Internal Medicine Physician

Skilled Wound Care; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 250,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No-call lifestyle

Flexible FT/PT options

Comprehensive wound care training

Job summary

Skilled Wound Care is seeking an Internal Medicine Physician in Birmingham, AL to lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities. This position offers a no-call lifestyle and flexible full-time or part-time options with a competitive salary.

You will perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures with training, evaluate chronic wounds, manage comorbidities, and apply advanced dressings in a collaborative, patient-centered environment.

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited institution.
• Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility).
• DEA license or eligibility to obtain one.
• No prior wound care experience required; comprehensive training provided.

Responsibilities

• Perform surgical debridement and bedside procedures.
• Evaluate and treat chronic, non-healing, complex wounds.
• Manage underlying conditions affecting wound healing.
• Use advanced dressings and specialized wound protocols.
• Collaborate with care teams in skilled nursing facilities and post-acute settings.

Skills

Chronic wound care

Bedside procedures

Education

MD/DO from an accredited school

Unrestricted medical license in state

DEA license or eligibility

Open background; wound care training provided

Job description

Job Title: Internal Medicine Physician
Location: Birmingham, AL
Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
Salary: $250,000 - $500,000 per year for Full-time

Internal Medicine Physician Jobs in Birmingham, AL : Your Clinical Expertise, a Better Way to Practice

You chose Internal Medicine to solve complex medical problems and care for patients. Instead, many internists spend their days managing patients with multiple chronic conditions in rushed visits, carrying ever-growing hospitalist censuses, working 12-hour shifts and nights, and fighting prior authorizations and overflowing inboxes. Across the country, Internal Medicine physicians are feeling the strain. Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring Internal Medicine Physicians in Birmingham, AL to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Maybe you're a hospitalist ready to step away from night shifts, high patient censuses and discharge pressure. Maybe you're an outpatient internist tired of packed clinic schedules and after-hours messages. Either way, this no-call Internal Medicine Physician job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.

Why Internal Medicine Physicians in Birmingham, ALChoose Wound Care

In a specialty where the work can mean long shifts, nights and nonstop admissions, we offer a refreshing alternative:

• The "No-Call" Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No overnight admissions or after-hours patient portal messages. This is a true Monday-Friday physician job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.
• Put Your Medical Expertise to Work: Chronic wounds are closely tied to diabetes, vascular disease and other comorbidities. Your Internal Medicine training is exactly what these patients need.
• Add Procedures to Your Practice: Perform surgical debridement and other bedside procedures, with full training provided.
• Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your clinical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.
• Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you're not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.
• See Patients Heal: Follow patients through healing and build lasting relationships, instead of discharging them and never seeing the outcome.

Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Birmingham, AL :

• Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
• Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds
• Management of the underlying conditions that affect wound healing
• Advanced dressings and specialized wound protocols
• Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing

Internal Medicine Physician Salary & Compensation

• Average Annual Earnings: $200,000-$250,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
• High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses
• Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:

• Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
• Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
• DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
• Open Background: We welcome Internal Medicine physicians and hospitalists, as well as Family Medicine physicians and surgeons of all backgrounds. No previous wound care or procedural experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it's a great place to work - 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.