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St. David's Medical Center - HCA Healthcare

Physical Medicine and Rehab - Physician at St. David's Medical Center - HCA Healthcare

St. David's Medical Center - HCA Healthcare No longer available

Job Description

Description

Specialization:
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Job Summary:

St. David's Healthcare would like to recruit a board certified/board eligible physical medicine and rehabilitation physician to join a hospital employed group in Austin, TX.

Qualified Candidates:
  • Board certified or board eligible in PM&Rphysician
  • Active Texas license or ability to obtain
  • 1:4 weekend call
  • Generalist PM&R
  • Joining 3 board certified PM&R physicians and 2 APP's
  • Primarily inpatient-based position with outpatient opportunity
Incentive/Benefits Package:
  • HCA/St. David's Healthcare employed position
  • Competitive guaranteed salary
  • Full benefits, including health, dental, vision, life and 401k with matching
  • CMEallowance
  • Occurrence based malpractice coverage
About St. David’s Medical Center:
St. David’s Medical Center in central Austin includes a 438-bed multi-specialty, acute care hospital located just north of downtown and the University of Texas campus.
  • Level IV NICU
  • The hospital provides a complete range of women’s services, including its acclaimed maternity unit, maternal-fetal medicine, a high-risk maternal and neonatal transport team, the region’s largest and most sophisticated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
  • A comprehensive Stroke Center
  • 24-hour emergency department
  • 64-bed rehabilitation hospital providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care
  • 4 Center of Excellence Designations (Spinal Cord, Amputee, Young Stroke and Brain Injury)
  • Fortune/Merative Top 100 Community Hospitals
  • US News Best Hospitals lists St. David’s Medical Center has received a Grade A from Leapfrog
Austin has earned a reputation as one of the best places to live in the nation. Among Texas towns, Austin has been named Best Place for Business and Careers, Live Music Capital of the World, and Best Town for Relocation of Families. Austin has a lot to offer singles as well as families, from downtown loft living to quieter neighborhoods by the lake or in the hill country. Austin has around 300 days of sunshine each year with excellent schools, fine arts, lakes, limitless outdoor activities, and year-round festivals.

Typical mid-level pay: $83k for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations nationally

National salary averages
Expected mid-level
$83k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$44k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $169k

Top performers earn significantly more—skill and negotiation matter.

Senior roles pay 92% more than entry—experience is well rewarded.

Strong candidate leverage

Pay is responsive to skills and negotiation. Position yourself as a specialist.

Hiring leverage
Balanced
Wage leverage
Moderate
Mobility
High mobility

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Specialists with niche skills
Weaker for: Generalists

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Growth + pay upside

Both the field and your earnings can grow significantly.

+7%
10yr growth
634,900 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024