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Skilled Wound Care
New York, New York, United States

Wound Care Physician

Wound Care 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsContract

Listed compensation

$250k-$500k

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Wound Care Physician
  • Location: Manhattan, NY
  • Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary: $250,000 – $500,000 per year for Full-time
  • Physician Jobs in Manhattan, NY: Your Clinical Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You went into medicine to care for patients. But across the country, physicians in every specialty are dealing with the same problems: long hours, nights and call, packed schedules, prior authorizations, overflowing inboxes and less control over how they practice.

Burnout has become a nationwide problem, and too many physicians are giving up their health, families and weekends for their careers.

Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring physicians of all specialties in Manhattan, NY to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Whether you’re a surgeon, hospitalist, primary care physician, emergency physician or from any other specialty, wound care offers a fresh start. Maybe you’re ready to leave call and shift work behind. Maybe you want to add hands-on procedures to your practice. Or maybe you want a part-time role alongside your current work. Either way, this no-call physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.

Why Physicians in Manhattan, NY Choose Wound Care

In a profession where the work often follows you home, we offer a refreshing alternative:

The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. This is a true Monday–Friday physician job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.

Hands-On Procedures: Perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures, with full training provided.

Any Specialty Welcome: Your medical training is the foundation. We teach you the rest.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.

  • See Patients Heal: Follow patients through healing and build lasting relationships.
  • Part-Time Flexibility: Add wound care to your week alongside your current practice or schedule.
  • Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.
  • Wound Care Physician Responsibilities
  • Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Manhattan, NY:
  • Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
  • Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds

Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols

  • Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing
  • Wound Care Physician Salary & Compensation
  • Full-Time Average Annual Earnings: $250,000–$500,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
  • High Achievers: Top performers earn $500,000+ through performance bonuses
  • Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

Wound Care Physician Schedule

  • We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:
  • Part-Time: 2–3 days per week
  • Full-Time: 4–5 days per week

Wound Care Physician Requirements

Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution. Must be board-eligible.

  • Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
  • DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
  • Open Background: We welcome physicians from all specialties. No previous wound care or procedural experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training
  • Great Place to Work® Certified!

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Apply for This Physician Job in Manhattan, NY

You became a physician to care for patients, not to burn out. If you’re a physician of any specialty in Manhattan, NY looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday career with hands-on procedures and no earning cap, or a part-time role alongside your current work, APPLY HERE

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

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Key Responsibilities

Perform surgical and sharp debridement along with other bedside procedures to treat chronic and complex wounds. Provide collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and follow patients through their healing process.

Requirements

Must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited institution and be board-eligible. Candidates must possess or be eligible to obtain an unrestricted medical license and DEA license in the state of practice.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Chronic wound treatmentComplex wound managementClinical documentationPatient evaluation

Wound Care — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$375k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $348k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Skilled Wound Care holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 232 active listings.

What does the Wound Care market look like in New York?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.0 / 10 · top 25% in wound careranked against 168 Wound Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$250k–$500kWound Care median $275k (middle half $235k–$300k)24 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$348k in purchasing powerNew York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Wound Care listings in New York18 active173 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusNew York Physician listings: 26% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 15% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Wound Care hiring demand#2 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 45 days · 60% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 108 postings, 65 closed
New Wound Care listings117 in the last 30 days87 the 30 days before (+34%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Skilled Wound Caresilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index232 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (168 Wound Care listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), 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 Wound Care Physician at Skilled Wound Care a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Wound Care — ranked against 168 active Wound Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top contract/1099 Wound Care Jobs

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Salary Distribution

18 jobs · 4 employers
3
<$350k
13
$350k
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$400k-450k
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$450k-500k
2
$500k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution

18 jobs · 4 employers
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1-2
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16
7-8
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Higher = better work-life balance

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Work-life snapshot

median 7.2this job 8.0
Better work-life than 80% of Wound Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 168 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site
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About Skilled Wound Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

No call
No nights
No weekends
Full training provided
Clinical autonomy
Part-time flexibility
Quarterly bonus programs
Custom documentation software

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$875k≈ 3.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,089/mo≈ 20% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.