J-1 Visa Hospitalist Jobs
Hospitalist positions in the U.S. are available to international physicians through the J-1 visa Physician program category, which requires sponsorship from an ECFMG-designated organization. Host hospitals file a training plan, but ECFMG issues the DS-2019. Most J-1 Physician exchanges carry a two-year home residency requirement.
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Get Access To All JobsBuckner International: Camp Buckner
Location: Burnet, TX - Onsite
Address: 3835 FM2342, Burnet, TX 78611
Job Schedule: Summer 2026, May to August
Join a friendly team of passionate individuals at Camp Buckner this summer! Be part of the Guest Services team as a Summer Staff Hospitality Intern, where you'll help create a warm and welcoming experience for our guests. You'll have the opportunity to support the guest services team in delivering a welcoming experience for guests by assigning rooms, addressing requests, and supporting retreat activities.
Through this internship, you will gain exposure to assisting with housekeeping, food service, and facility setup, as well as serving meals and maintaining banquet operations. This role also involves responding to safety concerns, upholding camp policies, and working collaboratively with staff. This is a supervised, learning-focused internship designed to provide hands-on experience in hospitality, guest services, and camp operations.
What You’ll Do
- Assist staff in welcoming guests, supporting room assignments and responding to guest needs. Observe and assist staff in supporting retreat leaders and guests. Assist with housekeeping, food service, and maintenance tasks to enhance guest comfort.
- Set up, clean, and prepare meeting facilities, helping ensure they meet guest requirements.
- Assist staff with retreat activities and guest engagement. Serve guests during meal times and support banquet hall operations as needed.
- Assist with distributing guest feedback surveys and sharing results with the supervisor. Report safety concerns to supervisors and follow camp protocols. Act as a positive role model, upholding Buckner policies and regulatory requirements.
- Work collaboratively with staff, attend training sessions, and participate in meetings.
- Perform office tasks and support housekeeping, maintenance, and banquet operations as required.
- Work nights and weekends as needed to meet business demands.
- Complete additional assignments or special projects as directed.
What You’ll Bring:
- High School Diploma (or G.E.D.) required.
- Requires a current certification or the willingness to obtain and maintain certifications in CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers and Responding to Emergencies: First Aid from a Nationally Recognized Certification Program.
- Thrives in dynamic environments with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Requires proficient ability to speak, read and write English.
- Requires ability to understand and carry out detailed oral and written instructions.
- Requires ability to speak clearly and make self understood effectively in face-to-face interactions; articulate with accuracy when speaking on the phone.
- Requires ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing and speak in front of large groups; excellent public speaking and presentation skills required.
- Requires ability to hear and receive verbal instructions, answer phones, communicate with people in situations with some background noise.
- Requires ability to establish and maintain effective and appropriate working relationships with staff, vendors, campers, families, church groups, representatives, etc.
- Requires ability to work under pressure and remain flexible as priorities change.
- Requires ability to work under minimal supervision while exercising excellent professional judgment.
- Requires ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Requires recognition that the organization is a faith-based organization operating with a commitment to Christian principles.
- Ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force continuously to move objects.
- Work deals mostly with objects, equipment and/or machines where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach. Depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are of some importance.
- Ability to stand, walk, stand and sit, sometimes for prolonged periods of time.
- Requires ability to crawl, kneel, climb, bend, turn, twist, stoop, reach, grasp, push, pull and carry or otherwise manipulate objects.
- Requires sufficient good health to properly discharge duties.
EEO
The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Buckner is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Buckner.
Buckner International: Camp Buckner
Location: Burnet, TX - Onsite
Address: 3835 FM2342, Burnet, TX 78611
Job Schedule: Summer 2026, May to August
Join a friendly team of passionate individuals at Camp Buckner this summer! Be part of the Guest Services team as a Summer Staff Hospitality Intern, where you'll help create a warm and welcoming experience for our guests. You'll have the opportunity to support the guest services team in delivering a welcoming experience for guests by assigning rooms, addressing requests, and supporting retreat activities.
Through this internship, you will gain exposure to assisting with housekeeping, food service, and facility setup, as well as serving meals and maintaining banquet operations. This role also involves responding to safety concerns, upholding camp policies, and working collaboratively with staff. This is a supervised, learning-focused internship designed to provide hands-on experience in hospitality, guest services, and camp operations.
What You’ll Do
- Assist staff in welcoming guests, supporting room assignments and responding to guest needs. Observe and assist staff in supporting retreat leaders and guests. Assist with housekeeping, food service, and maintenance tasks to enhance guest comfort.
- Set up, clean, and prepare meeting facilities, helping ensure they meet guest requirements.
- Assist staff with retreat activities and guest engagement. Serve guests during meal times and support banquet hall operations as needed.
- Assist with distributing guest feedback surveys and sharing results with the supervisor. Report safety concerns to supervisors and follow camp protocols. Act as a positive role model, upholding Buckner policies and regulatory requirements.
- Work collaboratively with staff, attend training sessions, and participate in meetings.
- Perform office tasks and support housekeeping, maintenance, and banquet operations as required.
