$600K Guarantee, $100K Bonus - ENT with Mercy in Joplin, MO
Overview
- Location
- Mercy Hospital Joplin, Missouri
- Schedule
- 5 days/week clinic; standard outpatient/OR schedule · 5 call days per month
- Employer-listed pay
- $600,000
- Practice
- Clinic on hospital campus with 7 exam rooms, 2 procedure rooms, allergy space, and audiology clinic · Multi-specialty health system (Mercy Clinic)
Listed on official posting
Role summary
Mercy Clinic in Joplin, MO is seeking a full-time BC/BE Otolaryngologist for a bread-and-butter ENT practice with a $600K guarantee, $55K recruitment bonus, $35K retention bonus, and up to $20K relocation. The role includes 5 call days per month, access to 11 ORs with Stryker technology, and optional allergy and teaching involvement with Kansas City University-Joplin's medical school.
What the posting highlights
- Large established multi-specialty referral network; 11 ORs on site
- Care setting: Primarily outpatient clinic with OR access; inpatient component implied by hospital campus setting
- Patient population: General ENT (bread and butter); Greater Joplin area ~75,000 residents, serving four-state region
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $600,000
- Pay context
- Listed on official posting
- Evidence
- apply. . Teaching opportunities with local medical school available Mercy Clinic Offers: Guarantee at $600K, $55K Recruitment bonus, $35K Retention bonus, plus up to $20K relocation 4 weeks vacatio
- Observed
- 3 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Hybrid
- Signing bonus
- $55,000
- Loan repayment
- $35,000
- PTO
- 5 weeks
Pay in context
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Employer
Mercy
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Clinic on hospital campus with 7 exam rooms, 2 procedure rooms, allergy space, and audiology clinic
- Facility type
- Multi-specialty health system (Mercy Clinic)
- Patient population
- General ENT (bread and butter); Greater Joplin area ~75,000 residents, serving four-state region
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $600,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- Is the $55,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
- How is the $35,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- 5 days/week clinic; standard outpatient/OR schedule
- Call burden
- 5 call days per month
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Primarily outpatient clinic with OR access; inpatient component implied by hospital campus setting
- Coverage model
- Large established multi-specialty referral network; 11 ORs on site
- Admin burden
- System-wide EPIC EHR; physician-led organization
- FTE
- 1
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- No
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
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 Clinic is seeking a full-time BC/BE Otolaryngologist to join our Mercy clinic in Joplin, Missouri. If you enjoy working in a strong, physician-led organization known for its quality of care and patient satisfaction then Mercy Clinic has the opportunity for you. Work alongside an expert team of care professionals who genuinely care for one another and share your passion for providing compassionate, patient-centered care.
Mercy Clinic ENT Highlights:
Bread and butter practice with opportunity for immediate growth
5 days call/month
11 state of the art OR’s with Stryker Multi-Gen Video System
Clinic office suite on hospital campus
Clinic consists of 7 exam rooms, 2 procedure rooms, allergy space available and audiology clinic attached
Private pre/post-op rooms
Large, established multi-specialty referral network
System wide EPIC EHR
Interest in allergy a plus
New grads are encouraged to apply. .
Teaching opportunities with local medical school available
Mercy Clinic Offers:
Guarantee at $600K, $55K Recruitment bonus, $35K Retention bonus, plus up to $20K relocation
4 weeks vacation plus, 6 holidays plus 1 week CME (while on guarantee)
Health, dental, vision and life insurance
Retirement (401k/403b) plan
Occurrence-based malpractice
About Joplin
Appreciate an excellent quality of life in Joplin, where a crossroads of culture lies tucked away in the beautiful Ozarks of Southwest Missouri
As the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the state, Joplin maintains the lowest cost of living and highest bang-for-your buck
Population of the Greater Joplin Area is 75,000 (flourishing to over 200,000 during the workday) Joplin serves as a hub of economic, health and cultural activity for multiple communities in the four-state area
Spend more time at home with no commute. Beautiful neighborhoods are located within an easy 5-10 minute drive from the clinic and hospital.
Balance work with an active lifestyle with activities including golf (1 private, 3 public courses), tennis, numerous gyms, running, and hiking the scenic chert bluffs
Enjoy easy access to nearby streams and lakes for fishing, kayaking and boating
Multiple preK-12 options exist to make sure young minds have the opportunity to thrive. Choose from public, private and parochial schools, local colleges and a state university.
Become a valued member of a diverse, growing medical hub with Kansas City University-Joplin's medical school and their 160+ students enrolled per year. A future dental school will open on KCU-Joplin's campus in 2023!
Joplin has its own airport with United flights to Chicago and Denver. We are less than 1 hour from national airports in Springfield, MO and Bentonville, AR and 90 minutes from international airport in Tulsa.
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.