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Yale New Haven Health
Fairfield, Connecticut

Family Medicine Physician | Outpatient| Fairfield, CT

Family Medicine 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

base of $290K+

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

Ask the employer about the work setting and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • Job Title: Primary Care Physician
  • Location: 1152 Kings Highway Cutoff, Fairfield, CT 06824
  • Work Schedule: M-F, 8am-5pm, shared weekend phone call
  • Scheduled Hours: 40 hours
  • Position Type: 1.0 FTE
  • EMR System: EPIC
  • Practice Website: northeastmedicalgroup.org
  • Why Physicians Choose Yale New Haven Health / Northeast Medical Group:

Excellent Work Environment – Flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance. Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education. Our efforts reach beyond the walls of our hospitals to care for our communities, too.

Career Advancement – Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system!

Compensation Package – Enjoy an enhanced compensation package, with a two-year guaranteed base of $290K+ (based on experience), generous sign-on bonus, wRVU production bonuses and Quality incentive plans.

Relocation Assistance – We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.

Benefits – Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan matched tax-sheltered annuity plan and Roth contributions.

Employment Perks – Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physician-led multi-specialty group with over 1,000 physician. Intriguing cities with something for everyone, whether you love arts, history, parks or delicious food.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients, and treat acute and chronic illnesses
  • Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic tests
  • Involves patients and their families in care and treatment decisions
  • Creates treatment plans and completes orders in patient's charts
  • Collaborates on improvements in care delivery and service with staff, other physicians and management
  • Initiates appropriate specialty referrals
  • Provides clinical information to the interdisciplinary team in a clear and timely manner
  • Ensures that proper patient documentation is timely, accurate and complete
  • Works with practice management to ensure proper compliance with billing, coding and CPT code assignment
  • Achieves and maintains optimal patient access

Provides Interdepartmental Medical Consultation as Requested

Participates in the development of medical protocols, standard procedures and management of patients

Qualifications

Qualifications

Degree of MD or DO with ABIM-recognized internal medicine residency (three years minimum) or ABFM-recognized family medicine residency (three years minimum)

Licensure

Valid American Board certification in either internal medicine or family medicine and renewed (if needed) prior to expiration Valid and unrestricted New York medical license BLS certification Valid DEA registration and Controlled Substance Certificate (or in the process of obtaining)

Additional Information

To learn more, please email or schedule a time to speak with our Family Medicine Physician Recruiter: Lee Bradford @ Lee.Bradford@ynhh.org You can also use the booking feature below to schedule a phone interview with Lee that is mutually convenient.

Schedule a time to speak with Lee

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Patient evaluationDiagnostic testingTreatment planningClinical documentationBilling complianceCPT codingInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient educationElectronic medical records

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 52% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 8,530 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $427k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine Physician | Outpatient| Fairfield, CT at Yale New Haven Health a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,586 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Family Medicine Jobs

47 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution47 jobs · 34 employers

7
<$285k
10
$285k-320k
16
$320k-355k
11
$355k-390k
3
$390k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
88% this job
Sign-on bonus
66% this job
CME allowance
59% this job
Relocation assistance
39% this job
Loan repayment
27%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Primary Care Physician w/ Managed Care exp (Open comp.)

MASC Medical · Brooksville, Florida

$420k
#2

Primary Care Physician

Akicita Federal · Mankato, Minnesota

$385k-$395k
#3

Internal Coverage Physician - Family Medicine | ProHealth Physicians

$239k-$393k
#4

Physician

$341k-$385k
+ 45 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Family Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,586 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Fairfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$829k
Typical market rent
$3,347/mo
State income tax
Up to 7%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Yale New Haven Health

Hospitals and Health Care
New Haven, CT
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Two-year guaranteed base of $290K+
Generous sign-on bonus
wRVU production bonuses
Quality incentive plans
Relocation assistance
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
Pension plan
Tax-sheltered annuity plan