Emergency Medicine - Mercy Lebanon Missouri - $150k bonus, flexible shifts and hours, great culture

Find your calling at Mercy!

Emergency Medicine Opening at Mercy Hospital - Lebanon, Missouri

Practice with Autonomy with Easy Transfers to Level I Trauma Center Nearby

Mercy Hospital in Springfield and Lebanon, Missouri is recruiting an emergency medicine physician! We offer a great variety of shifts at a level I, tertiary hospital and one of the busiest trauma centers in the Midwest combined with shifts at a rural regional hospital that allows for a very hands-on approach, critical thinking, variety of patients, and procedures. This is a hospital-employed group with guaranteed shifts and hours, no partnership track/buy-in and equal parity, scheduling, and vote from day one! We offer leadership and career growth plus full benefits and a dedicated, stable, loyal group of partners. A great work/life balance is achievable with great hours and flexible scheduling.

Mercy has a 200+ year history - let us share this amazing story with you!

Mercy Hospital Springfield and Lebanon

• Springfield – 886-bed, level I, tertiary trauma, and catchment hospital for four states

  • 80,000+ annual ED visits, ~2pph

  • 9-hour shifts - 7 for patient care and last 2 for clean-up means you go home on-time

  • 14 physician shifts each day – lots of support and never single coverage

  • 80-bed emergency department

  • 11-bed pediatric emergency department plus PICU

  • Over 600 employed physicians across all specialties

  • 24/7 in-house neurology/stroke, general and orthopedic trauma, anesthesiology, intensivists, hospitalists, and OB hospitalist

  • ED ultrasound (Sonosite), MRI, and CT available all the time

• Lebanon – 50 bed hospital, no trauma designation

  • 12-hour shifts – on-time departure!

  • 19-bed ED

  • 25k-30k annual visits,

  • Three physicians shifts and one APP shift each day

  • Very hands-on with lots of procedures, critical care, decision making and autonomy

  • 24/7 OB and surgery coverage

  • 24/7 RT, critical care, ultrasound, imaging

• 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

• Leapfrog Grade A for safety and quality

• Comprehensive physician wellness program; supportive team

Mercy Emergency Medicine Offers:

• Minimum of $260/hour plus wRVUs (group average $297/hour)

• $150,000 recruitment bonus plus paid relocation

• Microsoft DAX and other AI tools to improve efficiency and reduce burnout

• Excellent culture – low physician turnover, mix of all experience levels

• No partnership track or seniority

• Hospital-employed group of 30+ physicians

• Guaranteed shifts, hours, and hourly rate

• Schedule set three months in advance with equal scheduling

• Comprehensive, day-one benefits package for your entire family

• Occurrence-based liability insurance

Springfield, Missouri

As the third largest city in Missouri and the hub of the Ozark Mountains, living in Springfield is easy with everything you need! We have a plentiful and growing job market, great schools, universities, world-class health care, and all the entertainment and cultural options of a big city—but with far less stress, crime, and traffic and an abundance of character and friendliness. Enjoy a top 10 city for low cost of living and top 20 best places to live and work! Minutes from Branson and easy trips to Kansas City and St. Louis!

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.

For more information, please contact Todd Vandewalker, MHA, CPRP. Telephone: | Email: more information, please contact Todd Vandewalker, MHA, CPRP. Telephone: | Email: