CRITICAL CARE PHYSICIAN - NOCTURNAL
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Job Description
Job Summary – Critical Care Physician - Nocturnal
Independence Health System is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Critical Care Physician interested in joining a well-established, collaborative, and multidisciplinary team at Butler Hospital. This position offers a nocturnal inpatient rotation designed to meet the needs of the physician. The schedule is designed to support sustainable work-life balance through a highly collaborative team model.
Both new graduates and experienced candidates are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong expertise in evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment for patients in need of critical care.
The physician will work with other specialties and a highly skilled team of advanced practice providers within our Critical Care team.
The selected physician will share a rotation with partners and will be supported by a collegial, physician-led environment that emphasizes clinical excellence, patient-centered care, and opportunities for professional growth and leadership within the critical care service line.
Key Responsibilities
The physician will provide critical care services during nocturnal inpatient rotations, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. They are responsible for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients requiring intensive care.
Requirements
Candidates must be board-certified or board-eligible in Critical Care. Both new graduates and experienced physicians are encouraged to apply.
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Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 88% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
In Pennsylvania, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$312k (359 salary observations; 2,457 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,507 salary observations; 55,834 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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Living in Butler
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $266k
- Typical market rent
- $1,018/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 94.7
- State income tax
- Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.