Mercy Clinic is seeking a BE/BC Family Medicine physician to join our Mercy Clinic in Carthage, Missouri.  Spanish-speaking physician is required.    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.   

Mercy Clinic Primary Care Highlights:

• 100% Outpatient Practice
• Clinic consists of 1 NP (after practice ramp up), 1 MA, 1 PSR, 1 Primary Care Nurse who provide support for clinic phone calls in-basket messaging, phone triage, patient follow-up, quality metrics
• Flexible schedule, option for 4-day work week, no weekends
• Limited call responsibility, Mercy On-Call for after-hours support
• Must be willing to collaborate with NP?s and PA?s
• A large, established multi-specialty network
• System Wide EPIC
• DAX (Dragon Ambient Experience) available and cost provided by Mercy
• New grads are encouraged to apply
• Opportunity to teach medical students
• J1 and H1b applicants welcome

Mercy Clinic Offers:

• Competitive value-based compensation package
• 2-year guarantee of $300,000, Up to $100,000 in Recruitment Incentives!
• Recruitment incentives include: $55,000 commencement bonus, $35,000 2^nd year retention bonus, up to $10,000 in relocation assistance
• After your guarantee starting in year three, you?ll have the opportunity to choose your own practice model:

- Fee-for-Service: for those who want to maintain a large commercially-oriented panel and minimize present-day HCC coding

- Senior Focused: oriented around longer visits with fewer patients with more chronic care needs.  Practice development focuses on medical management skills and strong documentation. 

- Hybrid: a blend of the above.  Ideal for those gravitating towards the world of value-based care but not interested in selecting a specific patient subset.

- Salary + Bonus: for those who value stable, predictable compensation through steady, standards-based work

• 4 weeks? vacation plus 6 holidays, plus 1 week CME (while on guarantee)
• NHSC qualified locations-Student Loan Repayment Program
• As a not-for-profit system, Mercy qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement (401k/403b) plan
• Occurrence-based malpractice

Welcome Home to Carthage!

Located on historic "Route 66," the town of Carthage "America?s Maple Leaf City" has a population of 16,000 people and is the county seat of Jasper county.   Carthage is described by those that reside there as the perfect "Norman Rockwell town" with a town square, great schools and physicians that truly care about the community. With its close proximity to five major lakes, this growing area is an hour from Springfield, Missouri & Bentonville, Arkansas and less than two hours from Kansas City, Missouri and Tulsa, Oklahoma.   

Carthage, MO is a 15 minute drive to Joplin, MO

Appreciate an excellent quality of life in Carthage/Joplin, where a crossroads of culture lies tucked away in the beautiful Ozarks of Southwest Missouri

• As the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the state, Joplin maintains the lowest cost of living and highest bang-for-your buck
• Population of the Greater Joplin Area is 75,000 (flourishing to over 200,000 during the workday)  Joplin serves as a hub of economic, health and cultural activity for multiple communities in the four-state area
• Spend more time at home with no commute. Beautiful neighborhoods are located within an easy 5-10 minute drive from the clinic and hospital.
• Balance work with an active lifestyle with activities including golf (1 private, 3 public courses), tennis, numerous gyms, running, and hiking the scenic chert bluffs
• Enjoy easy access to nearby streams and lakes for fishing, kayaking and boating
• Multiple preK-12 options exist to make sure young minds have the opportunity to thrive. Choose from public, private and parochial schools, local colleges and a state university.
• Become a valued member of a diverse, growing medical hub with Kansas City University-Joplin's medical school and their 160+ students enrolled per year. A future dental school will open on KCU-Joplin's campus in 2023!
• Joplin has its own airport with United flights to Chicago and Denver.  We are less than 1 hour from national airports in Springfield, MO and Bentonville, AR and 90 minutes from international airport in Tulsa.

Your life is our life?s work 

Mercy physicians are pioneering a new model of care. As part of one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the U.S., this physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group is the foundation of care and well-being of our patients in seven states, delivered cohesively through 43 hospitals, 900 physician practices and outpatient facilities, and our robust virtual care platform. Working with Mercy provides all the advantages of a large organization balanced by an uncompromising commitment to engage physicians in leading and designing patient- and consumer-centric care.  You'll discover a friendly and collaborative environment rooted in the belief that everyone deserves the most personalized experience we can deliver. What sets us apart is our unique approach, beginning with physician leadership at the senior most roles within our organization and continuing into our care locations, where physicians and co-workers share leadership responsibility and embrace new thinking and the most recent clinical and hospital innovations to get health care right for everyone we serve.

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.

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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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