Hospitalist - Rounder (Internal Medicine)
Valley Medical Center · Renton, WA
Posted October 6, 2026
Valley Medical Center - Main Campus · 400 S 43rd Street, Renton, WA, US, 98055
Hospitalist (Rounder) - Internal Medicine - Full-Time | Renton, WA
Valley Medical Center & Clinics (VMCC) is actively recruiting a full-time (1.0 FTE) Internal Medicine Physician-Hospitalist to join our established, collaborative, and collegial team of providers. Our approach to patient-centered care is team-based.
You will provide inpatient clinical services for patients who are admitted to the hospital through the emergency department or by another physician who requests hospitalist services, as well as consultative services for other specialties in the hospital. You'll also help support the primary code captain (residents) during Code Blues.
We have an open ICU model, and you'll work collaboratively with the intensivists who will serve in a consulting role. You will also respond to Rapid Response Team and Code Blue activation on all hospitalist patients, at the attending hospitalist's request, when serving in the rotating Triage role.
About the position:
- 12-hour shifts (7am-7pm), 7 on-7 off for a total of 168 shifts/ year
- Primary hospitalist responsible for rounding on and discharging assigned patients, with occasional admissions as needed
- Team of 41 hospitalists: 26 rounders, 6 admitters, 8 nocturnists, and 1 APP
- 12 roundinghospitalists on service each day; 3 admitters; 3 nocturnists at night
Compensation: $380,000 annually ($2261.90 per 12-hour shift) + up to $10,000 incentives + opportunities for extra shifts
Qualifications:
BE/BC in Internal Medicine
Ability to obtain medical professional license in the State of WA and DEA with full prescriptive authority.
Employer
Valley Medical Center
Located in Renton, Washington, Valley Medical Center is the largest not-for-profit healthcare provider between Seattle and Tacoma, serving more than 600,000 residents of South King County. In addition to its 341-bed hospital with a Level III Trauma Center, Valley operates a network of more than four dozen primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics, most of them on or near the hospital campus. Valley's recognitions include the American Medical Association's Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition for its work to improve physician well-being, Becker's Hospital Review's list of Great Community Hospitals, Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition from the NCQA, and full Joint Commission accreditation.
Valley Medical Group, Valley's employed physician network, was built on a foundation of primary care practices first established in 1994 and has grown into a tightly integrated network of providers across 22 specialties serving the Greater Puget Sound area south of Lake Washington. Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers work in a culture of collaboration and teamwork, supported by a fully integrated Epic EMR across every hospital and clinic setting, along with mentoring and opportunities to grow in clinical innovation, teaching, leadership and public service. In collaboration with the University of Washington, Valley is home to the nation's top-ranked Family Medicine Residency Program, with nearly 30 years of community-based teaching, as well as the UW Emergency Medicine residency — offering the environment of a teaching hospital with the warmth of a community hospital and clinic network.
Valley's mission is to care for its community like family, and it extends that to the Valley "work family," who prioritize safety, respect, compassion, collaboration, equity, inclusion, innovation and excellence. Providers enjoy competitive compensation, a generous benefits package and eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Just 30 minutes from downtown Seattle and Bellevue, the communities of southeast King County — Renton, Kent, Covington and Maple Valley — offer more affordable homes, less traffic, strong school districts and easy access to the best of Pacific Northwest recreation, from Lake Washington and Puget Sound to Mount Rainier and the Cascades.