Physician - Sports Medicine Physician with Mercy in Pittsburg, KS (SE KS)

Mercy Clinic is seeking a full-time BC/BE Sports Medicine physician (non-operative) to join our Mercy clinic in Pittsburg, Kansas. If you enjoy working in a strong, physician-led organization known for its quality of care and patient satisfaction then Mercy Clinic has the opportunity for you. Work alongside an expert team of care professionals who genuinely care for one another and share your passion for providing compassionate, patient-centered care.

Mercy Clinic Sports Medicine Highlights

• Practice with immediate growth opportunity
• Rural location with big city benefits
• Large, established multi-specialty referral network
• System wide EPIC EHR
• New grads are encouraged to apply.
• Teaching opportunities with local medical school available
• Open to J1 and H1b visa candidates

Mercy Hospital Pittsburg info

• Opened in 1903
• 102 beds
• Average census runs 29.92
• Acute Inpatient discharges in 2024: 2,666
• 12 bed ICU (24/7 Telehealth monitoring) and 6 bed Step-Down on 5rd Floor
• Level III Trauma Center
• Emergent Stroke Ready Hospital
• Leapfrog Group's A Hospital Safety Grade
• 1st floor, Surgery and Emergency Department
• 40,000 square-foot Surgical Center 6 O.R.s + 1 C-section suite in OB
• 18 Pre-Op/Post-Op rooms
• 1 Anesthesiologist + 5 CRNAs
• 6 PACU bays

Mercy Clinic Offers

• 1-year guarantee of $350,000
• Recruitment bonus $25,000
• Up to $20,000 in relocation
• As a not-for-profit system, Mercy qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• 4 weeks' vacation plus 6 holidays (while on guarantee)
• 1 week for CME's and annual $5,000 CME allowance
• Comprehensive, day one benefits including health, dental, vision, life
• Retirement (401k/403b/457b) plan

Welcome Home to Pittsburg!

Appreciate an excellent quality of life in Pittsburg, where you get the amenities of a big city with a small-town feel.

• Pittsburg, family-friendly community of 20,000 is growing and becoming more diverse each day, supporting the growing job and housing markets here.
• The population in the City of Pittsburg is growing at a healthy rate, up 2.4 percent in 2020, according to preliminary estimates from Unacast (compared to 0.6percent nationwide), making Pittsburg the fourth fastest-growing small city nationwide in 2021.
• Thriving downtown with over 80 stores, which include a variety of retail options, restaurants and nightlife opportunities
• Award-winning public and private schools
• Home to Pittsburg State University, 5,800 students, NCAA Div. II (4 National Football Championships)
• Pittsburg State University provides the cultural amenities of a college town including Broadway shows
• Pittsburg has many amenities including 14 parks, 3 golf courses, water park, urban trail system and new pickleball courts
• Area is known for excellent outdoor activities including, hunting, fishing, camping
• Kansas Crossing Casino brings in top name concerts
• Named one of the least expensive cities to live in according to the Council for Economic and Community Research in 2021, Pittsburg continues to be one of thebest and most affordable places to call home!
• Pittsburg has many amenities, including parks, aquatic facilities, playgrounds, trails and fishing.
• In 2019, U.S. News and World Report ranked the Pittsburg area significantly higher than 813 other similar communities nationwide classified as "urban, up-and-coming."
• Approximately $130.8 million has been invested in the city since 2019. This includes $48.3 million in industry infrastructure, $23.0 million in housing infrastructure, $22 million in retail infrastructure, $14.3 million in infrastructure-related education investment, $12.8 million in public infrastructure, $10 millionin medical infrastructure, and $525, 000 in service infrastructure. Numerous commercial land sales and development projects are currently underway.
• Grand Lake in Oklahoma is only 70 minutes away
• Kansas City, Tulsa, OK and Springfield, MO all within 90 minutes drive

At Mercy, you can lead the way. Join a team where your passion for patient care meets cutting-edge innovation. As part of an organization rooted in nearly 200 years of compassionate service, you'll help deliver transformative health care experiences while exploring new technologies and shaping the future of medicine. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to physician leadership-from the highest levels of our organization to the front lines of care-where physicians and caregivers collaborate, embrace fresh thinking, and drive clinical and operational excellence. If making a difference in your community is why you chose health care, Mercy is where your purpose meets possibility.