Physician Opportunities

We want you!
Located in Joplin, Missouri, Freeman is a 404-bed, three-hospital system providing comprehensive healthcare and behavioral health services to an area that includes more than 450,000 residents from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Freeman is a physician-driven, community-owned, not-for-profit health system with full-service tertiary care facilities.

Freeman Physicians talk about why Freeman is a great place to work

Employed physicians receive:

• Paid tail-coverage insurance
• CME allowance
• Competitive salary and excellent benefits
• Paid relocation

Current Openings
Freeman Health System currently offers the following physician opportunities.

Emergency Medicine

• New, state-of-the-art, 40-bed Emergency Department
• 45,000 visits annually
• Level II trauma center with the highest emphasis on patient care
• Accredited Tier II Chest Pain Center
• Fully integrated healthcare system
• On-site helicopter service
• Must be ER/BC
• Shift rotation: 5 on, 4 off
• Contact Tracy Myers, call 800.353.6812, or fax 417.347.0022 

Endocrinology

• High-need area with three-week wait for appointments
• Share office space with board-certified endocrinologist                     
• Large tertiary referral center with strong subspecialty support
• Fully integrated healthcare delivery system offering autonomy in your practice  
• Generous salary and bonus potential (RVU based) 
• Contact Lana Hines, call 877.593.3773, or fax 417.347.3773 

Family Practice

• Enjoy working in an autonomous practice with private or shared office
• Physician-driven system
• Freeman's dominant market share of employer contracts provides large pool of patients
• Practice management services establish office and provide support
• Contact Tracy Myers, call 800.353.6812, or fax 417.347.0022

Geriatric Medicine

• Freeman Center for Geriatric Medicine
• Fellowship-trained geriatrician required
• Practice outpatient geriatric medicine, while providing inpatient consultative services
• Work with 2 board-certified geriatricians
• New center offers multidisciplinary team approach to patient care
• Physician-driven system with large specialty referral base
• Tailored, private office space 
• Excellent benefits package, including relocation and CME allowance
• Generous salary and starting bonus options available
• Contact Lana Hines, call 877.593.3773, or fax 417.347.3773

Internal Medicine 

• Traditional practice with tailored, private office space and practice management support
• Share call with other physicians
• Large specialty referral base including Heart & Vascular Institute and Cancer Institute
• In-house hospitalist and intensivist programs
• Newly completed six-story tower with all-private patient rooms
• Competitive salary with production bonus potential
• Contact Lana Hines, call 877.593.3773, or fax 417.347.3773

Neurology

• Freeman NeuroSpine
• Group includes 2 neurosurgeons, 1 physiatrist, and 2 neurologists
• Call group: 1 in 4 
• State-of-the-art facility and equipment
• Large referral base Freeman-employed, specialty, and primary care physicians
• 404-bed tertiary care center / 41-bed ICU
• Competitive salary, bonus potential, and excellent benefits package
• Contact Tracy Myers, call 800.353.6812, or fax 417.347.0022

Neurosurgery

• Share Freeman NeuroSpine office space with 2 neurosurgeons, 2 neurologists, and 1 physiatrist
• Comfortable trauma-call rotation; maximum 1:4 
• High-need area with six-week wait for appointments
• Full integrated healthcare delivery system offering autonomy in your practice
• Private office practice tailored to your needs with practice management support
• Equipment includes Medtronic cranial and spinal stealth navigational system, Zeiss neuromicroscope, and interoperative spinal monitoring
• Excellent benefits, generous salary and bonus potential, resident stipend and starting bonus options available 
• Contact Lana Hines, call 877.593.3773, or fax 417.347.9972

Orthopaedics 

• Seeking BC/BE generalist, prefer fellowship-trained surgeon in foot/ankle or hand
• Joint venture ownership potential in hospital/physician-owned ambulatory surgery center
• Physician-driven system with large specialty referral base
• Join call group 1:6
• Tailored, private office space with practice management support
• Generous salary and bonus potential (RVU based)
• Student stipend and starting bonus options available
• Contact Lana Hines, call 877.593.3773, or fax 417.347.9972

Pulmonary/Critical Care

• Rotate with 6 critical care physicians/pulmonologists
• Take care of 40-bed ICU, including seven cardiac beds
• Inpatient follow-up covered by hospitalists
• Contact Tracy Myers, call 800.353.6812, or fax 417.347.0022

Radiology 

• Board-certified radiologist required to join call group of 4 board-certified radiologists
• Prefer minimum 5 years general radiology experience, with interest in interventional cases in addition to imaging
• Enjoy equal call rotation from day one
• 2-year track to partnership
• Paid call and relocation, as well as CME allowance
• Contact Lana Hines, call 877.593.3773, or fax 417.347.9972 

Urgent Care

• Two free-standing Freeman Urgent Care facilities
• Minor injuries and illnesses, walk-in patients only
• Lab and X-ray on site
• Must be BC/BE, residency-trained physician
• Hospital-based EDR, family practice, or urgent care experience preferred
• Schedule: 4 days on, 4 days off
• Contact Tracy Myers, call 800.353.6812, or fax 417.347.0022

About Joplin, Missouri
Consistently ranked lowest cost of living for any metropolitan area in the nation, Joplin offers:

• Nearby recreational lakes and outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, golfing, and biking
• Excellent public and private school systems
• Strong, diverse economic base
• Easy access to Kansas City, Tulsa, Fayetteville/Rogers, Springfield/Branson, and St. Louis
• Local colleges and universities