Physician - Urologist - $700k + Compensation Package | Mercy Jefferson in Festus, MO
Overview
- Location
- Festus, Missouri
- Employer-listed pay
- $650,000
- Practice
- Hospital-employed, clinic-based · Acute care hospital
Listed on official posting
Role summary
Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus, MO is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Urologist to join an established one-physician, one-APP urology team at a 306-bed acute care facility 20 minutes from St. Louis. The position offers a 2-year income guarantee of $650K plus a $50K sign-on bonus, with access to a Da Vinci robot and a broad mix of bread-and-butter and complex urology cases.
What the posting highlights
- One physician + one advanced practitioner (APP)
- Care setting: Both inpatient (surgical/acute care) and outpatient clinic
- Patient population: General urology — bread-and-butter and complex cases; referrals from largest primary care network in greater St. Louis area
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $650,000
- Pay context
- Listed on official posting
- Evidence
- rcy Hospital Jefferson has been named a Top Hospital! This Position Offers: 2-year income guarantee $650k with a $50k sign on bonus! Large variety of bread-and-butter urology and complex cases Da
- Observed
- 4 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Hybrid
- Signing bonus
- $50,000
Pay in context
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Employer
Mercy
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Hospital-employed, clinic-based
- Facility type
- Acute care hospital
- Beds
- 306
- Patient population
- General urology — bread-and-butter and complex cases; referrals from largest primary care network in greater St. Louis area
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $650,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- Is the $50,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
- 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
- Both inpatient (surgical/acute care) and outpatient clinic
- Coverage model
- One physician + one advanced practitioner (APP)
- 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
- 4 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 72%
Full description
Mercy Hospital Jefferson is seeking an additional board certified or board eligible Urologist to join a busy and established team only 20 minutes from St. Louis, Missouri. This Urology Clinic consists of one physician and one advanced practitioner that collaborate to offer the full spectrum of care.
Mercy Hospital Jefferson is a 306-bed acute care facility located in Festus, MO., providing 24-hour emergency room care and a full range of diagnostic, preventive and restorative health care services.
Mercy Hospital Jefferson was named a 2025 Leapfrog Top Hospital. This is the fourth time in five years Mercy Hospital Jefferson has been named a Top Hospital!
This Position Offers:
2-year income guarantee $650k with a $50k sign on bonus!
Large variety of bread-and-butter urology and complex cases
Da Vinci Robot on site!
Largest Primary Care Network & Referral Base in the Greater St. Louis area
Support staff of certified operating room nurses, registered nurses, certified surgical technologists and anesthesiologists
System-wide Epic EMR
Relocation assistance and malpractice insurance
Festus, part of Jefferson County, is conveniently located just 20 minutes south of St. Louis. For its residents, Jefferson County and its numerous municipalities offer ample opportunities to live, work and play in one of the fastest growing counties in the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Region!
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.