Emergency Department Float Physician – Western Minnesota
Pay not listed · Long Prairie, Minnesota.
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday
Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.
Ask the employer about the work setting, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
This position is eligible for hiring incentives to include sign-on bonus and relocation assistance.
Summary
Add variety to your practice while meeting the emergency medical needs of Western Minnesota. Provide Emergency Medicine care through varying shifts, rotating weekends, and holidays in Long Prairie, Melrose, Paynesville, and Sauk Centre, MN. This is a full-time employed position requiring roughly 10-12 shifts a month.
Schedule: Location: CentraCare-Long Prairie Typical Shift: 12- and 24-hour shifts (12-hour shifts are 8a-8p or 8p-8a)
Location: CentraCare-Melrose
Typical Shift: Mon-Thu 4p-8a, Fri-Sun 8a-8p or 8p-8a
Location: CentraCare-Paynesville
Typical Shift: 12- and 24-hour shifts (12-hour shifts are 8a-8p or 8p-8a)
Location: CentraCare-Sauk Centre
Typical Shift: Mon-Thu a combination of 8a-8p or 8p-8a, or 4p-8a Friday-Sunday 8a-8p, 8p-8a
Pay and Benefits
- Pay may be determined by factors such as education, experience, skills, knowledge, location, and internal equity
- Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
- May be eligible for additional pay through bonuses, quality incentives, or production-based (RVU) compensation.
- Benefits: Medical, dental, time off, retirement, employee discounts and more!
Qualifications
Required
- Must be BE/BC and able to obtain a MN License. FM and EM are both eligible.
- ED Shift required ACLS and a trauma certification such as CALS or ATLS unless otherwise specified.
Our Location
CentraCare, a leading not-for-profit health system and one of the largest providers of rural care, serves patients across Central, West Central, and Southwestern Minnesota.
It delivers nationally recognized care through 40+ medical and surgical specialties, innovative population health programs, and a collaborative physician–administration leadership model.
CentraCare’s Long Prairie, Melrose, and Sauk Centre locations are Level IV trauma centers and critical access hospitals with family medicine clinics, advanced imaging, and comprehensive outpatient services.
Each serves a welcoming, family-friendly community surrounded by parks, lakes, and abundant recreational opportunities.
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CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.
Key Responsibilities
Provide emergency medical care across multiple locations in Western Minnesota, including Long Prairie, Melrose, Paynesville, and Sauk Centre. Manage a rotating schedule of 12- and 24-hour shifts to meet the emergency needs of rural communities.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Minnesota, the Emergency Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$335k (16 salary observations; 53 listings), vs ~$306k nationally (315 salary observations; 2,740 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 47 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 91% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 15,609 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $58 per wRVU — implying roughly $905k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
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Living in Long Prairie
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $242k≈ 4.8× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $1,033/mo≈ 25% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- State income tax
- Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (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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