$450k+ Compensation Package | Family Medicine Physician with Mercy Southeast in Cape Girardeau, MO
Overview
- Location
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Schedule
- Flexible schedule; option for 4-day work week; no weekends · No weekends mentioned; no explicit call schedule stated
- Employer-listed pay
- $320,000
- Practice
- Multi-specialty group (not-for-profit health system) · Outpatient primary care clinic
Listed on official posting
Role summary
Mercy Primary Care – Southeast is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Family Medicine Physician for a 100% outpatient practice in Cape Girardeau, MO, offering a 2-year income guarantee of $320k plus a $125k recruitment incentive, with flexible scheduling including a 4-day work week option and no weekends. Additional benefits include up to $75k in student loan reimbursement, relocation assistance, and H-1B/J-1 waiver sponsorship eligibility.
What the posting highlights
- Team of 6 Family Medicine Physicians and 8 Advanced Practice Providers
- Care setting: 100% Outpatient
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $320,000
- Pay context
- Listed on official posting
- Evidence
- large, established multi-specialty referral network. This Position Offers: 2-year income guarantee $320k plus $125k recruitment incentive! Relocation package and up to $75k in Student Loan Reimb
- Observed
- 4 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Hybrid
- Signing bonus
- $125,000
- Loan repayment
- $75,000
Pay in context
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Employer
Mercy
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Multi-specialty group (not-for-profit health system)
- Facility type
- Outpatient primary care clinic
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $320,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- Is the $125,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
- How is the $75,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Flexible schedule; option for 4-day work week; no weekends
- Call burden
- No weekends mentioned; no explicit call schedule stated
- Inpatient / outpatient
- 100% Outpatient
- Coverage model
- Team of 6 Family Medicine Physicians and 8 Advanced Practice Providers
- Admin burden
- System-wide Epic EMR; support staff noted
- Teaching
- No
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
- Visa sponsorship
- yes
- J-1 waiver
- Yes
- H-1B
- Yes
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- Listed on official posting
- First seen
- 4 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 78%
Full description
Mercy Primary Care – Southeast is currently seeking board certified or board eligible Family Medicine Physician to join our practice in Cape Girardeau, MO. Our team consists of six Family Medicine Physician, eight Advanced Practice Providers, and an engaged support staff focused on quality patient care.
Mercy Southeast Primary Care:
100% Outpatient Practice.
Flexible schedule, option for 4-day work week, no weekends.
System-wide Epic EMR
A large, established multi-specialty referral network.
This Position Offers:
2-year income guarantee $320k plus $125k recruitment incentive!
Relocation package and up to $75k in Student Loan Reimbursement.
Comprehensive, day one benefits including health, dental, vision and CME.
Retirement plans available with employer contribution and matching options.
Relocation package and professional liability coverage provided.
As a not-for-profit system, Mercy qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
This location is H1B and J1 wavier sponsorship eligible.
Welcome to Cape Girardeau, Missouri:
Nestled along the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis, Cape Girardeau offers the perfect blend of small-town charm and big-city amenities. The community features a lively downtown with local shops, delicious dining, and beautiful riverfront views. Home to Southeast Missouri State University and its Division I athletics, Cape also boasts Missouri’s top-ranked Dalhousie Golf Club and the Cape Catfish baseball team — making it a vibrant, family-friendly place to live, work, and play.
Your life is our life’s workAt 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.