Southern Missouri Nocturnist needed. An Independent, not-for-profit, 72-bed short-term acute care hospital (new in April 2026) is seeking a BE/BE Internal Medicine Physician to join their growing Hospitalist team. The position is mostly days/swing but occasional nights may be required. This rural, tight-knit community features a low cost of living, genuine community, and easy access to plenty of outdoor recreation, and is located just 30 minutes from a metro of almost 500K.

Salary up to $390,000.  Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance.  Comprehensive benefits package.  PSLF eligible.  Open ICU model.  In person intensivist back-up PLUS remote intensivists available.  Advanced Practice Provider support throughout.  EMR: Meditech Expanse.  AI Scribe: Suki.  Annual quality bonus.  On any given shift, you have real-time access to specialists including interventional cardiology (Level 2 STEMI Center), pulmonology, anesthesiology, general surgery, orthopedics, OB/GYN, psychiatry, infection disease, oncology, nephrology, pathology, and podiatry..  Community is a small town about 11,000 people and the physicians who stay here chose that intentionally. The cost of living is low, the commute doesn't exist, and the pace outside the hospital is genuinely different from what you'll find in a metro market. Springfield is 25 minutes south if you want a city day. Lakes, rivers, and trail access are close if you don't. It's a perfect fit for physicians who want their life to feel like their own again..