Hospital / Clinic Employed Otorhinolaryngology Job in Rutherfordton, North Carolina
This Otorhinolaryngology position in Rutherfordton, North Carolina is offered as a hospital- or clinic-employed opportunity, meaning you would join as a W-2 employee of the health system. In this arrangement, the employer manages compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, and typically supplies the clinical facility, support staff, and referral base — allowing you to focus on clinical care rather than practice administration. This same role is also listed under a solo-independent structure, so you may want to consider which arrangement best fits your goals.
Compensation here is structured through an income guarantee combined with an employment agreement that includes a production bonus, with the financial offering listed at the national average tier. This is presented as the listed offering rather than a guaranteed figure.
- Call: Emergency department call follows a 1:3 rotation.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Otorhinolaryngology
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Solo-Independent, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:3
Western NC – an opportunity is available for a BE/BC to work, either as a hospital employed physician or in an independent practice set up with assistance from the hospital. There had been one ENT who treated about 25 pts /day and had a busy practice, but who retired last year. There is no other ENT provider within 30 min of here. Locally, there is just one hospital, about 150 beds, which serves a primary market area of 70,000. Live and work in one of the oldest towns in western NC. Though this is a small semi-rural community of about 5,000 , the region attracts many tourists for hiking, cycling events, festivals, golf and the beauty of the nearby Blue Ridge Mts. Asheville and Charlotte are both 55 miles from here and the Atlantic coast beaches are a five hr drive.
- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $516,731 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: North Carolina
- Practice City: Registered Candidates Only
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Agency: Commonwealth Physician Recruiting, Inc.
