Locum Tenens Primary Care Physician (MD/DO) – Wilmington, DE – Oct. 6, 13 & 14 – $1,805/Day
Listed compensation
$190 per hour
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- Employment & setting
- Per Diem
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
- Location: Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809 — onsite
- Clinic Dates: Tuesday, October 6; Tuesday, October 13; and Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Schedule: 8:00 AM–5:30 PM
- Compensation: $190/hour — approximately $1,805 per guaranteed onsite clinic day
- Engagement: Per diem locum tenens, independent contractor (1099)
Earn approximately $1,805 per clinic day providing focused preventive care in a professional corporate setting. Choose one, two, or all three available dates. The full scheduled shift is paid even if patients cancel or the appointment schedule is not full.
This is a defined, onsite outpatient assignment with approximately 20 scheduled patients per clinic day, experienced clinical support, and no hospital rounds, insurance billing, on-call responsibilities, evenings, weekends, or ongoing patient panel.
Why Consider This Assignment?
- $190 per hour — approximately $1,805 for each onsite clinic day
- Guaranteed full-shift pay regardless of cancellations or appointment volume
- Choose one, two, or all three clinic dates
- Malpractice coverage provided
- Approximately 20 scheduled patients per clinic day
- No evenings, weekends, hospital rounds, insurance billing, or call
- Patient scheduling and administrative coordination provided
- Experienced patient-care and phlebotomy support onsite
- Preventive-care scope with no continuing patient panel
- Conduct preventive wellness examinations and health assessments.
- Review medical histories, medications, current concerns, and health risk factors.
- Discuss screening findings and laboratory results with patients.
- Provide individualized preventive-care guidance and patient education.
- Recommend appropriate follow-up with a primary-care provider or specialist.
- Complete accurate and timely electronic documentation.
- Maintain patient confidentiality and professional clinical standards.
- MD or DO degree.
- Active, unrestricted Delaware physician license at the time of application.
- Board certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, or another relevant primary-care specialty. Board-eligible physicians cannot be considered for this assignment.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, including CPR.
- Ability to practice independently within a defined preventive outpatient scope.
- Strong patient-education, communication, and documentation skills.
- Comfort using an electronic medical record system.
- Reliable transportation to the Wilmington worksite.
- At least three years of post-training clinical experience.
- Experience in primary care, occupational medicine, preventive medicine, employee health, or urgent care.
- Malpractice coverage is provided.
- The complete scheduled clinic shift is paid, even when patients cancel.
- Reimbursement for mileage, lodging, and other eligible travel expenses may be considered in accordance with company policy and requires prior approval.
- Technology and equipment expectations will be reviewed before the assignment.
About Vitalcheck Wellness
VitalCheck Wellness supports workplace health programs that make preventive healthcare more accessible to employees. Our administrative and operations teams coordinate scheduling, onsite support, and clinic logistics so clinicians can focus on delivering efficient, patient-centered care.
Apply today and tell us which Wilmington clinic dates you can cover.
Key Responsibilities
Conduct preventive wellness examinations and health assessments while reviewing medical histories and risk factors. Provide individualized preventive-care guidance and maintain accurate electronic documentation for approximately 20 patients per day.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree with an active, unrestricted Delaware physician license. Board certification in Family, Internal, or Occupational Medicine and current BLS certification are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Locum Tenens Primary Care Physician (MD/DO) – Wilmington, DE – Oct. 6, 13 & 14 – $1,805/Day at VitalCheck Wellness a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Primary Care — ranked against 1,221 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Primary Care — Physician Career Context
VitalCheck Wellness holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 81/100, 4 active listings.
Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 65% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Delaware is 99.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$395k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $396k in an average-cost state. 63.5% of Delaware clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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