Emergency Medicine Physician | Becker's Top 150 Places To Work In Healthcare -2024-

**Join Our Emergency Medicine Team at Aiken Regional Medical Center and The ER at Sweetwater – A Role Tailored for You!**

We believe in delivering exceptional care to our community in Aiken, South Carolina, and beyond—better collaboration, better patient outcomes, and a deep commitment to making a difference. If you’re an emergency medicine physician looking for an opportunity to grow professionally while becoming part of a dynamic, supportive team, we’d love to connect.

**People First in Aiken**

Local Team Collaboration:

• Join a friendly, collaborative emergency medicine team of 16 physicians and 9 advanced practice providers (APPs).
• Enjoy strong partnerships across the hospital, including a solid working relationship with Sound’s hospitalist program.
• Work in a stable nursing environment with excellent support—our nurses and ED staff are experienced, engaged, and great to collaborate with.
• Benefit from a team-oriented culture where everyone works together— mutual respect and shared goals.
• ED pharmacist and ED-dedicated case manager on site to support patient care, placement, financial assistance, and follow-up needs.

Qualifications:

• Board-certified/eligible in emergency medicine
• Authorized to work in the United States

**Practice in a Dynamic Setting**

Flexible Scheduling:

• Full-time commitment as an independent contractor requires 120 hours per month

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide care at Aiken Regional Medical Center, a 273-bed community hospital with a 30-bed emergency department, certified as a chest pain and stroke center
• Volume: 43K annual visits with 39 hours of daily physician coverage and 30 hours of APP coverage
• Deliver emergency care at The ER at Sweetwater, a 10-bed freestanding emergency department in North Augusta, GA
• Volume: 23K annual visits with 24 hours of physician coverage and 12 hours of APP coverage daily
• Engage in teaching opportunities with APP students and internal/family medicine residents

Living and Working in Aiken:

• Enjoy the charm of Aiken, South Carolina—known for its southern hospitality, vibrant equestrian scene, and beautiful landscapes. Aiken offers a relaxed pace of life, a strong sense of community, and plenty of recreational activities. When you combine that with a workplace culture that’s uplifting, not draining—where teamwork and good relationships make a real difference.

**Purpose-Driven Work with Local Impact**

Aiken-Centered Care:

• At Sound Physicians, patient-first care is at the heart of everything we do. Join a team that prioritizes professional and personal growth while delivering care that truly makes a difference—locally and across our national network.

If you’re ready to bring your expertise to a collaborative, community-focused team—and enjoy coming to work each day—we’d love to talk.

About Sound Physicians

As a physician-founded and led medical group, we believe that a better career—one with strong support and meaningful opportunity—leads to better care for patients. That’s why our promise is to bring better to the bedside: better ideas, better approaches, better care.

We practice hospital-based medicine at the community level, with empowered local teams and leadership supported by a nationwide network. Our multi-specialty medical group includes more than 4,000 physicians, advanced practice providers, CRNAs, and nurses working across 400 hospitals in 45 states.

At Sound, each of us is a care catalyst—creating exceptional clinical partnerships that unlock quality, affordable, and dignified care for every patient. We offer greater autonomy, flexibility, and support in your role and within your specialty, so you can focus on building meaningful connections across teams and communities.

Uncompromising care is a collective effort. While our clinicians provide care at the bedside, our business colleagues play a vital role—building strong teams, forming key partnerships, attracting great talent, and keeping operations running smoothly. Their work ensures our clinicians can stay focused on what matters most: caring for patients.

We are unified by purpose and driven by impact. With competitive total rewards and opportunities for purposeful growth and focused development, we empower you in your role and career. Together, we support our patients, our partners, and each other.