Hospital / Clinic Employed Family Practice: Outpatient Only Job in Lake Charles, Louisiana
This outpatient-only Family Practice position in Lake Charles, Louisiana is offered as a hospital/clinic-employed opportunity. In this arrangement, you would be a W-2 employee, with the employer administering compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, and typically supplying the clinical facility, staff, and referral infrastructure. This structure is designed to minimize business and administrative responsibilities so you can focus on clinical care. Compensation here follows an employment agreement with a production bonus, with the financial offering listed at the National Average tier.
Additional details for this permanent role include:
- No patient call rotation and no emergency department call
- Relocation assistance, a signing bonus, a training stipend, and loan assistance
- No partnership opportunity associated with this position
The role is open to physicians who are Board Certified or Board Eligible, trained through Allopathic (MD) or Osteopathic (DO) pathways, and either American or Foreign Medical Graduates, provided you hold US Citizenship or a Green Card. Candidates currently in training, recently trained, or experienced are all considered. The position is located in a community sized between 50,000 and 99,999 residents.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Family Practice: Outpatient Only
- 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: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Family Medicine Positions Available in Southwest Louisiana Lake Area Medical Center, an 88 bed, well-respected facility that was named one of the Best Places to Work by Modern HealthCare two years in a row and ranks in the top 2% in the nation in patient satisfaction. Lake Area Medical Center is seeking to employ TWO BC/BE Family Medicine physicians to replace departing physicians. •No ER call; hospital utilizes Hospitalist program •Candidate will be responsible for clinic call •Practice has been in the community since 2011 •Office space available
- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $336,458 per year
- Relocation Allowance: $10,000
- Signing Bonus: $20,000
- Stipends: Yes
- Student Loan Assistance: Yes
- Practice State: Louisiana
- Practice City: Lake Charles
- Community Size: 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
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds: 88
- Number of ER Visits Per Year: 12000
- Number of Deliveries Per Year: 500
- Agency: Physician Consultant Group
