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Berkeley, California

Physician, Nocturnist (Berkeley/Oakland, CA)

Hospital MedicineIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$351k-$376k

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Job Description

Opportunity Information

Sutter East Bay Medical Group (SEBMG) is seeking to a hire a full-time Nocturnist physician to join a collaborative group of clinicians who practice evidence-based medicine in a team-oriented manner.

Founded in 2005, Sutter East Bay Medical Group (SEBMG) is a rapidly growing multi-specialty medical group whose physicians and advanced practice clinicians work in more than ten care centers and four hospitals in the San Francisco East Bay Area.

Sutter East Bay Medical Group is affiliated with the Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation (SEBMF), a not-for-profit health care organization providing operational and administrative support to our medical group.

The foundation provides the latest technology and clinical support, allowing clinicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care. SEBMG includes 400+ clinicians in more than twenty specialties and is dedicated to providing exemplary health care to the communities we serve.

Position Details

  • 12 shifts per month, mix of rounding and admitting
  • Day, swing and night shifts required
  • Differential pay for swing and night shifts
  • 24-hour intensivist in-house
  • 2 weekends per month required

Department Highlights

  • Schedule flexibility
  • Excellent group culture and camaraderie
  • Wide range of supportive consultants
  • Good relationship with hospital leadership

Qualifications

  • Board Certified/Board Eligible
  • Possess an active and unrestricted California Medical License prior to employment
  • DEA license, prior to employment
  • FM and IM Physicians Considered
  • Join Us and Enjoy
  • Health, life, vision, dental and disability insurance
  • 401 K - Profit Sharing Pension Plan with an employer funded Safe Harbor contribution
  • CME, Dues, and Subscriptions stipend
  • 2 year shareholder track
  • Professional liability insurance, including tail fully covered
  • Reimbursement for mandatory license(s) and hospital credentialing fees

*Benefits are prorated to full-time status and employees in other types of employment classifications may be eligible for some of these benefits.

Organization Details

  • Recognized for its excellence in compassionate, patient-centered care.
  • Received multiple awards for our quality, innovation, and leadership.
  • Multidisciplinary group including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistant and certified nurse midwives.
  • 25+ specialties throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
  • Support and encourage leadership and advancement opportunities.

Community Information

Berkeley is a vibrant and dynamic city that is consummately Californian in setting, international in cultural outlook, and filled with superb restaurants, shops, theaters, and cafes. Berkeley has a creative scene that extends from the performing and visual to the culinary arts.

In the East Bay, Berkeley is a stylish arts and entertainment destination. Berkeley is a town with live theater and music almost every night and its theatrical and cultural venues keep the arts front and center, citywide and year-round. Berkeley is also known for its food.

Berkeley is passionate about cuisine, and it shows on the menus of the city's innovative, influential restaurants, inside the dozens of specialty food stores and stands that line its avenues, and at the trio of weekly farmers markets in town.

With so many cultural and culinary experiences to savor indoors, Berkeley also has many ways to enjoy the great outdoors. The city extends from San Francisco Bay into a forested coastal range, offering hiking and biking trails that run along the bay and up into the city's landmark regional parks.

People can enjoy sailing, rock climbing, kayaking, windsurfing, skateboarding, golf, and beautiful gardens. Berkeley is also careful to honor and celebrate its past with dozens of historic monuments and architectural treasures.

Equal Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.

We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.

Key Responsibilities

The Nocturnist physician will provide evidence-based patient care through a mix of rounding and admitting shifts. The role involves working in a team-oriented environment across multiple care centers and hospitals.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Hospitalist medicineMulti-specialty collaboration

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$363k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $328k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 76% have no call, 40% require no weekends.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
93% this job
Sign-on bonus
15%
CME allowance
11% this job
Loan repayment
7%
Relocation assistance
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 2.8
Better work-life than 60% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,164 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Berkeley

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.54M≈ 4.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,818/mo≈ 10% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
28 min
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.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Sutter Health

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10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, life, vision, dental and disability insurance
401 K - Profit Sharing Pension Plan with employer funded Safe Harbor contribution
CME, Dues, and Subscriptions stipend
2 year shareholder track
Professional liability insurance, including tail fully covered
Reimbursement for mandatory license(s) and hospital credentialing fees
Differential pay for swing and night shifts