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Physician - Pain Management with Mercy in SE Kansas, Pittsburg, KS/Galena, KS
Overview
The package
AI-structuredMercy Clinic Orthopedics is seeking a board-certified/eligible Pain Management physician to join an established two-clinic practice in Galena, KS and Pittsburg, KS (30 minutes apart), with APP support available after ramp-up. The role offers a $550K guarantee transitioning to an uncapped RVU model, a $50K recruitment bonus, and up to $10K in relocation assistance.
- $550k/yr employer-posted compensation with hybrid structure
- $50,000 signing bonus disclosed
- $10,000 loan repayment support
- Outpatient clinic (two locations: Galena, KS and Pittsburg, KS) · Integrated health system (Mercy Clinic Orthopedics) · Outpatient-focused with dedicated procedure rooms; interventional pain management
Posted pay vs real comps
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Compensation
- Type
- Listed on official posting
- Job-specific pay
- $550,000
- Evidence
- providers (and growing!) This Position Offers: Integrated health system with competitive Guarantee of $550K RVU model following guarantee with no cap $50K recruitment bonus, resident/fellowship sti
- Observed
- 4 wk ago
- Structure
- hybrid
- Signing bonus
- $50,000
- Loan repayment
- $10,000
Pay in context
Mercy Galena, KansasEmployer-posted pay shown next to what physicians report earning — compared, never blended, never scored one against the other.
Reported pay is SalaryDr community data — total compensation, shown separately from the employer-posted range, which is often base salary only. We don't score one against the other because they measure different things.
Employer
Mercy
Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Outpatient clinic (two locations: Galena, KS and Pittsburg, KS)
- Facility type
- Integrated health system (Mercy Clinic Orthopedics)
- Patient population
- General pain management patients; broad referral base from Mercy Primary Care
Questions to ask the employer
- Is $550,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- Posted pay is ≈11% below the reported national median — what does realistic year-2 or year-3 total compensation look like here?
- Is the $50,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
- How is the $10,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
- What is the call schedule, and is call compensated separately or built into the base?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Outpatient-focused with dedicated procedure rooms; interventional pain management
- Coverage model
- 2 providers in Galena, KS; 1 provider in Carthage, MO; APP support available after ramp-up
- Admin burden
- Not specified; large referral base from Mercy Primary Care providers noted
- Teaching
- No
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- Listed on official posting
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 62%
Full description
$550K Guarantee, $50K Bonus! Pain Management Opportunity with Mercy in SE KS - Galena, KS/Pittsburg, KS
Mercy Clinic Orthopedics in is currently seeking a board certified/eligible Pain Management Fellow to join our established practice. Your two clinics will be located in the SE corner of Kansas in Galena and Pittsburg, KS. (These two clinics are 30 minutes apart.) Our skilled pain management team has a compassionate understanding of pain and how it affects our patients. Join a team of experts at diagnosing and treating pain in a supportive, caring environment. Starting with a comprehensive evaluation, we use interventional pain management techniques, including the latest treatments and technologies, to help our patients manage all types of pain.
Our Practice:
- Existing physician and providers compliment the practice with years of combined experience and dependable support.
- You’ll be joining 2 Providers in Galena, KS and 1 in Carthage, MO
- APP support available after ramp up period
- Dedicated procedure room for pain management
- C-arms and Fluoro tables in all procedural areas in Pittsburg and Galena
- Beautiful clinic space
- Large referral base of Mercy Primary Care providers (and growing!)
This Position Offers:
- Integrated health system with competitive Guarantee of $550K
- RVU model following guarantee with no cap
- $50K recruitment bonus, resident/fellowship stipends available
- Comprehensive, day one benefits including health, dental, vision and CME
- Up to $10K in relocation assistance
- Occurrence malpractice insurance provided
About Joplin (which borders Galena, KS):
- 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 with 600 students. KCU-Joplin also opened a dental school 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.
About Pittsburg
Appreciate an excellent quality of life in Pittsburg, where you get the amenities of a big city with a small-town feel.
- Pittsburg, family-friendly community of 20,000 is growing and becoming more diverse each day, supporting the growing job and housing markets here.
- The population in the City of Pittsburg is growing at a healthy rate, up 2.4 percent in 2020, according to preliminary estimates from Unacast (compared to 0.6 percent nationwide), making Pittsburg the fourth fastest-growing small city nationwide in 2021.
- Thriving downtown with over 80 stores, which include a variety of retail options, restaurants and nightlife opportunities
- Award-winning public and private schools
- Home to Pittsburg State University, 7400 students, NCAA Div. II (4 National Football Championships)
- Pittsburg State University provides the cultural amenities of a college town including Broadway shows
- Pittsburg has many amenities including 14 parks, 3 golf courses, water park, urban trail system and new pickleball courts
- Area is known for excellent outdoor activities including, hunting, fishing, camping
- Kansas Crossing Casino brings in top name concerts
- Named one of the least expensive cities to live in according to the Council for Economic and Community Research in 2021, Pittsburg continues to be one of the best and most affordable places to call home!
- Pittsburg has many amenities, including parks, aquatic facilities, playgrounds, trails and fishing.
- In 2019, U.S. News and World Report ranked the Pittsburg area significantly higher than 813 other similar communities nationwide classified as “urban, up-and-coming.”
- Approximately $130.8 million has been invested in the city since 2019. This includes $48.3 million in industry infrastructure, $23.0 million in housing infrastructure, $22 million in retail infrastructure, $14.3 million in infrastructure-related education investment, $12.8 million in public infrastructure, $10 million in medical infrastructure, and $525, 000 in service infrastructure. Numerous commercial land sales and development projects are currently underway.
- Grand Lake in Oklahoma is only 70 minutes away
- Kansas City, Tulsa, OK and Springfield, MO all within 90 minutes drive
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 operation…
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