MISSION HOSPITAL - HM - STAFF PHYSICIAN
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Job Description
Practice at the premier tertiary care center in one of the Southeast's most desirable cities! Mission Hospital, the flagship hospital in Western North Carolina, is seeking a board-certified/board-eligible hospitalist to join our dynamic and highly respected inpatient medicine team. This is an exceptional opportunity to practice high-acuity medicine at a regional referral center while enjoying the unmatched lifestyle of Asheville.
Why Mission Hospital?
Mission Hospital is consistently recognized for clinical excellence, advanced specialty support and innovative care delivery. As the region's only level I trauma center and a major teaching and referral facility, Mission offers hospitalists the chance to practice at the top of their license with strong multidisciplinary collaboration.
Position Overview
- 7-on/7-off schedule
- Resident and APC support available
- Closed ICU
- No procedures or codes
- Collegial physician-led culture focused on quality and patient safety
- Opportunities for teaching internal medicine and family medicine residents
Qualifications
- MD or DO
- Board certified or board eligible in IM or FM
- Eligible for North Carolina medical license
If you're seeking a hospitalist role that combines clinical complexity, strong support, and exceptional quality of life, Mission Hospital offers a career you can grow with - professionally and personally.
Come elevate your practice in Asheville! Apply today.
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City Caption
Gardens, waterfalls, and more!
City Description
Asheville is a city in western North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. It's known for a vibrant arts scene and historic architecture, including the dome-topped Basilica of Saint Lawrence. The Downtown Art District is filled with galleries and museums to explore. Asheville has many hiking trails and Pisgah National Park to view many of the city's waterfalls and landscape.
Facility Caption
Mission Hospital
Facility Description
Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, is Mission Health's flagship hospital and is an 815-bed facility. Mission Hospital is the regional referral center for tertiary and quaternary care and the region's only Level II trauma center.
Mission Health operates six hospitals and numerous outpatient and surgery centers and is North Carolina's sixth-largest health system. In 2018, Mission Health was named one of the nation's top 15 health systems for the sixth time by IBM Watson Health.
With approximately 12,000 team members and 2,000 volunteers, Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina.
Job Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Great health benefits
- RVU program
- Flexible scheduling
- Sign-on and relocation incentives
- Access to TeamHealth's clinician wellness program and referral program
- Association with a leading physician practice in the U.S.
- Stability of a respected industry leader
- Leadership and growth opportunities to further your career
- Practice with confidence as a member of TeamHealth's National Patient Safety Organization
Key Responsibilities
The staff physician will provide high-acuity inpatient medical care as part of a dynamic hospitalist team at a regional referral center. Responsibilities include collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and participating in the teaching of internal and family medicine residents.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 76% have no call, 32% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 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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Living in Asheville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $455k
- Typical market rent
- $1,704/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 96.5
- State income tax
- Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Asheville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.