$540K Guaranteed Salary + $50K Recruitment Bonus | Physician-Led Organization
Mercy Clinic in Pittsburg, Kansas, is seeking a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible General Surgeon to join our growing practice. This is an outstanding opportunity to work in a collaborative, physician-led environment known for quality care and patient satisfaction.
Practice Highlights
- Position available due to a General Surgeon leaving
- Join one other full-time General Surgeon and 1 full-time NP
- Clinic office suite located on hospital campus
- Surgical Center consists of 40,000 sq/ft and 6 state-of-the-art operating rooms
- 18 Pre-Op/Post-Op rooms
- 1 Anesthesiologist + 5 CRNA’s
- 2 Endoscopy Suites
- 6 PACU bays
- 1 Da Vinci Robot
- Large, established multi-specialty referral network
- System-wide Epic EMR
- Teaching opportunities with local medical school
- Open to H-1B visa candidates
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg
- 102-bed hospital serving Southeast Kansas
- Level III Trauma Center and Emergent Stroke Ready Hospital
- Leapfrog Group’s A Hospital Safety Grade
- 12-bed ICU with 24/7 telehealth monitoring
Compensation & Benefits
- $540K guaranteed salary plus $50,000 recruitment bonus
- Up to $20,000 relocation assistance
- 4 weeks’ vacation, 6 holidays, and 1 week CME during guarantee period
- $5,000 annual CME allowance
- Comprehensive benefits: health, dental, vision, life insurance
- Retirement plans: 401(k), 403(b), 457(b)
- Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Discover Pittsburg – Come for the Opportunity, Stay for the Lifestyle
- Family-friendly community of 20,000 with excellent schools
- Vibrant downtown with 80+ shops, dining, and nightlife
- Home to Pittsburg State University (NCAA Division II, 4 National Football Championships)
- Cultural amenities: Broadway shows, concerts, live performances
- Outdoor recreation: 14 parks, golf courses, water park, trails, pickleball courts
- Hunting, fishing, and camping nearby
- Kansas Crossing Casino with top-name entertainment
- Easy weekend getaways: Grand Lake (70 minutes away)
- Centrally located within 90 minutes of Kansas City, Tulsa, and Springfield
At 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.
Skills Required
- Board-Certified or Board-Eligible in General Surgery
Mercy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mercy and has not been reviewed or approved by Mercy.
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Healthcare Strength — Day‑one medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage is available for many benefit‑eligible roles, alongside options like disability, FSAs, EAP, wellness, and other add‑ons. Coverage breadth and immediate eligibility are highlighted across role postings and benefits guides.
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Retirement Support — Automatic enrollment in the MyRetirement 401(k) includes a per‑paycheck employer match and an additional annual service contribution for eligible co‑workers. This layered design provides ongoing support for long‑term savings.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A combined PTO bank (holidays, vacation, short‑term illness) plus an Extended Sick Bank and Paid Parental Leave are standard components. Accruals start quickly and can increase with tenure, with some locations also offering Volunteer Time Off.
Mercy Insights
What We Do
Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems for four consecutive years by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy is one of the nation’s most highly integrated, multi-state health care systems, including more than 40 acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 2,400 Mercy Clinic physicians and more than 40,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Mercy’s Virtual Care Center is the world’s first such facility dedicated to care outside its own walls, monitoring patients 24/7/365 across the country, using high-speed data and video connections and medically intervening when and where patients need it with a comprehensive team approach. Mercy was among the first health care organizations in the U.S. to have an integrated electronic health record (EHR) connecting all points of care. Mercy Technology Services’ broad use of its EHR has been recognized at one of the highest possible levels by Epic.
