The Opportunity
A day hospitalist line at a 139-bed Prime Healthcare hospital in Michigan's Blue Water Area, working with APP support and an open ICU running around four patients with 24/7 tele-intensivist coverage behind it. Call is 1-in-3 and built into the salary rather than bolted on. Port Huron itself is waterfront boating, beaches, and a cost of living that makes a hospitalist salary go considerably further than it does downstate.
What You'll Own
- A day census shared with APP support rather than carried alone.
- An open ICU of roughly four patients, with 24/7 tele-intensivist coverage for the decisions you want a second opinion on.
- 1-in-3 call, included in the salary rather than an unpriced add-on.
- A day-shift line this is not a nocturnist role.
Must-Haves
- MD or DO
- Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
- Michigan license, or eligibility in process
Nice to Have
- Prior open-ICU or tele-intensivist collaboration
- APP collaboration experience
- Epic familiarity
What Working Here Is Actually Like
- $260,000 salary with a $30,000 bonus.
- Full W-2 benefits. Medical, dental and vision from the first of the month after hire; employer-paid life at 1x salary up to $300,000; employer-paid long-term disability at 60% of salary; 401(k). The benefit plan year runs 1 October to 30 September.
- Malpractice and tail both covered. Tail is the one people forget to ask about until they leave.
- Epic.
- 24/7 tele-intensivist support on a small open ICU.
- Physician-owned and physician-managed since 2012. When you escalate a problem, it reaches a physician who still works clinical shifts.
- Not a locums agency. An ongoing program position with a named, stable team.
- Waterfront living on Lake Huron and the St. Clair River, with Metro Detroit an easy drive.
- Licensure is faster than you expect if you're coming from out of state. Michigan participates in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, so if you already hold a qualifying license elsewhere, adding this one typically runs one to three weeks rather than months.
Straight Talk
Call is 1-in-3 and it is inside the salary that's a real obligation, and worth weighing against a base that looks straightforward. An open ICU also means you co-manage critically ill patients rather than handing them off, with tele-intensivist support rather than someone at the bedside.
About Inhospital Physicians (IHP): IHP is a physician-owned and physician-managed group, headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and operating since 2012, running Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist, Intensivist and post-acute programs for acute-care hospitals, LTACHs and health systems across multiple states. IHP is not a locums agency; these are ongoing program positions with stable, named teams.
