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Baxter, Minnesota

PHYSICIAN - Internal Medicine - Baxter, MN

Internal Medicine Top 25% in Internal MedicineNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

Compensation Range: $1.00 - $1,000,000.00

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Building Location

Baxter Clinic

Department

4201150 GEN INTERNAL MEDICINE - BMC

Job Description

Education Qualifications:

Licensure/Certification Qualifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Baxter, MN

Ideal Candidate

Fun-loving and has a desire to build a practice around our key values of quality, hospitality, respect, justice, stewardship, and teamwork.

Practice Specifics

  • Practice in a beautiful new clinic with a dedicated nursing staff
  • 4-day work week with flexible scheduling
  • Possible hospital practice; if desired
  • Multispecialty integrated health system with support from specialists and ancillary services
  • Join a tight-knit team with low turnover in a department of 9 IM physicians and 2 IM APP
  • Outpatient only; 1:25 telephone call
  • EMR is EPIC

Requirements

BC/BE – Internal Medicine

Location

Brainerd Lakes area offers a lifestyle of all four seasons activities including fishing, boating, camping, skiing, hiking, mountain biking, golfing, hunting, snowmobiling, ATV, and is home to the Brainerd International Raceway.

  • Brainerd/Baxter, MN – in Central Minnesota
  • 125 miles northwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul
  • Brainerd/Baxter population: 20,000; Regional service area: 115,000

Compensation

$352,587. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.

For further information, contact

  • Eric Bain, Senior Physician Recruiter
  • Email: Eric.Bain@EssentiaHealth.org
  • Cell: 218-393-9518

FTE

1

Possible Remote/Hybrid Option

Shift Rotation:

Shift Start Time

Shift End Time:

Weekends

  • Holidays:
  • No

Call Obligation

Yes

Union

Union Posting Deadline:

Compensation Range

$1.00 - $1,000,000.00

Employee Benefits at Essentia Health: At Essentia Health, we’re committed to supporting your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with supplemental options to fit your needs. We offer a 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you plan for the future, and we invest in your professional development through training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs. To help you thrive both at work and at home, we provide flexible scheduling, generous time off, and wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Please note that benefit eligibility may vary. For full details, refer to your benefit summary or contact our HR Service Center at (218) 576-0000.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality internal medicine care in an outpatient clinic setting with a dedicated nursing staff. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and participate in a telephone call rotation.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient careClinical practiceCommunicationEpic EMR

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PHYSICIAN - Internal Medicine - Baxter, MN at Essentia Health a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,058 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context

Essentia Health ranks #4 of 22 employers hiring Internist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 182 active listings.

Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 62% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Internal Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 10,160 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $53 per wRVU — implying roughly $538k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Top Internist Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 36 employers

11
<$325k
18
$325k-350k
14
$350k-375k
4
$375k-400k
3
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks46 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
96% this job
CME allowance
70%
Sign-on bonus
63%
Relocation assistance
57%
Loan repayment
35%

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Work-life snapshot

7.9/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Internal Medicine

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Baxter

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$354k
Median resident rent
$1,154/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
401(k) with employer contributions
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible scheduling
Generous time off
Wellness resources