SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL - EM - STAFF PHYSICIAN
Listed compensation
$220-$240/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Are you an emergency medicine physician who aims to provide compassionate care to all patients? If so, we want you to partner with TeamHealth and join our team at Sharp Grossmont in La Mesa, California. A qualified candidate for this role will be ABEM or AOBEM certified.
About Sharp Grossmont
- 521-bed facility
- Annual volume: 108,000
- 2.0 patients per hour
- 43-bed ED
- Certified STEMI receiving center and stroke center
Competitive compensation, with an estimated base salary range of $220 to $240 hourly with the opportunity to earn incentives.
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City Caption
The Jewel of the Hills
City Description
Known as "The Jewel of the Hills", La Mesa is located just 9 miles east of downtown San Diego. This highly desirable community to live and work boasts a near perfect climate, tree-lined streets, walkable neighborhoods, easy access to retail and commercial areas as well as a quaint downtown village.
Facility Caption
Innovation and Quality Patient Care in San Diego County
Facility Description
Sharp Grossmont Hospital's emergency department is one of the most technologically advanced of its kind. We are the busiest community emergency department in San Diego County seeing more than 110,000 patients a year treating a diverse population.
We have also been designated by the county as a STEMI center, due to implementation of new cardiac protocols meeting county and national guidelines for treating acute MI patients. Additionally, we have achieved stroke center status due to our focus on providing expeditious diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients.
We have a helipad that receives patients with medical emergencies, such as snake bites, heat stroke, and heart attacks, from our rural areas. Currently, we run 43 acute care beds 24 hours a day, plus 21 minor care and observation beds that are open during high volume hours.
Sharp Grossmont has invested heavily in innovative, cutting-edge medical care. This includes one of the most technologically advanced emergency departments in the nation.
Job Benefits
- Option to be a W-2 employee or 1099 independent contractor status
- Professional liability insurance provided + tail
- Excellent leadership
- Flexible scheduling
- Overlapping shift coverage
Key Responsibilities
Provide compassionate emergency medical care to patients in a high-volume hospital setting. Collaborate with the medical team to manage acute care, cardiac, and stroke-related emergencies.
Requirements
Candidates must be ABEM or AOBEM certified. The role requires a qualified emergency medicine physician capable of managing a high-volume emergency department.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 90% have no call, 80% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$478k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $432k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in La Mesa
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $891k
- Typical market rent
- $2,645/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 111.9
- 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 · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.