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UnityPoint Health
West Des Moines, Iowa · Remote OK

TeleHospitalist - Physician - PRN - IA, IL and WI

Hospital MedicineIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Telehospitalist Physician to join our system-wide team in IA and IL

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world.

Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker’s Healthcare and among America’s Best Employers By State in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

  • Provide TeleHospitalist coverage at multiple UnityPoint hospitals
  • Position is employed with UnityPoint Clinic
  • PRN schedule including nights, weekends, and Holidays
  • 12-hour shifts
  • Self-scheduling
  • Response time within 30 minutes
  • Utilize Vidyo Telehealth
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

  • Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
  • Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Managing cross coverage & low acuity admissions (as needed) on overnight shift for one or more hospitals, depending on the number of beds covered.
  • Cross cover needs, include but not limited to entering orders, calling nurses, staff, patients, or families.
  • Helping with transfers to higher level of care if needed overnight, transfer to ICU or other floors within same facility, calling in through Vidyo to evaluate patients if needed.
  • Documentation per CMS & TH guidelines for H&Ps, cross coverage, significant events, handoff, etc.

Qualifications

  • MD or DO
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
  • Requires 1 year of bedside clinical experience as a Hospitalist
  • Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in your state of residency, AND IA, IL and WI
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
  • Credentialed at all UPH hospitals staffed by a TeleHospitalist
  • Unemployable states: NY, CA, OR, VT, WA, DC

We Offer

PRN Hourly Rate

A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.

Please contact Drew Birdsall, Physician and Provider Recruiter, at 515.471.9761 or Andrew.Birdsall@UnityPoint.org

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

TelemedicineHospitalist medicinePatient care coordinationClinical documentationCritical thinkingTeam collaboration

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 41 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 73% have no call, 24% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 6.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the Hospital Medicine market look like in Iowa?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · top 25% in hospital medicineranked against 1,097 Hospital Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedHospital Medicine median $300k (middle half $278k–$588k)32 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 5% remote · 73% no call · 24% no weekends41 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS physician listings (all specialties): 26% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 12% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine hiring demand#18 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 49 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 402 postings, 440 closed
New Hospital Medicine listings413 in the last 30 days391 the 30 days before (+6%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine pay trend−6.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,097 Hospital Medicine listings), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates TeleHospitalist - Physician - PRN - IA, IL and WI at UnityPoint Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 1,097 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Top contract/1099 Hospital Medicine Jobs

18 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

17 jobs · 9 employers
3
<$180k
0
$180k-235k
2
$235k-290k
11
$290k-345k
1
$355k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

15 jobs · 9 employers
401k / retirement match
100%
Loan repayment
20%
PSLF eligible
20%
Sign-on bonus
13%
CME allowance
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Hospitalist

Intermountain Health · Billings, Montana

$355,080+
#2

Physician (Hospitalist) GP-0602-14

Defense Health Agency Civilian Corps, Falls Church, VA · Portsmouth, Virginia

$165k-$336k
#3

$305k Plus starting Salary Physician Hospitalist

$305k
#4

Hospitalist - Macon, MO

$200k-$300k
+ 16 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 6.1
Better work-life than 90% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,097 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Remote
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends
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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

PRN hourly rate
Self-scheduling
Competitive Total Rewards program