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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

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Diagnostic skillsPatient evaluationAutoimmune disorder managementInflammatory disorder managementMusculoskeletal disorder managementClinical documentation

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).

What does the Physician market look like in Connecticut?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in rheumatologyranked against 159 Rheumatology listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $310k (middle half $288k–$327k)73 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingConnecticut index 103.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All physician listings in Connecticut307 active22,464 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedConnecticut physician listings (all specialties): 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 21% offer loan repayment307 active listings, Nov 2026
Rheumatology hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 73 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 52 postings, 32 closed
New Rheumatology listings47 in the last 30 days39 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (159 Rheumatology listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Connecticut figures use all physicians: too few Connecticut Rheumatology postings state pay.

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.

Top Rheumatologist Jobs

6 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

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$360k-385k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution

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Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Physician - Rheumatologist

Community Health Centers of America · Livingston, California

$300k-$375k
#2

Rheumatologist | Unity Health

UnitedHealth Group · Hudson, Ohio

$224k-$371k
#3

Seeking Rheumatologist for busy Multi-Specialty clinic in Riverside CA

$150+/hr
#4

Rheumatologist

$280k-$300k
+ 4 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Rheumatology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 159 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Healthcare United

Benefits & Perks

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

Living in Bridgeport

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$400k
Typical market rent
$2,020/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
State income tax
Up to 7%
Sources & methodology

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

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