PHYSICIAN - Emergency Medicine - casual - Duluth, MN
Listed compensation
Compensation Range: $1.00–$1000K
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Job Description
Building Location
Building B - St Marys Medical Center
Department: 2001520 EMERGENCY SERVICES - SMMC HOSP
Job Description
Education Qualifications:
Licensure/Certification Qualifications
- Duluth, MN
- Annual ED volumes of 42K patients/year in a brand new state-of-the-art 40 bed ED
- Large catchment area and a full complement of collaborative specialists and subspecialists (PICU/NICU teams, pediatric sub-specialists, neuro-interventional team, STEMI team, etc)
- 8 and 9 hour shifts; double & triple physician coverage with additional APP support 7 days/week
- Admit to St. Mary’s Medical Center, the region’s tertiary referral center with adult and pediatric subspecialties; 330-bed hospital and Level I Adult and Level II Peds Trauma Center
- Full spectrum of emergency medicine care including pediatrics
- Opportunity to teach, if interested (FM residents, medical students)
- Supportive and fun work environment with kind and collaborative consultants
- Strong nurses with excellent nurse retention and mixture of experience as well as new energy
- Excellent behavioral health resources including psychiatry consult service in ED, social work, case management, safe rooms, behavioral health techs and nurses
- Regional sites: Aurora, Virginia, Moose Lake, Sandstone, Deer River, and Superior WI
- Annual ED volumes of 3.5K-12K patients/year, all level IV trauma, all admit to own hospitals
- Patients with more complex needs are often transferred to Duluth for admission
- Scheduling is flexible – all partners work in Duluth, as well as rurally at a subset of our sites – each physician finds a mix of locations that they find fulfilling
- Commute from Duluth: 10 min – 70 min (aside from Deer River, where only a couple of us work)
- Virginia & Superior: 12-hour physician shifts, with 12 hours of APP support
- Aurora, Moose Lake, Sandstone, & Deer River: single coverage, 12-hour or optional 24-hour shifts (no requirement to work 24s)
- Telemedicine support (stroke, psychiatry, NICU, hospice, cardiology)
Requirements
- BC/BE Emergency Medicine
- Excellent team player – must work well with entire ED team, as well as consultants and patients
- Strong commitment to caring for patients both in Duluth and regionally
FTE
0
Possible Remote/Hybrid Option
Shift Rotation
Day/Eve/Night Rotation (United States of America)
Shift Start Time
Shift End Time:
Weekends
Holidays
No
Call Obligation
No
Union
Union Posting Deadline:
Compensation Range
$1.00 - $1,000,000.00
Employee Benefits at Essentia Health: At Essentia Health, we’re committed to supporting your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with supplemental options to fit your needs.
We offer a 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you plan for the future, and we invest in your professional development through training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs.
To help you thrive both at work and at home, we provide flexible scheduling, generous time off, and wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Please note that benefit eligibility may vary.
For full details, refer to your benefit summary or contact our HR Service Center at (218) 576-0000.
Key Responsibilities
Provide full-spectrum emergency medical care to adult and pediatric patients at a Level I Trauma Center and regional sites. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including specialists and subspecialists, to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PHYSICIAN - Emergency Medicine - casual - Duluth, MN at Essentia Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Emergency Medicine — ranked against 1,007 active Emergency Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Essentia Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 134 active listings.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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