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Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hospitalist - Physician - Cedar Rapids, IA

Hospital MedicineIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Hospitalist Physician to join our team in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world.

Commitment to our team has earned us a spot on the Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care.

The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions.

The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids serves a seven-county area surrounding Cedar Rapids.

St. Luke’s Hospital is the only hospital in Cedar Rapids designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital six times, has been named a top 50 Hospital in the Nation by Healthgrades, named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by PINC AI nine times and also has been honored eight times as one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’.

St. Luke’s has been named the Best Hospital in Iowa by Newsweek for the past two years and is also a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.

  • Well established Hospitalist program since 2006, currently includes 20 physician & 4 APP's
  • Care team support that includes 5 dedicated hospitalist RNs for care coordination and rounding efficiency + 1 Diabetes Managesment CDCES RN
  • Provider request driven schedule - flexible and accommodating
  • Shifts available
  • Day shift 7a-7p
  • Night shift 7p-7a
  • PM Swing shift 2p-12a
  • Full-time is 2080 hours per year
  • Excellent multi-specialty support and procedural support
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination
  • Open ICU with intensivist availability to consult

Responsibilities

  • Admitting/Rounding on medical/surgical patients 18-years of age and older (adult)
  • Days/Nights/Weekends/Holidays - shared equally amongst group
  • Excellent work/life balance with flexible scheduling

Qualifications

MD or DO

  • Board Eligible or Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine; Must be board certified within year of employment
  • Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
  • Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)
  • J-1 waiver sponsorship available

We Offer

Shift based compensation with annual performance incentive

Attractive Incentive Package

  • A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
  • CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
  • Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa’s centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state’s Eastern region.

As the second-largest city in the state, “The City of Five Seasons” offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle.

Learn more about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.

Please contact Abby Hall, Physician Recruiter, at Abigail.Hall3@unitypoint.org

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Medical RoundingAdult Patient CareICU Consultation

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 40 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 75% have no call, 25% require no weekends.

What does the Hospital Medicine market look like in Iowa?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · top 25% in hospital medicineranked against 1,088 Hospital Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedHospital Medicine median $300k (middle half $270k–$377k)425 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingIowa index 87.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Hospital Medicine listings in Iowa15 active1,085 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 5% remote · 75% no call · 25% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentIowa physician listings (all specialties): 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $150k) · 39% offer loan repayment249 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine hiring demand#18 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 49 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 402 postings, 440 closed
New Hospital Medicine listings402 in the last 30 days387 the 30 days before (+4%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine pay trend−1.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,088 Hospital Medicine listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Hospitalist - Physician - Cedar Rapids, IA at UnityPoint Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 1,088 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Hospital Medicine Jobs

18 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

17 jobs · 9 employers
3
<$180k
0
$180k-235k
2
$235k-290k
11
$290k-345k
1
$355k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

15 jobs · 9 employers
401k / retirement match
100% this job
Loan repayment
20% this job
PSLF eligible
20% this job
Sign-on bonus
13%
CME allowance
13% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Hospitalist

Intermountain Health · Billings, Montana

$355,080+
#2

Physician (Hospitalist) GP-0602-14

Defense Health Agency Civilian Corps, Falls Church, VA · Portsmouth, Virginia

$165k-$336k
#3

$305k Plus starting Salary Physician Hospitalist

$305k
#4

Hospitalist - Macon, MO

$200k-$300k
+ 16 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 90% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,088 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Shift-based compensation with annual performance incentive
CME allowance
Malpractice insurance
Retirement contributions
PSLF eligible
Loan restructuring service
Flexible scheduling
EPIC EMR

Living in Cedar Rapids

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$217k
Typical market rent
$1,274/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.0
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Cedar Rapids, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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