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Cleveland, Ohio

SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM (THE) - EM - SPECIAL OPERATIONS PHYSICIAN

Emergency MedicineNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$325-$345/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Do you want to live in Ohio and practice emergency medicine where you can truly make a difference while enjoying all TeamHealth offers? You can be based in Ohio, work blocked shifts in select emergency departments in the Midwest or Northeast, have your travel paid and earn free hotels and flights to enjoy on your blocked time off!

Curious about the role of a special operations team physician? A special ops physician is assigned to one ED at a time, providing quality care to patients.

Our team physicians can count on continuous work due to planned assignments. If you are board certified or eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with EM residency training, you are just right for this role! TeamHealth will obtain any additional licenses and DEAs for the designated states if needed.

To see what makes TeamHealth Special Ops Team elite, check out this video!

Competitive compensation with estimated base salary range of $325/hour to $345/hour with sign-on bonus. This position will be independent contractor (1099) status and includes paid professional liability insurance with tail coverage.

Are you a team player with excellent communication skills? Are you adaptive and flexible to meet the needs of those you care for? If yes, we are looking for someone like you! Apply today to see how you fit into our travel team opportunities!

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[teamhealth is seeking a core faculty member for our MountainView Hospital Internal Medicine GME program in partnership with HCA GME, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ideal clinician will be a board certified internal medicine (IM) physician with academic experience, a passion for teaching, and resident development.

Research background, simulation education, bedside procedural skills, prior GME administrative experience, and Point-Of-Care Ultra Sonography (POCUS) knowledge is an additional benefit. The position entails Monday through Friday teaching rounds with residents and one or two paid weekends.

Clinician will work with 3-5 residents in a traditional team based teaching setting. The academic Hospitalist supervises resident's clinical work until they are capped after which admissions are taken by separate non-GME team.

This internal medicine residency was established in 2016 and has grown to a 66 resident internal medicine (IM) program with 13 residents in the transitional year program. There are five providers (all ABIM Board certified) that serve as core faculty for the five teaching teams.

Additional boarded physicians serve for cross coverage and overflow patients and admitting physicians. Aside from the perks of practicing in a fantastic location, another added bonus is that Nevada has no state income tax! California Applicant Privacy Act:

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City Caption

Live where you want, practice where you're needed!

City Description

As a TeamHealth special operations physician, you can live where you want and practice where you're needed. Choose your ideal city anywhere within the U.S.

Facility Caption

Special Operations Team Northeast or Midwest

Facility Description

TeamHealth special operations team members are credentialed at multiple emergency medicine client sites within a specified region and serve as clinical "top guns" for our clients. A special ops team member must be adaptive and possess excellent communication skills and a team-player attitude. Flexibility and the ability to travel are a must.

Job Benefits

  • Excellent alternative to locums with comparable pay and consistent work with the organization that is not only insuring you but is operationally responsible for the sites in which you work
  • Generous sign-on bonus
  • Augment your EM practice experience by working in a variety of settings
  • Blocked time off, enhanced work/life balance
  • Paid travel and accommodations with easy booking and expense reimbursement
  • Use frequent travel awards for exciting personal travel
  • TeamHealth Institute resources and free CME
  • Leadership development
  • Well-being Resources concierge program including the Grokker App with programs for fitness, nutrition, mental health, sleep and financial wellbeing
  • Superb licensing and credentialing support
  • Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
  • Membership in TeamHealth's leading Patient Safety Organization
  • Support of national network of emergency medicine experts

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality emergency medical care to patients at various client sites within a specified region. Act as a clinical expert while maintaining flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of different emergency departments.

Requirements

Must be board certified or eligible in ABEM or AOBEM with completed emergency medicine residency training. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills and the ability to travel to multiple clinical sites.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical careTeamwork

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 37 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 86% have no call, 59% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$697k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $751k in an average-cost state. 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Emergency Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.9 / 10 · top 25% in emergency medicineranked against 1,045 Emergency Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$751k in purchasing powerOhio index 92.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Emergency Medicine listings in Ohio32 active1,063 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 5% remote · 86% no call · 59% no weekends37 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOhio Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 8% offer loan repayment637 active listings, Nov 2026
Emergency Medicine hiring demand#1 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 63 days · 55% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 325 postings, 316 closed
New Emergency Medicine listings465 in the last 30 days446 the 30 days before (+4%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,045 Emergency Medicine listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Emergency Medicine Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

31 jobs · 13 employers
3
<$350k
21
$350k-400k
7
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

31 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
90%
Sign-on bonus
26% this job
Relocation assistance
16%
CME allowance
13% this job
Loan repayment
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 3.9
Better work-life than 80% of Emergency Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,045 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Team Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Knoxville, TN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Excellent alternative to locums with comparable pay and consistent work
Generous sign-on bonus
Augment your EM practice experience by working in a variety of settings
Blocked time off, enhanced work/life balance
Paid travel and accommodations with easy booking and expense reimbursement
Use frequent travel awards for exciting personal travel
TeamHealth Institute resources and free CME
Leadership development

Living in Cleveland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$124k
Typical market rent
$1,359/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

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