**Description** **Specialization:** Rheumatology **Job Summary:** Methodist Healthcare System is assisting in the recruitment efforts for a Rheumatologist with a top-tier multi-specialty private practice located in the San Antonio and New Braunfels corridor. **Qualified Candidates:** + ABMS board certified or eligible in Rheumatology + Texas licensure or ability to obtain + DEA with full prescriptive authority + Commitment to providing high quality, evidenced based patient care + Interest in an outpatient clinic practice **Incentives/Benefits Package:** + Guaranteed base salary + Plus bonuses + Employed by the practice + Robust benefits package + Paid malpractice + Continuing Medical Education days/allowance + Vacation + Relocation allowance + Texas has tort reform and no state income tax **Practice Setting:** + Full time, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. + No ER call + No Weekends + Solid infrastructure **About Methodist Hospital – Northeast & Methodist Healthcare System:** + Methodist Northeast PSA/SSA population growth expectations over next 5 years- 5.3% vs US at 1.9% + Dedicated 10-person cardiology pod (general, interventional, EP) + New Diabetic Foot & Ankle Institute. + Attained $146M investment for a new tower expansion which will net 78 new beds with opportunity to grow by 3 additional floors + 218-bed facility, 10 operating suites and three cardiac cath labs + Methodist Hospital Northeast offers a full array of services including emergency care, open heart surgery, cardiac catheterizations, neurosurgery, inpatient rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, cancer care, intensive care and inpatient and outpatient surgeries and procedures + Methodist Healthcare System is the largest provider of health care in South and Central Texas with 28 facilities, including nine acute care hospitals serving over 94,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients annually San Antonio is home to 2.5 million people and is experiencing solid economic growth in industries such as bioscience and healthcare, aerospace, IT and cybersecurity and green technologies. San Antonio's MSA is expected to add up to 1.1 million new residents and 500,000 new jobs by 2040. This growing city offers big-city amenities and world-renowned attractions coupled with a relaxed and inviting atmosphere for all ages. San Antonio residents also enjoy a cost of living slightly below the national average due to lower housing costs, as well as no state income tax.  Nashville is home to nearly 2 million people, more than 53,000 businesses, and over 500 healthcare companies are headquartered in the Nashville region, making healthcare the #1 industry. Tennessee has the second lowest state and local tax burden per capita, and no state income tax.