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Stopwatch Urgent Care Center
Phenix City, Alabama

Urgent Care Physician (MD/DO) - Phenix City, AL | Up to $10K Sign-On Bonus

Urgent CareIncludes weekendsNo callNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$115-$140/hr

The week · per this posting3-day week · 3×12s

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Posted 39m ago · Verified live

Job Description

About the Role

Stopwatch Urgent Care is hiring a full-time Urgent Care Physician for our Phenix City clinic. Phenix City sits on the Alabama-Georgia border across from Columbus, GA, offering affordable living with access to a larger metro area.

This role also covers our nearby Ladonia clinic.

At a Glance

  • Sign-on bonus of up to $10,000, based on experience and start date, with a 12-month commitment
  • Competitive hourly pay based on experience and credentials, time-and-a-half after 40 hours
  • Rotating 3-4 schedule: three 12-hour shifts one week, four the next
  • No on-call, no overnights, rotating weekends
  • Average of 3-4 patients per hour
  • Company-paid malpractice
  • DOT Medical Examiner training provided at no cost
  • Generous CME allowance
  • Student loan repayment assistance program
  • Free clinic visits for you and your family
  • Benefits package recognized as a Top 10 program nationally among private urgent care organizations

What You'll Do

Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with acute and episodic conditions. Perform common urgent care procedures, including laceration repair, abscess drainage, splinting, wound care, and DOT physicals. Order and interpret in-house labs and imaging. Prescribe, educate patients, and complete same-day charting in Experity EMR.

How You'll Practice

You are the physician on shift and make your own clinical decisions, backed by established protocols, a dedicated clinic team, and clinical leadership when you need them. Onboarding includes a structured clinical orientation. Schedules are published in advance through a self-scheduling app, and extra shifts are easy to pick up.

Compensation

Competitive hourly rate based on experience and credentials. Productivity incentives are available above base pay. Sign-on bonuses are offered on a case-by-case basis, based on experience and start date. Relocation assistance may also be available.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Employer HSA contribution
  • Company-paid malpractice
  • Student loan repayment assistance program
  • PTO
  • Generous CME allowance
  • Paid holidays, with clinics closed on 6 major holidays
  • Flexible spending account
  • Free clinic visits for you and your family

Qualifications

  • MD or DO licensed in Alabama, or eligible for licensure
  • Board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, or Internal Medicine
  • Current BLS and ACLS
  • DOT Medical Examiner certification, or willingness to complete within 6 weeks of start (training provided)
  • Urgent care, emergency medicine, or primary care experience preferred

About Stopwatch Urgent Care

Stopwatch Urgent Care is part of a network of 40+ urgent care clinics across North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Missouri.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. No agencies or staffing firms.

Key Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with acute and episodic conditions while performing common urgent care procedures. Order and interpret in-house labs and imaging while maintaining accurate patient records in the EMR system.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Lab interpretationImaging interpretationClinical diagnosis

Urgent Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 90% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$265k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $299k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Urgent Care market look like in Alabama?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · above average in urgent careranked against 340 Urgent Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$239k–$291kUrgent Care median $426k (middle half $302k–$484k)44 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$299k in purchasing powerAlabama index 88.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Urgent Care listings in Alabama8 active343 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 90% no call · 73% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Urgent Care pay trend+7.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (340 Urgent Care listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Urgent Care Physician (MD/DO) - Phenix City, AL | Up to $10K Sign-On Bonus at Stopwatch Urgent Care Center a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Urgent Care — ranked against 340 active Urgent Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Top Urgent Care Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

39 jobs · 11 employers
8
<$335k
25
$350k
2
$380k-425k
1
$460k
3
$470k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

38 jobs · 11 employers
401k / retirement match
87% this job
Sign-on bonus
21% this job
CME allowance
16% this job
Loan repayment
8% this job
Relocation assistance
8% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Med America · Sacramento, California

$275k-$900k
#2

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$550k-$650k
#3

Emergency Medicine Physician

$200k-$500k
#4

Emergency Medicine Physician | $460K + $75K Sign-On | Charleston, Illinois

$460K
+ 37 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Urgent Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 340 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights
  • Includes weekends
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About Stopwatch Urgent Care Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Auburn, Alabama
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus up to $10,000
Company-paid malpractice
Student loan repayment assistance program
Generous CME allowance
Free clinic visits for you and your family
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Employer HSA contribution

Living in Phenix City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$227k
Typical market rent
$1,312/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Columbus, GA-AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.