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Columbus, Mississippi

Physician - Pulmonary Critical Care: BMH Golden Triangle

Critical Care MedicineFull-Time

Listed compensation

$400K base + RVU

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Job Description

Pulmonary Critical Care Practice Opportunity

Outstanding Practice Opportunity treating traditional pulmonary diseases in both

Inpatient and Outpatient in Columbus, Mississippi

Pulmonary/ Critical Care Description

  • Outstanding Practice Opportunity treating traditional pulmonary disease both inpatient and outpatient in the Golden Triangle area
  • 18 CCU beds- average census- 14. IHI Mentor VAP’s
  • 400K Base Salary + with RVU’s. Sign-on, Relocation, Quality
  • Closed Critical Care Unit working one week a month with three other Pulmonologist.
  • J1 Sponsorship available, with financial assistance and an experienced legal team to assist
  • Great Benefits; 5 CME days $5,000 allowance; Personal paid vacation days
  • Employment is with Baptist Medical Group, a large multi-specialty group with more than 1500 provider

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle is a 323-bed acute care, level -3 trauma facility located in east central Mississippi- staffing more than 100 medical and surgical physicians representing almost every specialty. From performing the latest in cancer treatment to providing open-heart surgery, Baptist Golden Triangle is one of the larger regional hospitals affiliated with the Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care system.

Community

  • Booming Economic area; known as the Golden Triangle, MS
  • Strong public and private schools
  • Community located on river for water sports and fishing as well as beautiful PGA golf courses
  • Southeastern Conference sporting events with minutes; Mississippi State University, University of Alabama
  • Columbus and Starkville Mississippi are located 100 west of Birmingham, AL;

150 miles north of Jackson, MS and 150 miles south of Memphis, TN

  • Airport with direct jet service to Atlanta and Dallas by major airlines

For More Information Visit the Links Below

Baptist Medical Group Home | Baptist Medical Group

BMH - Golden Triangle

goldentriangle.baptistonline.org

Columbus Chamber of Commerce columbus-ms.org

Starkville Partnership The Partnership | Chamber, Tourism, Main Street, Economic Development

Golden Triangle (Mississippi) Golden Triangle (Mississippi) - Wikipedia [en.wikipedia.org(Mississippi)]

Please contact Christina Dickey at 662.244.1085 or by email christina.dickey@bmhcc.org [christina.dickey@bmhcc.org]

Key Responsibilities

The physician will treat traditional pulmonary diseases in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Responsibilities include working in a closed critical care unit for one week per month.

Requirements

Candidates must be qualified physicians specializing in pulmonary and critical care medicine. The role requires the ability to manage a 14-bed average census in a CCU environment.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pulmonary medicineInpatient careOutpatient careCCU managementVAP preventionTrauma careClinical practice

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - Pulmonary Critical Care: BMH Golden Triangle at Baptist a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 5% in Critical Care Medicine — ranked against 208 active Critical Care Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.

Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 85% have no call, 45% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
87%
CME allowance
22% this job
Sign-on bonus
4% this job
Loan repayment
4%
Relocation assistance
4% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.8
Among the best 10% of Critical Care Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 208 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$205k≈ 0.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,358/mo≈ 4% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Baptist

Hospitals and Health Care
Memphis, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus
Relocation assistance
Quality bonus
5 CME days $5,000 allowance
Personal paid vacation days
J1 sponsorship available