BAPTIST HEALTH WALKER HOSPITAL - HM - STAFF PHYSICIAN
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- Full-Time
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- Weekends
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Job Description
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Are you looking for a daytime hospitalist position with visa sponsorship and
excellent compensation near Birmingham, Alabama? Check out Walker Baptist, an
amazing community hospital in Jasper! Walker Baptist is a 267-bed acute care
facility staffed with over 600 professionals offering a full range of services
including fast, life-saving response times for patients with chest pain or
stroke systems: cardiology, orthopedics, including rehabilitation, psychiatric
care, urology and detox therapy. Walker Baptist is a hospital that is passionate
about helping its community.
Welcome to Jasper, the friendliest town in the state of Alabama! Located only 40
minutes from downtown Birmingham, Jasper boasts a full service community
hospital affiliated with the Orlando Healthcare System.
Position Overview
* Block schedule of 7-on/7-off with round-and-go model
* Day shifts only
* Full nocturnist coverage
* Open ICU
* Easy transfers to affiliated higher level of care
* Excellent compensation including hourly rate, RVU bonus and quality bonus
* Position offers sign-on bonus and relocation
Apply today to find out more about this exciting position!
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City Caption
Jasper, Alabama
City Description
Jasper, Alabama, is a city rich in history and outdoor adventure. Jasper
features several outdoor recreational areas like the Lewis-Smith Lake and Dam,
Clear Creek, and Walker County Public Fishing Lake. Whether you love to spend
your off days kayaking, paddle boarding, swimming, or hiking and biking, Jasper
has it!
Job Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, life and long and
- Paid professional liability insurance with tail coverage
- Generous compensation, sign on bonus and relocation bonus
- Free CME library
Key Responsibilities
The staff physician will work a 7-on/7-off block schedule providing daytime hospitalist services. Responsibilities include rounding on patients, managing open ICU cases, and coordinating transfers to higher levels of care.
Requirements
The position is open to new graduates and requires a medical degree and licensure to practice in Alabama. The facility explicitly supports H1B and J1 visa sponsorship for qualified candidates.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates BAPTIST HEALTH WALKER HOSPITAL - HM - STAFF PHYSICIAN at Team Health a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 965 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.
Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 60% have no call, 35% require no weekends.
Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
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Living in Jasper
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $233k
- Typical market rent
- $1,455/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.