- Work nights and weekends as needed to meet business demands.
- Complete additional assignments or special projects as directed.
What You’ll Bring:
- High School Diploma (or G.E.D.) required.
- Requires a current certification or the willingness to obtain and maintain certifications in CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers and Responding to Emergencies: First Aid from a Nationally Recognized Certification Program.
- Thrives in dynamic environments with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Requires proficient ability to speak, read and write English.
- Requires ability to understand and carry out detailed oral and written instructions.
- Requires ability to speak clearly and make self understood effectively in face-to-face interactions; articulate with accuracy when speaking on the phone.
- Requires ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing and speak in front of large groups; excellent public speaking and presentation skills required.
- Requires ability to hear and receive verbal instructions, answer phones, communicate with people in situations with some background noise.
- Requires ability to establish and maintain effective and appropriate working relationships with staff, vendors, campers, families, church groups, representatives, etc.
- Requires ability to work under pressure and remain flexible as priorities change.
- Requires ability to work under minimal supervision while exercising excellent professional judgment.
- Requires ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Requires recognition that the organization is a faith-based organization operating with a commitment to Christian principles.
- Ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force continuously to move objects.
- Work deals mostly with objects, equipment and/or machines where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach. Depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are of some importance.
- Ability to stand, walk, stand and sit, sometimes for prolonged periods of time.
- Requires ability to crawl, kneel, climb, bend, turn, twist, stoop, reach, grasp, push, pull and carry or otherwise manipulate objects.
- Requires sufficient good health to properly discharge duties.
EEO
The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Buckner is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Buckner.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship in Hospitalist
Verify your ECFMG eligibility before applying
J-1 Physician sponsorship flows through ECFMG, not your host hospital. Confirm your medical credentials meet ECFMG's exchange visitor requirements before approaching any U.S. health system, so credential gaps don't stall your timeline mid-process.
Target teaching hospitals with GME infrastructure
Hospitalist J-1 placements are almost always hosted by academic medical centers or community hospitals affiliated with residency programs. These institutions have graduate medical education offices already familiar with DS-2019 paperwork, training plan requirements, and ECFMG compliance.
Use Migrate Mate to find J-1-aligned hospitalist openings
Searching broadly for hospitalist roles wastes time on employers unfamiliar with J-1 Physician logistics. Migrate Mate filters for U.S. employers and roles that align with J-1 sponsorship, narrowing your search to positions where the groundwork already exists.
Draft your training plan before the offer stage
ECFMG requires a detailed training plan outlining your clinical objectives, supervision structure, and program duration. Having a working draft ready lets your host hospital's GME office finalize it quickly rather than building from scratch after you've accepted an offer.
Understand the two-year home residency requirement early
Most J-1 Physician exchanges trigger a two-year home-country residency requirement under INA 212(e). If you intend to transition to an H-1B visa or green card later, confirm with your host hospital whether a Conrad 30 waiver or other J-1 waiver route applies to your specialty and state.
Confirm the hospital's malpractice covers J-1 exchange visitors
Some host institutions carry malpractice policies that exclude or require separate riders for J-1 physicians. Clarify coverage scope during contract negotiation, before your DS-2019 is issued, so clinical start dates aren't delayed by an insurance gap.
Hospitalist J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category applies to hospitalist roles?
Hospitalists entering the U.S. for clinical training fall under the J-1 Physician category, which is distinct from Trainee or Research Scholar. ECFMG is the primary State Department-designated sponsor for this category. The program covers graduate medical education and clinical exchange, not research or observation. Eligibility requires a foreign medical degree and, in most cases, active ECFMG certification.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for a hospitalist, the hospital or ECFMG?
ECFMG sponsors the visa by issuing the DS-2019 form. The hospital is the host organization, not the sponsor. ECFMG reviews and approves the training plan, monitors program compliance, and holds responsibility with the State Department. Your host hospital facilitates the clinical placement but cannot issue a DS-2019 independently, regardless of its size or academic affiliation.
Does the two-year home residency requirement always apply to J-1 hospitalists?
It applies to most J-1 Physician exchange visitors, particularly those funded by a foreign government or whose specialty appears on the State Department's Skills List. If it applies to you, you must return to your home country for two years before obtaining an H-1B, green card, or most other immigrant or dual-intent visas, unless you receive a waiver such as the Conrad 30 program.
How do I find hospitalist positions where the host employer already understands J-1 logistics?
Employers unfamiliar with J-1 Physician requirements often stall or withdraw offers once they learn about ECFMG oversight and training plan obligations. Migrate Mate helps you identify U.S. employers and hospitalist roles that align with J-1 sponsorship, so you're targeting institutions already positioned to move through the process efficiently.
Can a hospitalist on J-1 moonlight or take locum tenens shifts at other hospitals?
No. Your J-1 Physician program is tied to a specific host organization and approved training plan. Working at a different facility, even temporarily, violates the terms of your exchange visitor status and could trigger termination of your SEVIS record. Any change to your host site requires prior approval from ECFMG and may require an amended DS-2019.