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Cortez, Colorado

Locum Physician full scope (MED PEDS or Family Medicine + Pediatrics)

Family MedicineContract

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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

Board Certification

Key Skills

IntubationCentral line placementCode managementRapid response activationInternal medicineCerner EMRCritical carePatient assessment

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).

What does the Family Medicine market look like in Colorado?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Colorado vs national$267k median in Colorado$271k nationally (−2%)104 state / 1,475 national salary observations
Cost of livingColorado index 103.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Family Medicine listings in Colorado47 active2,626 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 44% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedColorado 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 specialtiespostings stay open a median 38 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 857 postings, 907 closed
New Family Medicine listings2,225 in the last 30 days1,362 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Family Medicine Jobs

46 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

46 jobs · 37 employers
7
<$285k
14
$285k-320k
11
$320k-355k
9
$355k-390k
5
$390k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

42 jobs · 37 employers
401k / retirement match
81%
CME allowance
57%
Sign-on bonus
50%
Relocation assistance
43%
Loan repayment
24%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 1.9
Below most Family Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,618 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Cortez

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$352k
Typical market rent
$1,747/mo
Residents’ average commute
15 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
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.