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Skilled Wound Care
Santa Rosa, California

Internal Medicine Physician

Internal Medicine 8.7 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$200k-$500k

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Internal Medicine Physician
  • Location: Santa Rosa, CA
  • Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary: $250,000 – $500,000 per year for Full-time
  • Internal Medicine Physician Jobs in Santa Rosa, CA: Your Clinical Expertise, a Better Way to Practice

You chose Internal Medicine to solve complex medical problems and care for patients.

Instead, many internists spend their days managing patients with multiple chronic conditions in rushed visits, carrying ever-growing hospitalist censuses, working 12-hour shifts and nights, and fighting prior authorizations and overflowing inboxes.

Across the country, Internal Medicine physicians are feeling the strain. Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring Internal Medicine Physicians in Santa Rosa, CA to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Maybe you’re a hospitalist ready to step away from night shifts, high patient censuses and discharge pressure. Maybe you’re an outpatient internist tired of packed clinic schedules and after-hours messages. Either way, this no-call Internal Medicine Physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.

Why Internal Medicine Physicians in Santa Rosa, CA Choose Wound Care

In a specialty where the work can mean long shifts, nights and nonstop admissions, we offer a refreshing alternative:

The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No overnight admissions or after-hours patient portal messages. This is a true Monday–Friday physician job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.

Put Your Medical Expertise to Work: Chronic wounds are closely tied to diabetes, vascular disease and other comorbidities. Your Internal Medicine training is exactly what these patients need.

Add Procedures to Your Practice: Perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures, with full training provided.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.

Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.

See Patients Heal: Follow patients through healing and build lasting relationships, instead of discharging them and never seeing the outcome.

  • Internal Medicine Physician Responsibilities
  • Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Santa Rosa, CA:
  • Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
  • Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds
  • Management of the underlying conditions that affect wound healing

Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols

  • Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing
  • Internal Medicine Physician Salary & Compensation
  • Average Annual Earnings: 200,000–250,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
  • High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses
  • Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

Internal Medicine Physician Schedule

  • We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:
  • Part-Time: 2–3 days per week
  • Full-Time: 4–5 days per week
  • Internal Medicine Physician Requirements
  • Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
  • Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
  • DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
  • Open Background: We welcome Internal Medicine physicians and hospitalists, as well as Family Medicine physicians and surgeons of all backgrounds. No previous wound care or procedural experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training
  • Great Place to Work® Certified!

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Apply for This Internal Medicine Physician Job in Santa Rosa, CA

You became an internist to solve complex problems, not to chase a census. If you’re an Internal Medicine Physician or hospitalist in Santa Rosa, CA looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday career with hands-on procedures and no earning cap, apply today.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will perform surgical debridement and bedside procedures to treat chronic, non-healing wounds in skilled nursing facilities. They are responsible for managing underlying conditions affecting wound healing and providing collaborative care in post-acute settings.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited institution and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. Eligibility for a DEA license is also required, and no prior wound care experience is necessary as training is provided.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Chronic Wound ManagementPatient EvaluationPost-acute CareMedical DiagnosisTreatment Planning

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Internal Medicine Physician at Skilled Wound Care a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,328 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context

Skilled Wound Care ranks #9 of 27 employers hiring contract/1099 Internist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 83/100, 238 active listings.

Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 46% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Internal Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.7 / 10 · top 5% in internal medicineranked against 1,328 Internal Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$200k–$500kInternal Medicine median $308k (middle half $298k–$325k)25 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$316k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Internal Medicine listings in California190 active1,342 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 46% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Skilled Wound Caresilver tier, 83/100 · #9 of 27 for payTop Employers work-life index238 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,328 Internal Medicine listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Internist Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

50 jobs · 35 employers
17
<$345k
22
$345k-370k
5
$370k-395k
1
$395k
5
$420k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

40 jobs · 35 employers
401k / retirement match
88%
Sign-on bonus
65% this job
CME allowance
57%
Relocation assistance
50%
Loan repayment
45%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 8.7
Among the best 10% of Internal Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,328 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
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About Skilled Wound Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Quarterly bonus programs
No earning cap (independent contractor)
Full training provided
Clinical autonomy
Custom software to reduce admin time
Part-time or full-time options

Living in Santa Rosa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$705k≈ 3.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,560/mo≈ 15% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
107.8
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.