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Mercy Internal Medicine Residency Program is currently seeking a board certified or board eligible physician to join our team in Fort Smith, Arkansas for a full-time teaching faculty position within their Internal Medicine Residency Continuity Clinic at Mercy Hospital. 

 Mercy Internal Medicine Residency

• Instruction, supervision and evaluation of residents in an outpatient/continuity clinic setting. 
• Responsibilities may also include participation in didactic teaching, resident advising, curriculum development and resident recruitment and the possibility for inpatient teaching if desired.
• Teaching Affiliation with Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine with ability to have medical students in clinic with a stipend.
• System wide EPIC EMR.
• Diversity of cases due to the 13-county rural catchment area.

This Position Offers:

• Integrated health system with a competitive income guarantee.
• Flexible, significant recruitment incentives tailored to your needs including sign-on/commencement bonus, resident/fellow stipends, retention bonus, etc.
• Comprehensive, day one benefits including health, dental, vision and CME.
• Retirement plans available with employer contribution and matching options.
• Relocation package and professional liability coverage provided.
• As a not-for-profit system, Mercy qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
• This location is eligible for H1B sponsorship.

Welcome to Fort Smith, Arkansas:

Fort Smith and its surrounding areas offer an excellent quality of life and scenic mountain views.

• Enjoy proximity to lakes and streams for fishing, kayaking, and boating
• Live in beautiful neighborhoods right next to the hospital or in more rural settings with land less than 20 minutes down the road
• Enjoy golf, tennis, hiking, biking trails, running, or working out a one of the numerous gyms
• Rated #4 city in the US for lowest cost of living by Kiplinger magazine
• Population of 90,000 making Fort Smith the third largest city in Arkansas
• Award-winning preK-12 options. Choose from public, private, and parochial schools
• Home to local colleges, a state university, and the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Fly conveniently out of Fort Smith at the regional airport

Your life is our life?s work 

At Mercy you can lead the way. When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to provide a transformative health care experience while putting new technologies to the test. You will be part of an innovative organization that remembers why we got into health care nearly 200 years ago. If caring for patients and making a difference in the community is the reason you became a physician, join us at Mercy.

It is a continuing goal to advance diversity and inclusion within our Mercy ministry. We cherish each person as created in the image of God and believe it is our responsibility to strive for excellence in establishing an environment of dignity for all.

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Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

About Mercy

Mercy Clinic is a physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group. With over 2,500 primary care and specialty physicians, Mercy Clinic is the fourth largest integrated physician organization in the country. Working for Mercy gives you all the advantages of a larger organization balanced by the spirit of a smaller patient-centered medical group. You’ll discover a friendly and cooperative environment where people care for one another at every level. What sets us apart is our unique approach where physicians and professional managers share leadership and make decisions together to improve upon, and deliver, world-class care. It is a continuing goal to advance diversity and inclusion within our Mercy ministry. We cherish each person as created in the image of God and believe it is our responsibility to strive for excellence in establishing an environment of dignity for all. ST. LOUIS – Forbes has named Mercy to its America’s Best Employers for New Grads 2022 list, ranking Mercy in the top 200 companies, including AT&T, Edward Jones and The Walt Disney Company.

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