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Yale New Haven Health
Stonington, Connecticut

Physician Primary Care | Outpatient | Pawcatuck, CT ***$40,000 Signing Bonus***

Primary CareIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

base of $290K+

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • Job Title: Primary Care Physician
  • Location: 91 Voluntown Rd, Stonington, CT
  • Work Schedule: M-F, 8am-5pm, shared weekend phone, call (5x annually)
  • Scheduled Hours: 40, 36 clinical/4 admin, 4-day work week
  • Position Type: FTE
  • EMR System: EPIC
  • Practice Website: YNHH - Stonington Family & Internal Medicine

Highlights

  • Collegial practice of 4 physicians, 2 APRN, 1:1 support staff model
  • New or recent grads encouraged to apply
  • BC/BE Required
  • Excellent work/life balance, 36 Patient Hours/Week, 4 admin time, four-day work available
  • 16-20ppd with light, shared phone-call responsibilities with regional group (5x/year)
  • EMR: EPIC, ambient AI scribe service imbedded
  • Leadership/academic opportunities, affiliate of Yale University School of Medicine

$300K+ guaranteed base (two years); $40K+ sign-on bonus, wRVU production bonuses and Quality incentives, malpractice coverage, retirement/pension and full traditional benefits, up to $80K in student loan reimbursement.

What Makes This Opportunity So Special?

Yale New Haven Health, the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, is inviting internal medicine-trained physicians to join an expanding established primary care practices in Stamford and Westchester County.

Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group (NEMG) a physician-led multispecialty group. NEMG is a not-for-profit multispecialty medical foundation established in 2010.

Because we are part of Yale New Haven Health, our patients have access to all the resources of one of the country’s leading health systems, including our affiliated hospitals where Northeast Medical Group physicians also care for patients:

Why Choose Yale New Haven Health?

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

  • 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

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)

To learn more, please email or schedule a time to speak with our Family Medicine Physician Recruiter: Lee Bradford at 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

YNHHS Requisition ID

155210

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Patient evaluationDiagnostic testingTreatment planningElectronic medical recordsClinical documentationBilling and codingInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient advocacyCompliance management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Primary Care | Outpatient | Pawcatuck, CT ***$40,000 Signing Bonus*** at Yale New Haven Health a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the Above average in Primary Care — ranked against 1,241 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc.

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 52% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.1
Better work-life than 70% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,241 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Stonington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$615k≈ 2.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,801/mo≈ 12% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
29 min
State income tax
Up to 7%
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 Yale New Haven Health

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

Benefits & Perks

$40K+ sign-on bonus
wRVU production bonuses
Quality incentives
Malpractice coverage
Retirement/pension
Full traditional benefits
Up to $80K in student loan reimbursement
Relocation assistance