Pulmonary & Critical Care Physician J1 Applicants Accepted Alabama
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job Description
Bonus Amount
tbd
Bonus Information
Sign-On Bonus Available for Qualified Candidates. Eligibility and payout terms apply. Details discussed during the interview process.
Overview
- H1B Accepted
- Immediate Opening)
Compensation & Benefits
- Top-tier compensation package with RVU bonuses.
- Full benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), malpractice with tail, CME allowance, generous PTO.
- Loan repayment assistance and relocation reimbursement.
- Location – Gadsden, Alabama
- Scenic Coosa River setting with affordable housing, excellent schools, and a family-friendly lifestyle.
- Convenient to Huntsville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and Chattanooga.
- Year-round outdoor recreation: hiking, fishing, boating, mountain biking, and golf.
About Prime Healthcare
Prime Healthcare is a nationally recognized health system known for award-winning quality care and a physician-led culture. We proudly support international medical graduates and J-1 waiver physicians seeking a long-term pulmonary critical care career.
Responsibilities
Pulmonology- Riverview Medical Center- Gadsden, AL
Position Details
- Be busy immediately
- Hospital employed
- Solo Practice
- Procedures: Bronchoscopy Thoracentesis Pulmonary recondition
- IP and OP
- Monday- Friday 8am-5pm some night and weekend required
- Will accept J1 candidates
Qualifications
An M. D. or D. O. is required Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Internal Medicine
- Employment Status
- Full Time
Shift
- Days
- Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 75% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.3% 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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- Includes call
- Includes weekends
Living in Gadsden
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $169k
- Typical market rent
- $859/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 21 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 85.7
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Gadsden, AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.