Emergency Medicine Physician
Compensation
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Job Description
- Job Id: L-MD-82870
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Arkansas
- Bentonville, Siloam Springs, Springdale & Johnson
- Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical only
- Coverage Period: ASAP – Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: 12-hour shifts, 7a-7p or 7p-7a
- Required to Supervise APPs? Yes
- Reason for Coverage: IMP Import
Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Malpractice insurance provided by vendor; travel and lodging not specified
Patient Information
Average Daily Volume: 15-30 patients/day
Facility Information
EMR System: Epic
Job Requirements
- Board: BC/BE
- Licenses: Licensed in AR or IMLC
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive emergency medical care to patients of all ages.
- Assess, diagnose, and manage acute medical conditions and injuries.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests, including lab work and imaging.
- Collaborate with nursing and support staff to ensure quality patient care.
- Document patient encounters and maintain accurate medical records.
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive emergency medical care to patients of all ages, including assessment, diagnosis, and management of acute conditions. Collaborate with nursing staff and maintain accurate medical records for all patient encounters.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine and hold a valid license in Arkansas or IMLC. Required certifications include BLS, ACLS, ATLS, and PALS.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 34 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 85% have no call, 59% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 2.1 / 10 · above average in emergency medicine | ranked against 1,053 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Cost of living | Arkansas index 86.9 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician listings in Arkansas | 79 active | 22,586 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 85% no call · 59% no weekends34 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Physician listings: 33% state a sign-on bonus (median $40k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 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 | 501 in the last 30 days | 435 the 30 days before (+15%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend | −4.1% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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Benefits & Perks
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,053 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Benefits & Perks
Living in Bentonville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $378k
- Typical market rent
- $1,651/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 91.4
- State income tax
- Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.