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Sioux City, Iowa

PRN Emergency Medicine - Physician - Sioux City, IA

Emergency MedicineIncludes weekendsNo callPer Diem

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

UnityPoint Health is actively recruiting for a PRN Emergency Medicine Physician to join our team in Sioux City, Iowa

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 by Becker’s Healthcare. 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.

UnityPoint Health - Sioux City provides coordinated clinic, hospital and home-based care for patients in Sioux City and the surrounding Siouxland area.

St. Luke’s offers a full range of services and programs that includes a state-of-the-art surgical center, Siouxland’s premier birth center, 24/7 cardiovascular care, and Level III emergency department.

In addition, UnityPoint Health - Sioux City is also home to St. Luke’s College which provides high-quality, health system-based education to individuals looking for careers in health care.

  • Experienced team of physicians, APPs and support staff with low turnover and excellent patient outcomes
  • PRN, hospital employed or 1099 opportunity
  • Well supported by all specialties except peds psychiatry, cardiothoracic surgery & interventional neurology
  • 24/7 hospitalist program responsible for adult and pediatric inpatients
  • Schedule managed locally - flexible scheduling – team trades amongst themselves
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on Epic EMR to improve care coordination

St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center serves 175,00 people in a three-state region of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota

Responsibilities

  • Annual visit volume = 41,000
  • Average patients per day = 111
  • Average 1.5-1.9 patients per hour
  • 40 hours of physician coverage & 27 hours of APP coverage per day
  • Level 3 Trauma Center
  • 30 bed ED + 4 trauma bays
  • No call, good work/life balance
  • Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
  • 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

Qualifications

  • MD or DO
  • BE/BC in Emergency Medicine
  • Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
  • Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)

We Offer

Competitive Hourly Rate

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

Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

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

Community Details

Sioux City has grown to be one of Iowa’s largest cities – and its meteoric rise isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Sioux City is now one of northwest Iowa’s hubs for food production, healthcare, education, tourism and retail.

Residents enjoy some of the most affordable housing in the nation, and there’s always something going on – whether it’s Saturday in the Park, one of the largest music festivals in the region, or any number of indoor and outdoor attractions such as Cone Park, the award-winning Art Center or the Sioux City Symphony.

Whatever your tastes and whatever your career path, there’s something for everyone in Sioux City.

Please contact Drew Birdsall at Andrew.Birdsall@UnityPoint.org

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical Decision MakingTrauma CareCollaborationAnalytical SkillsWritten CommunicationVerbal Communication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PRN Emergency Medicine - Physician - Sioux City, IA at UnityPoint Health a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Emergency Medicine — ranked against 1,063 active Emergency Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 41 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 90% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Emergency Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.2 / 10 · top 25% in emergency medicineranked against 1,063 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedEmergency Medicine median $514k (middle half $302k–$514k)13 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingIowa index 87.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Emergency Medicine listings in Iowa22 active1,063 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 90% no call · 66% no weekends41 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,063 Emergency Medicine listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Emergency Medicine Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

37 jobs · 8 employers
4
$300k
22
$350k
3
$400k-450k
5
$450k-500k
3
$500k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs · 8 employers
401k / retirement match
75%
CME allowance
19%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Relocation assistance
6%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.2
Better work-life than 90% of Emergency Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,063 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • On-site
  • Includes weekends

Living in Sioux City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,275/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
86.5
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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