Physician, Internal Medicine - Darien
Listed compensation
starting at $292K
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
Stamford Health is seeking an Internal Medicine primary care physician to join an established practice of 4 providers. One of the physicians is retiring by the end of the year and leaving behind a full panel of patients.
Highlights
- 100% outpatient, M - F, 36 patient contact hours, 4 hours admin time
- See 18-20 patients per day
- Will be assigned a medical assistant and front office support
- Call is 1:5, phone call only; light averaging 0 - 5 calls per night when on call
- Practice Location in charming downtown Darien, within walking distance of the beach
- Generous sign-on bonus and relocation bonus
- Market competitive salary + wRVU incentives
- 31 days PTO
- 5 days CME and $3500 stipend
Compensation is commensurate with experience, starting at $292,423 for new grads in addition to an attractive wRVU annual incentive package, sign-on bonus, relocation bonus and annual quality bonus.
Stamford Health is a Planetree Health System, providing excellence across a continuum of care. If you are seeking a patient centered practice opportunity in a supportive, collegial, and friendly environment, you have come to the right place! This position is for you!!!
The ideal candidate has excellent people skills, enjoys learning and a desire to provide excellent patient care to all patients. The community of Darien is next to the Long Island Sound shoreline, and just about an hour to NYC and LaGuardia Airport, 30 minutes to Westchester Airport.
Key Responsibilities
The physician will manage a full panel of patients in a 100% outpatient primary care setting. Responsibilities include seeing 18-20 patients per day and participating in a 1:5 phone-only call rotation.
Requirements
The ideal candidate is a physician with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong desire to provide patient-centered care. The role is suitable for new graduates as well as experienced practitioners.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician, Internal Medicine - Darien at Stamford Health a 8.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,176 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 56% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
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.
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- No call
- No weekends
- No nights
Living in Darien
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.64M
- Typical market rent
- $5,827/mo
- State income tax
- Up to 7%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.