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Detroit, Michigan

SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM (THE) - EM - SPECIAL OPERATIONS PHYSICIAN

Emergency MedicineNo weekendsContract

Compensation

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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Love to travel and make great money? Apply now to our elite team of travel physicians! You can be based in Detroit, work blocked shifts in select emergency departments in the Northeast or Midwest, have your travel paid and earn free hotels and flights to enjoy on your blocked time off!

Curious about the role of a special operations team physician? A special ops physician is assigned to one ED at a time, providing quality care to patients.

Our team of physicians can count on continuous work due to planned assignments.

If you are board-certified or eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with EM residency training, you are just right for this role! TeamHealth will obtain any additional licenses and DEAs for the designated states if needed.

Are you a team player with excellent communication skills? Are you adaptive and flexible to meet the needs of those you care for? If yes, we are looking for someone like you! Apply today to see how you fit into our travel team opportunities!

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[teamhealth is seeking a core faculty member for our MountainView Hospital Internal Medicine GME program in partnership with HCA GME, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ideal clinician will be a board certified internal medicine (IM) physician with academic experience, a passion for teaching, and resident development.

Research background, simulation education, bedside procedural skills, prior GME administrative experience, and Point-Of-Care Ultra Sonography (POCUS) knowledge is an additional benefit. The position entails Monday through Friday teaching rounds with residents and one or two paid weekends.

Clinician will work with 3-5 residents in a traditional team based teaching setting. The academic Hospitalist supervises resident's clinical work until they are capped after which admissions are taken by separate non-GME team.

This internal medicine residency was established in 2016 and has grown to a 66 resident internal medicine (IM) program with 13 residents in the transitional year program. There are five providers (all ABIM Board certified) that serve as core faculty for the five teaching teams.

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Special Operations Team Northeast or Midwest

Facility Description

TeamHealth special operations team members are credentialed at multiple emergency medicine client sites within a specified region and serve as clinical "top guns" for our clients. A special ops team member must be adaptive and possess excellent communication skills and a team-player attitude. Flexibility and the ability to travel are a must.

Job Benefits

  • Excellent alternative to locums with comparable pay and consistent work with the organization that is not only insuring you but is operationally responsible for the ED in which you work
  • Generous sign-on bonus
  • Augment your EM practice experience by working in a variety of settings
  • Blocked time off, enhanced work/life balance
  • Paid travel and accommodations with easy travel booking and expense reimbursement
  • TeamHealth Institute resources and free CME
  • Leadership development
  • Well-Being Resources concierge program including the Grokker App with programs for fitness, nutrition, mental health, sleep and financial wellbeing; access is provided for you and two family members or friends
  • Superb licensing and credentialing support
  • Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
  • Membership in TeamHealth's leading Patient Safety Organization
  • Support of national network of emergency medicine experts

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide quality patient care while assigned to various emergency departments across the Northeast and Midwest. They must maintain clinical excellence and adapt to the specific needs of each facility's emergency department.

Requirements

Candidates must be board-certified or eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with completed EM residency training. Excellent communication skills, a team-player attitude, and the ability to travel are required.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical careAdaptabilityTeamworkEmergency department operations

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 88% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Emergency Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.9 / 10 · top 25% in emergency medicineranked against 1,025 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedEmergency Medicine median $99k (middle half $85k–$141k)11 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Emergency Medicine listings in Michigan16 active1,030 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 88% no call · 65% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusMichigan Physician listings: 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 5% offer loan repayment631 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,025 Emergency Medicine listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 10 employers
401k / retirement match
91%
CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 3.9
Better work-life than 80% of Emergency Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,025 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Team Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Knoxville, TN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous sign-on bonus
Paid travel and accommodations
Free CME through TeamHealth Institute
Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
Well-Being Resources (Grokker App)
Leadership development
Licensing and credentialing support
Blocked time off

Living in Detroit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$79k
Typical market rent
$1,328/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.