Emergency Medicine Physician (MD)

$150-$170 / hr

Hourly contract
Remote
Early applicant

$150-$170

per hour

Location requirements

USA

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

Key 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

Required Qualifications

  • MD with a completed Emergency Medicine residency

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

  • US-based

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior AI/ML annotation or model evaluation experience

  • Experience synthesizing patient charts into ED arrival summaries

Work Arrangement

  • Remote, part-time

  • Flexible scheduling, designed around an active clinical practice

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

  • You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
  • This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
  • 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.
  • Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
  • Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.

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Posted 3 hours ago

$150-$170 / hr

Hourly contract · Remote