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Mercy Hospital - Fort Smith, Arkansas Emergency Medicine Opportunity

Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith is recruiting an emergency medicine physician! We are a stable, hospital-employed group with excellent teamwork and culture throughout the ED. We recently opened a brand-new, 50-bed ED to accommodate incredible patient growth and to serve a 500,000 catchment population.

Mercy Hospital - Fort Smith, Arkansas

• Level III trauma center
• ~ 70,000 annual ED visits 
• 9-hour shifts with dedicated overlap meaning you go home on time
• Average 2 patients per hour
• No single coverage
• 50-bed emergency department, brand-new opened in 2025, beautiful facility
• Supportive, employed hospitalists, intensivists, acute care surgery, stroke, hand, interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, OBGYN, and so much more
• ED ultrasound (Sonosite), MRI, and CT available
• Leapfrog A for quality and safety
• EPIC EMR across Mercy
• Partnership with local and nearby medical schools for teaching, if desired
• Rated in the top 5% nationally for overall clinical excellence by Healthgrades

Mercy Emergency Medicine Offers:

• Up to $305/hour (average $300/hour)
• Recruitment bonus plus paid relocation available
• Excellent culture - low physician turnover, employed model, stable
• No partnership track, seniority, or tenure - equal parity from day one
• Minimal nights unless desired due to dedicated nocturnists
• Microsoft DAX and other AI tools to support efficiency and documentation
• Schedule set three months in advance
• Physician mentors, partners, and friends
• Comprehensive, day-one benefits package for your entire family
• Occurrence-based liability insurance

Fort Smith, Arkansas - a vibrant city offering a perfect blend of small-town charm and big-city amenities, nestled in the beautiful Ozark Mountains.

• Enjoy proximity to lakes and streams for fishing, kayaking, and boating
• Live in beautiful neighborhoods right next to the hospital or in more rural settings with land less than 20 minutes down the road
• Enjoy golf, tennis, hiking, biking trails, running, or working out a one of the numerous gyms
• Rated #4 city in the US for lowest cost of living by Kiplinger magazine
• Population of 90,000 making Fort Smith the third largest city in Arkansas
• Award-winning preK-12 options. Choose from public, private, and parochial schools
• Home to local colleges, a state university, and the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Fly conveniently out of Fort Smith at the regional airport

Your life is our life?s work

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.

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About Mercy

Mercy Clinic is a physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group. With over 2,500 primary care and specialty physicians, Mercy Clinic is the fourth largest integrated physician organization in the country.Working for Mercy gives you all the advantages of a larger organization balanced by the spirit of a smaller patient-centered medical group. You’ll discover a friendly and cooperative environment where people care for one another at every level. What sets us apart is our unique approach where physicians and professional managers share leadership and make decisions together to improve upon, and deliver, world-class care.It is a continuing goal to advance diversity and inclusion within our Mercy ministry. We cherish each person as created in the image of God and believe it is our responsibility to strive for excellence in establishing an environment of dignity for all.ST. LOUIS – Forbes has named Mercy to its America’s Best Employers for New Grads 2022 list, ranking Mercy in the top 200 companies, including AT&T, Edward Jones and The Walt Disney Company.

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