Family Medicine Physician Opportunity – Festus, MO | BJC Medical Group

About the role

This is a prime opportunity for new grads and early-career physicians to launch early with confidence, step into a large, established patient panel (~3,800 patients), and receive built-in mentorship from a tenured physician nearing retirement.

Responsibilities

• Manages the medical care of patient panel by providing or otherwise arranging for inpatient hospital care of physician’s patients, either through regular hospital rounds, making arrangements with one or more hospitalist(s) or other qualified physician to provide coverage for physician’s hospitalized patients consistent with Medical Staff requirements.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and members of the care team to ensure excellent patient care outcomes at the clinic location(s) designated by BJC and any other BJC clinical outreach location to which physician may be assigned as patient care demands.
• Performs and documents medical histories and physicals in the patient’s medical record as required by hospital medical staff bylaws.
• Provides or arranges for call coverage for clinic patients and inpatient call coverage in a manner acceptable to BJC and in accordance with Medical Staff bylaws, while observing and following all BJC policies and procedures and all applicable legal, ethical and professional standards.
• Collaborates and teaches advanced practice providers, support staff or any care team member assigned in the care of physician’s patient panel.

Requirements

• Board Certified / Board Eligible – Family Medicine
• MD / DO (MBBS accepted)
• Eligible for Missouri licensure

Qualifications

• Doctorate Medicine
• No Experience

Skills

• Excellent patient care outcomes
• Medical history and physical documentation
• Call coverage coordination
• Collaboration with advanced practice providers

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance
• Adoption assistance

Pay

$300K guaranteed salary with strong long-term earning potential

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

36-patient facing hours

Telemedicine available

Minimal phone/ call requirement (≈1 week/year, unlikely to be called)

Flexibility for 4-day work week model