Hospital / Clinic Employed Rheumatology Job in Columbia, South Carolina
This Rheumatology opportunity in Columbia, South Carolina is offered as a hospital/clinic-employed position. In this arrangement, you are a W-2 employee of the health system, which handles compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, and typically supplies the clinical facility, staff, and referral infrastructure. This structure minimizes business and administrative responsibilities, allowing you to focus on clinical care.
Compensation is structured through an employment agreement with a production bonus, with the financial offering listed at the National Average tier. Patient call follows a 1:4 rotation, and this role carries no emergency department call obligation.
This position is open to candidates who are Board Certified or Board Eligible, trained through allopathic (MD) or osteopathic (DO) pathways, and either American or foreign medical graduates. Applicants should hold US citizenship or a green card, and the role welcomes physicians across a range of experience levels, from those currently in training to very experienced practitioners. The position is available across communities of varying sizes, from under 10,000 residents to metropolitan areas of 500,000 or more.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Rheumatology
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: 1:4
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
A clinical practice opportunity is
available for a BE/BC Rheumatologist to join a hospital employed
group of rheumatologists, with their office on the main hospital
campus. Replace one of the rheumatologists who is relocating. The
practice has an in-house DEXA machine, digital x-ray, capability for
musculoskeletal ultrasound, and provides infusion treatments for
rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis patients. Office hours
Mon-Thur, 8-5. Hospitalist team is available. Work with a successful
physician network with about 77 practice locations and 300 physicians
in most specialties. There is a strong referral base of primary care
and ObGyn physicians. The position is primarily outpatient.
A
competitive salary with rvu based production is offered, along with
an array of impressive benefits, including medical, dental, and life
insurances, short and long-term disability, accidental death,
dependent life, 401K, 529 college savings, childcare, flex-spending,
and more. There is the potential for a signing bonus. This is not a
visa opportunity.
The county ranks in the top 5% in South
Carolina for population and projected growth; highest family income,
and most number of insured as a percentage of population. The public
schools consistently rank among the best in the state, though there
are also private academies to choose from. The metro airport allows
for easy domestic travel. The metro statistical area population is
close to 750,000.
- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $298,939 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: South Carolina
- Practice City: Registered Candidates Only
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- 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, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds:
- Number of ER Visits Per Year:
- Number of Deliveries Per Year:
- Agency: Commonwealth Physician Recruiting, Inc.
