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Posted 1 Oct 2026

Emergency Medicine Physician (MD)

Mercor is hiring board-certified Emergency Medicine physicians on behalf of a healthcare AI partner building advanced clinical documentation tools.

United States$150–$170 per hour
Hiring companyMercor
Application process4.0 / 5Based on 1 review
Work experience2.0 / 5Based on 1 review

About the role

In this role you will apply your emergency department expertise to review, annotate, and evaluate clinical documentation, directly shaping the accuracy, safety, and clinical usefulness of medical AI systems.

  • You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
  • Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
  • Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.

Responsibilities

Clinical Documentation Review.

  • Review ED clinical documentation and patient charts for accuracy, completeness, and clinical soundness.
  • Evaluate AI-generated ED summaries against what a practicing emergency physician would expect to see on arrival.

Annotation & Structured Feedback.

  • Annotate clinical encounter data against detailed guidelines.
  • Flag omissions, hallucinations, clinical inaccuracies, and documentation gaps in AI-generated output.
  • Provide structured, written feedback that engineering and product teams can act on.

Knowledge Contribution.

  • Contribute expert input on annotation guidelines and edge-case definitions.
  • Raise clarifying questions where guidance is ambiguous and help refine the guidelines.

Preferred skills

  • Prior AI/ML annotation or model evaluation experience.
  • Experience synthesizing patient charts into ED arrival summaries.

Experience and education

  • MD with a completed Emergency Medicine residency.
  • Board-certified in Emergency Medicine, with 2–3+ years of practice as a board-certified ED physician.

Schedule details

Remote, part-time.

Flexible scheduling, designed around an active clinical practice.

This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.

Eligibility

Work arrangement: Fully remote

Eligible countries: United States

  • US-based
  • Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Compensation details

$150–$170 per hour.

  • Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
More about the hiring companyMercor
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