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RH-Relias Healthcare
Natchitoches, Louisiana

Physician - Emergency Medicine - Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

Emergency MedicineContract

Compensation

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Relias Healthcare is a physician led emergency medicine and hospital medicine staffing and solutions company. Since day one, our mission has been to create environments where physicians have the resources to practice high quality care while providing our health system partners value and innovative solution. When people ask the reason for our success, we tell them Providers are our priority!

Job Details

  • 18,000K Annual ED Volume
  • No Trauma Designation
  • 17 Bed Emergency Department
  • 24-hour physician coverage
  • 12-hour shifts
  • 10 Hours of APC Coverage working
  • EMR: Meditech Expanse
  • Specialty Services: OB, Peds, General Surgery, Ortho, Urology, Nephrology

Highlights

  • 1099 Employment
  • Flexible Scheduling
  • Malpractice and Tail Coverage provided.

Requirements

  • MD or DO Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Board Certified with 1-2 years of ED experience or ABEM Eligible or Board Certified

Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

Natchitoches Regional Medical Center has become a healthcare system offering a broad continuum of innovative care. NRMC’s 96-bed flagship hospital offers emergency care, broad medical and surgical services, intensive care with 24-hour Critical Care Medicine physicians, obstetrics, inpatient psychiatric care, dialysis services, radiological and laboratory diagnostics, respiratory care, and rehabilitation services. NRMC also operates the parish’s EMS service.

The secret to Relias' success is Providers are our Priority!

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide emergency medical care in an Emergency Department with an annual volume of 18,000 patients, working 12-hour shifts with 24-hour physician coverage available.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

Board Certification

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 44 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 91% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Emergency Medicine Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution40 jobs · 8 employers

29
<$390k
2
$390k-430k
3
$430k-470k
4
$470k-510k
2
$510k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
79%
CME allowance
18%
Sign-on bonus
8%
Relocation assistance
5%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 2.8
Better work-life than 80% of Emergency Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,047 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Natchitoches

Median resident rent
$802/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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