Internal Medicine

Job description

Your future role at a glance
Location: Oshkosh, WI
Facility Name: Mercy Hospital
Schedule: Full-Time
Base salary: $325,000 for 175 day shifts
Sign-on bonus: $50,000
Seniority bonus (7+ years post-residency experience): $10,560
Relocation assistance (if applicable): Up to $10,000
Productivity incentives: 2.5% Quality Metric bonus annually
$4,000 CME allowance
Malpractice coverage with tail
This job location is not currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type.
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How you’ll make an impact in this role
• Join an Established Team: Collaborate within a close-knit daytime environment alongside 2 daytime rounders and 1 dedicated APP, supported overnight by 1 Nocturnist to ensure smooth handoffs.
• Practice Setting: Dedicated inpatient rounding with a highly desirable, sustainable workload averaging just 10–14 patients daily.
• Clinical Flexibility: Focus on medical management with zero procedure requirements, though you maintain the clinical autonomy to perform them if desired.
• Optimal Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a highly predictable 7-on/7-off schedule (12-hour shifts) requiring only 175 shifts per year to maintain full-time status.
• Board Certification: Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
• Licensure: Eligible for an unrestricted Wisconsin state medical license and DEA registration.
• Lead Inpatient Recovery: Evaluate and treat acute and chronic conditions with precision, acting as the primary attending or consulting physician to guide patients safely through their hospital stay.
• Champion Care Cost-Effectiveness: Partner with a collaborative team to improve clinical quality metrics and patient safety, ensuring high-value care across the campus.

About the Facility
Ascension Mercy Hospital is a historic 150-bed critical care facility in Oshkosh, proudly serving the community for over a century. Recognized as a Level III Trauma Center and a Certified Stroke and Chest Pain Center , the hospital features a robust 24/7 Hospitalist, Emergency Care, and ICU presence. As a destination for specialty care, the campus boasts advanced sub-specialty services—including orthopedics, heart and vascular health, oncology, and robotic-assisted surgery—offering full clinical backing for your inpatient panel.
Why Physicians Choose the Fox Valley
Oshkosh is ideally situated in the scenic Fox Valley region, just 25 minutes south of the Appleton, Neenah, and Menasha anchor cities.
• Lifestyle & Leisure: Immediate access to Lake Winnebago and over 15,000 regional lakes for world-class sailing, boating, fishing, skiing, and camping.
• Cultural Highlights: Enjoy Broadway productions and major entertainment varieties at the nearby Fox Cities Performing Arts Center.
• Perfect Location: Nestled in Northeastern Wisconsin—only 30 miles from Green Bay and a convenient drive to Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago.
• Community: A safe, fast-growing, family-oriented community with a patient draw area of over 240,000 and a remarkably low cost of living.

Why Physicians Choose Ascension
• Clinician-Led Culture: Step into an academic and clinical environment where provider engagement and experience are recognized as the primary drivers of excellent patient outcomes.
• Stability & Benefits: Benefit from highly competitive compensation, generous benefits, a top-tier retirement package, and long-term practice stability.
• National Scale, Local Autonomy: Collaborate with over 7,000 providers across a national network of 1,900 sites of care while retaining local clinical autonomy.
• Mission-Centered Care: Rooted in a deep, faith-based commitment to delivering high-quality, compassionate care to all, especially the poor and vulnerable.

What minimum requirements you’ll need
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
• One or more of the following required:
• Physician MD/DO credentialed from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Physician MD/DO credentialed from the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Advanced Life Support preferred.

Education:
• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) required.

Benefits that help you thrive
Benefits that help you thrive
• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

*Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.
Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension Wisconsin has been providing rewarding careers to healthcare professionals since 1848. Operating a network of hospitals, clinics and sites of care from Racine to Appleton, you will find opportunities that allow you to create a career path you'll love, all while delivering innovative care to the communities we serve.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of thousands of associates delivering compassionate, personalized care across hospitals, clinics and senior living communities.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you. At Ascension, you are part of a bigger story of care.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.
As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
Pay Non-Discrimination Notice
Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.