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Emergency Medicine Physician - Nocturnist - Norwich, CT

Hartford HealthCare · Norwich, CT

Posted October 16, 2026

Backus Hospital (Norwich) · 326 Washington Street, Norwich, CT, US, 06360

  • Pay range: $179.81 – $243.03 per hour
  • Practice site: Backus Hospital, 326 Washington Street, Norwich, CT
  • Schedule: Part Time
  • System: Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive health system

Discover new opportunities for career growth with Hartford HealthCare

Are you a Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity? Hartford HealthCare, the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, is seeking talented physicians to join our team at The William W. Backus Hospital, a 213-bed acute care community hospital with a 43 bed / 55,000+ visit Level 3 trauma center in Norwich, CT.

As an Emergency Medicine Physician at Hartford HealthCare, you'll enjoy a number of benefits, including:

  • Well-balanced 10-hour shifts with a 2-hour overlap between physicians, allowing ample time for safe patient disposition, documentation, and turnover
  • A highly efficient practice model that allows physicians to spend more time with higher acuity patients
  • A stable and well-tenured ED with efficient and responsive hospital administration
  • Generous base salary with a market-competitive incentive plan, paid vacation and CME time, and CME stipend
  • Comprehensive benefits, including low-cost, high-quality medical/dental, STD/LTD, generous retirement plan, 457(b), and generous paid time off for vacation and CME
  • Fully integrated EPIC EMR system
  • Opportunities for career growth within the most integrated healthcare system in CT

Hartford HealthCare's extensive network includes seven acute care hospitals, one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in New England, with more than 1,000 providers. As an Emergency Medicine Physician with Hartford HealthCare, you'll have access to a deeply embedded culture of diversity, inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care.

Connecticut offers you and your family access to a lifestyle that is second to none, with the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas. Join the Emergency Medicine Team at Hartford HealthCare today and discover your full potential.

This is a salaried position. While compensation is presented as an hourly rate for consistency across our postings, this position is paid on a salary basis. The hiring range reflects a good faith estimate of pay for this position as of the posting date. Actual pay will be determined based on qualifications, location, internal equity, and other factors that may include hire bonuses, incentive pay plans, loan repayment, administrative stipends, or relocation.

Employer

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut's most comprehensive health system: eight acute-care hospitals, the state's largest behavioral health network, and more than 500 care locations, from Litchfield County to the Long Island Sound shoreline. Its physician-led Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, with more than 2,800 providers, is one of the largest multi-specialty groups in New England.

Hartford Hospital, the flagship, is an 867-bed tertiary and academic medical center and a major teaching hospital for the University of Connecticut. Community hospitals include The Hospital of Central Connecticut, MidState Medical Center, Backus Hospital, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Manchester Memorial Hospital and St. Vincent's Medical Center. Natchaug Hospital anchors behavioral health care in eastern Connecticut.

Physicians practice within system-wide institutes that set one standard of care in every community:

  • Heart & Vascular Institute
  • Cancer Institute, a strategic partner of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2014
  • Ayer Neuroscience Institute
  • Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute
  • Behavioral Health Network

Why physicians choose Hartford HealthCare:

  • Practice settings from academic and tertiary care to close-knit community and outpatient practices
  • Teaching, research and leadership development through the Physician Leadership Institute
  • Hospitals consistently recognized with Leapfrog "A" safety grades
  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
  • A lifestyle with New England character: coastal towns, rolling hills, strong schools, and easy reach of Boston and New York City

Livability

163,299
Norwich population
$256K
Avg 3-bedroom home
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Nearby cities
Providence
39.4 mi
Pop. 1,270,529
Hartford
34.2 mi
Pop. 969,171
New Haven
46.3 mi
Pop. 565,056
Source: US Census Bureau
Annual family budget — Southeastern Connecticut County
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Housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare & taxes for a typical family
$256K
Avg 3-bedroom home
$1,638
Avg monthly rent
Source: EPI Family Budget Calculator
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Sunny days / yr
Source: WeatherAPI.com
Population — ZIP 06360
37,219
Total residents
18,743
Male residents
18,476
Female residents
Age distribution
total
37,219
0-9
3,621
10-19
4,675
20-29
5,245
30-39
5,171
40-49
4,249
50-59
4,600
60-69
5,272
70-79
2,570
80+
1,816
Ethnicity
White
24,890
Black Or African American
4,237
American Indian Or Alaskan Native
231
Asian
2,881
Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander
0
Other
1,534
Two Or More
3,446
Source: US Census Bureau
Nearby airports
Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) 36.36 mi
Westerly State Airport (WST) 20.21 mi
Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) 45.79 mi
Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) 50.84 mi
New Bedford Regional Airport (EWB) 59.15 mi
Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP) 74.01 mi
Source: FAA database
Emergency Medicine Physician - Nocturnist - Norwich, CT
Hartford HealthCare · Norwich, CT