Family Medicine Physician | Outpatient Primary Care | Loan Repayment Eligible
Listed compensation
starting at $220K+
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and nights and shift pattern.
Job Description
- Family Medicine Physician (FM)
- Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Heartline Staffing is a Strategic Talent Partner with Purple Cow Recruiting.
- Brandon Boughton
- Travel RN & CEO/Founder | Heartline Staffing LLC
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We’re hiring a Family Medicine Physician in Altoona, Pennsylvania who wants strong earning potential, student loan repayment eligibility, and the opportunity to serve a community-focused outpatient population.
You’ll step into an outpatient-only primary care role supported by established workflows and full clinic staff, allowing you to focus on high-quality, relationship-driven patient care.
- Why This Opportunity Stands Out
- Outpatient-only primary care setting
- Monday through Friday schedule
- Mission-driven clinical environment
- Established clinic with support staff
- Student loan repayment eligibility up to $75,000
- New graduates welcome
Schedule: Monday: 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday – Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary starting at $220,000+ based on experience
- Health insurance with 80% employer-paid premium
- Dental and vision insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan with 5% employer match
- 20 PTO days / 160 hours annually
- Eight paid holidays
- Five CME days with $1,500 allowance
- Student loan repayment eligibility up to $75,000
- Malpractice coverage provided
- DEA, license renewal, and society dues covered
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage
Employee Assistance Program
If you want a Family Medicine Physician role where you can build long-term patient relationships while maintaining strong work-life balance, this is worth a conversation.
Requirements
- MD or DO REQUIRED
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine REQUIRED
- Active Pennsylvania medical license REQUIRED
- Active DEA REQUIRED
- Comfortable practicing in outpatient primary care REQUIRED
New Graduates Welcome
Heartline Staffing is a Strategic Talent Partner with Purple Cow Recruiting. Applications are securely processed through Purple Cow Recruiting’s system.
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality, relationship-driven primary care to a community-focused outpatient population. Manage patient care within an established clinic setting supported by full clinic staff.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Pennsylvania, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$287k (50 salary observations; 212 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,908 salary observations; 6,496 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 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)), so the posted ~$220k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $225k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 54% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Purple Cow Recruiting holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 270 active listings.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine Physician | Outpatient Primary Care | Loan Repayment Eligible at Purple Cow Recruiting a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,509 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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- No weekends
Living in Altoona
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $151k≈ 0.7× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,090/mo≈ 6% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 89.5
- 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 · Altoona, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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