Urgent Care Physician | Emergency Department Experience Preferred | Miami-Dade
Compensation
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Job Description
Qualifications
Urgent Care Physician
Bring your emergency or acute-care experience to an outpatient setting. Leon Medical Centers is seeking an Urgent Care Physician with strong clinical judgment and the ability to confidently evaluate and manage a wide range of acute conditions. Emergency Department experience is strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- - Evaluate and treat patients presenting with acute illnesses, minor injuries, and other urgent medical conditions.
- - Perform appropriate diagnostic evaluations and determine effective treatment plans.
- - Identify patients requiring a higher level of care and coordinate transfer to the emergency department when necessary.
- - Order and interpret laboratory tests, imaging studies, and other diagnostic services.
- - Provide timely and accurate documentation of patient encounters.
- - Collaborate with nursing, clinical, and support staff to ensure efficient patient flow and quality care.
- - Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, and follow-up care.
- - Maintain compliance with applicable clinical standards, organizational policies, and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
- - MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
- - Current, unrestricted Florida medical license, or eligibility to obtain Florida licensure.
- - Board certification or board eligibility in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, or Internal Medicine preferred.
- - Previous Emergency Department experience strongly preferred.
- - Prior urgent care, emergency medicine, or other high-volume acute-care experience preferred.
- - Current BLS certification; ACLS certification preferred.
- - Strong clinical judgment and ability to independently assess and manage patients presenting with varying levels of acuity.
- - Excellent interpersonal, communication, and patient-service skills.
- - Bilingual English/Spanish skills preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Urgent Care — Physician Career Context
Of the 34 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 91% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician median $352k (middle half $275k–$588k)152 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Florida index 103.4 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician listings in Florida | 1,520 active | 22,511 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 91% no call · 76% no weekends34 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Florida Physician listings: 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Urgent Care hiring demand | #13 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 47 days · 31% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 94 postings, 148 closed |
| New Urgent Care listings | 467 in the last 30 days | 300 the 30 days before (+56%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend | −3.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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