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UnityPoint Health
West Des Moines, Iowa · Remote OK

TeleHospitalist - Physician - PRN - IA, IL and WI

Hospital Medicine Top 25% in Hospital MedicinePer Diem

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

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Employment & setting
Per Diem · remote
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Overview

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

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 967 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 39 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 62% have no call, 33% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
87%
Sign-on bonus
27%
Loan repayment
20%
CME allowance
20%
Relocation assistance
13%

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Work-life snapshot

6.1/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Hospital Medicine

  • Remote
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends