Locum Physician full scope (MED PEDS or Family Medicine + Pediatrics)
Compensation
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Job Description
24-Hour Shift Coverage Overview
Bed Capacity
- ICU Beds: 4
- Acute Care Beds: 13 (including utilization of swing beds, averaging 4 within the acute care)
- Swing Beds: 4 (on average)
Patient Acuity
- Varied acuity levels including cases of pneumonia, sepsis, general weakness, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), and respiratory failure.
Patient Volume Statistics
- Maximum Census: 20 (which includes 3 rooms in the Family Birthing Unit)
- Minimum Census: 2-4
- Average Daily Census: 8
- Average Weekly Admissions: 12-20
- Average Daily Discharges: 1-4
- Average Length of Stay (LOS) in Medical-Surgical: 4 days
Metrics for Year 2025 (Up to October 2025)
Total Bed Utilization
- Medical/Surgical: 5
- ICU: 2
- OB (integrated within Med/Surg & ICU): 1
- Swing: 3
Electronic Medical Records System
- EMR utilized is Cerner.
Onsite Subspecialty Support
- General Surgery, Anesthesia, Orthopedics, Podiatry, and Obstetrics/Gynecology with 24/7 coverage.
Experience & Qualifications
- Open to new graduates (must be board-certified or board-eligible).
- Skills required include the ability to perform intubations, placement of central lines, management of codes, and rapid response activations.
- Availability of a call room onsite.
- Case logs must be submitted, covering the last 24 months.
*Working Hours:
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- 7 to 10 shifts per month, each shift being 24 hours in duration.
Required Skills:**
- Candidates should possess the competencies listed in the experience & qualifications section.
Feel free to reach out if you need additional clarifications or amendments!
Key Responsibilities
Provide 24-hour shift coverage for medical, surgical, and ICU patients, including managing acute cases like sepsis and respiratory failure. Responsibilities include performing critical procedures such as intubations and central line placements while managing codes and rapid response activations.
Requirements
Candidates must be board-certified or board-eligible in Med-Peds or Family Medicine with Pediatrics. Applicants are required to submit case logs from the last 24 months and demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures.
Certifications
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Colorado, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$267k (104 salary observations; 300 listings), vs ~$271k nationally (1,475 salary observations; 7,500 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado vs national | $267k median in Colorado | $271k nationally (−2%)104 state / 1,475 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | Colorado index 103.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Family Medicine listings in Colorado | 47 active | 2,626 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 8% remote · 44% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Colorado physician listings (all specialties): 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $25k) · 18% offer loan repayment359 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Family Medicine hiring demand | #10 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 38 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 857 postings, 907 closed |
| New Family Medicine listings | 2,225 in the last 30 days | 1,362 the 30 days before (+63%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Family Medicine pay trend | +2.9% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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