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Skilled Wound Care
Orange County, California

Physician

Wound Care 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsContract

Listed compensation

$200k-$500k

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Physician
  • Location: Orange County, CA
  • Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary: $250,000 – $500,000 per year for Full-time
  • Physician Jobs in Orange County, CA Your Clinical Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You went into medicine to care for patients. But across the country, physicians in every specialty are dealing with the same problems: long hours, nights and call, packed schedules, prior authorizations, overflowing inboxes and less control over how they practice.

Burnout has become a nationwide problem, and too many physicians are giving up their health, families and weekends for their careers.

Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring physicians of all specialties in Los Orange County, CA to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Whether you’re a surgeon, hospitalist, primary care physician, emergency physician or from any other specialty, wound care offers a fresh start. Maybe you’re ready to leave call and shift work behind. Maybe you want to add hands-on procedures to your practice. Or maybe you want a part-time role alongside your current work. Either way, this no-call physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.

Why Physicians in Orange County, CA Choose Wound Care

In a profession where the work often follows you home, we offer a refreshing alternative:

The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No post-op complication calls, no 2 a. m. emergency cases. This is a true Monday–Friday physician job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.

Hands-On Procedures: Perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures, with full training provided.

Any Specialty Welcome: Your medical training is the foundation. We teach you the rest.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.

  • See Patients Heal: Follow patients through healing and build lasting relationships.
  • Part-Time Flexibility: Add wound care to your week alongside your current practice or schedule.
  • Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.
  • Wound Care Physician Responsibilities
  • Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Los Angeles, CA:
  • Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
  • Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds

Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols

  • Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing
  • Wound Care Physician Salary & Compensation
  • Average Annual Earnings: 200,000–250,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
  • High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses
  • Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

Bariatric Surgeon Schedule

  • We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:
  • Part-Time: 2–3 days per week
  • Full-Time: 4–5 days per week
  • Wound Care Physician Requirements
  • Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
  • Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
  • DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one

Open Background: We welcome physicians from all specialties. Completed residency and board certification/eligibility are not required. No previous wound care or procedural experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training

Great Place to Work® Certified!

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Apply for This Physician Job in Los Angeles, CA

You became a physician to care for patients, not to burn out. If you’re a physician of any specialty in Los Angeles, CA looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday career with hands-on procedures and no earning cap, or a part-time role alongside your current work, apply today.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Key Responsibilities

Perform surgical and sharp debridement along with other bedside procedures to treat complex and chronic wounds. Provide collaborative care within skilled nursing facilities while following patients through their healing process.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. No previous wound care experience is required as comprehensive training is provided.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Clinical documentationPatient assessmentChronic wound treatment

Wound Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 46 active Wound Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 98% have no call, 87% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$350k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $316k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Wound Care market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.0 / 10 · top 25% in wound careranked against 193 Wound Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$200k–$500kWound Care median $275k (middle half $275k–$300k)162 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$316k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Wound Care listings in California15 active195 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 98% no call · 87% no weekends46 benchmarked listings
Wound Care pay trend−14.5% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Skilled Wound Caresilver tier, 83/100Top Employers work-life index254 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (193 Wound Care listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician at Skilled Wound Care a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Wound Care — ranked against 193 active Wound Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

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Salary Distribution

35 jobs · 4 employers
15
<$315k
1
$325k
0
$330k-345k
16
$350k
3
$360k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 4 employers
401k / retirement match
51%
Sign-on bonus
43% this job
CME allowance
43%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 7.2this job 8.0
Better work-life than 80% of Wound Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 193 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Skilled Wound Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

No call
No nights
No weekends
Part-time option
Clinical autonomy
Quarterly bonus programs
No earning cap