Rheumatologist | Established Outpatient Practice | Bridgeport, CT
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Job Description
Healthcare United is seeking a BE/BC Rheumatologist for a full-time role in the Bridgeport Area, CT, with an established multispecialty physician group affiliated with an independent community teaching hospital.
Location
Southern Connecticut, convenient to Bridgeport, New Haven, and surrounding communities.
The Rheumatologist will join an established outpatient specialty practice providing comprehensive evaluation and long-term management of patients with autoimmune, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal disorders.
The clinical scope includes rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriatic arthritis, gout, osteoporosis, vasculitis, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, Sjogren’s syndrome, polymyalgia rheumatica, and other complex rheumatologic conditions.
The position offers an established specialty-care infrastructure, access to laboratory and diagnostic resources, and collaboration with Primary Care physicians and other specialists throughout the regional physician network.
What You Can Expect
- Clinical Scope: Comprehensive outpatient Rheumatology
- Patient Population: Adults with autoimmune, inflammatory, arthritic, and musculoskeletal conditions
- Practice Setting: Established multispecialty physician group
- Support: Primary Care and specialty referral network
- Schedule: Full-time outpatient practice
- Growth Opportunity: Build long-term relationships with an established regional patient base
- Practice Culture: Collaborative, patient-centered community healthcare environment
Contact Healthcare United with your current CV to discuss the clinical team, compensation package, and next steps.
Requirements
- MD or DO
- Completion of an accredited Rheumatology fellowship
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in Rheumatology
- Active or eligible Connecticut medical license
- Active DEA registration or ability to obtain
- Comfortable managing a broad outpatient Rheumatology patient population
- Strong diagnostic and chronic-disease-management skills
- Ability to collaborate with Primary Care and specialty physicians
- Current CV required
Benefits
The compensation and benefits package may include the following, subject to position-specific terms and eligibility:
- Competitive compensation based on current MGMA Rheumatology benchmarks, training, and experience
- Medical and prescription coverage
- Dental and vision insurance
- Pre-tax retirement savings plan
- Paid vacation, holiday, and sick time
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible Spending Account options
- Employee wellness resources
- Free parking
- Tuition assistance
Key Responsibilities
The Rheumatologist will provide comprehensive evaluation and long-term management for patients with autoimmune, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal disorders. They will collaborate with primary care physicians and other specialists within an established multispecialty group.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Rheumatology — Physician Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · above average in rheumatology | ranked against 159 Rheumatology listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician median $310k (middle half $288k–$327k)73 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Connecticut index 103.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All physician listings in Connecticut | 307 active | 22,464 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Connecticut physician listings (all specialties): 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 21% offer loan repayment307 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Rheumatology hiring demand | not ranked this month | postings stay open a median 73 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 52 postings, 32 closed |
| New Rheumatology listings | 47 in the last 30 days | 39 the 30 days before (+21%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend (all specialties) | −2.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Rheumatologist | Established Outpatient Practice | Bridgeport, CT at Healthcare United a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Rheumatology — ranked against 159 active Rheumatology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
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