed.
- Manage ventilator patients, perform intubations, and interpret EKGs.
- Collaborate with consulting specialists in cardiology, nephrology, and oncology.
Key Responsibilities
Provide overnight hospitalist coverage for adult, pediatric, and newborn patients, including rounding, admissions, and responding to hospital codes. Collaborate with consulting specialists and manage complex procedures such as ventilator management and intubations.
Requirements
Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible with an active North Carolina or IMLC license and DEA. Requires current BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, and NRP certifications along with experience in adult, pediatric, and newborn nursery care.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 50% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.6 / 10 · top 10% in hospital medicine | ranked against 1,186 Hospital Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician median $300k (middle half $275k–$364k)33 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | North Carolina index 94.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician listings in North Carolina | 509 active | 22,724 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 80% no call · 50% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | North Carolina Physician listings: 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $30k) · 18% offer loan repayment509 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Physician pay trend | +2.4% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nocturnist at Adelphi Staffing a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 1,186 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
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- No call
Benefits & Perks
Living in Clinton
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $205k
- Median resident rent
- $759/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.