J-1 Visa Hospitalist Physician Jobs
Hospitalist Physician roles in the U.S. are available to international medical graduates through the J-1 visa Physician program category, administered by ECFMG as the designated sponsor. ECFMG issues the DS-2019 and oversees compliance while your host hospital serves as the clinical training site. Securing a position requires coordinating sponsorship between ECFMG, your host institution, and state medical licensing boards.
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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 as a Hospitalist Physician
Verify your ECFMG certification before applying
ECFMG certification is a prerequisite for J-1 Physician sponsorship. Confirm your USMLE steps and medical school credentials are verified through ECFMG before contacting any host hospital, as incomplete certification stalls the DS-2019 issuance process.
Target hospitals with GME infrastructure already in place
Host institutions must have an existing affiliation agreement with ECFMG to sponsor J-1 physicians. Academic medical centers and large health systems with active residency or fellowship programs are far more likely to have this infrastructure than community hospitals or private practices.
Search for J-1 compatible hospitalist roles on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers actively hosting international physicians in hospitalist roles. Filtering by J-1 compatibility narrows results to institutions with prior exchange visitor experience, saving you from outreach to unprepared host employers.
Clarify the 2-year home residency requirement upfront
Most J-1 Physician participants are subject to the two-year home residency requirement under INA Section 212(e). Disclose your home country funding or government support status honestly during interviews, as this affects your post-training visa options and any future H-1B visa or green card timeline.
Confirm state medical licensure requirements before your start date
ECFMG can issue your DS-2019, but your host state controls licensing. Some states grant a limited permit for J-1 physicians in training programs while others require full licensure. Contact the state medical board directly once your host institution is confirmed.
Negotiate a written training plan before ECFMG submission
ECFMG requires a signed training plan outlining your clinical objectives, supervision structure, and program duration before issuing the DS-2019. Get your host hospital to draft and approve this document early; delays here push back your program start date.
Hospitalist Physician J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category applies to hospitalist physician roles?
Hospitalist physicians use the J-1 Physician category, which is specific to international medical graduates pursuing graduate medical education or training in accredited U.S. programs. ECFMG is the sole designated sponsor for this category. It is distinct from the Trainee or Research Scholar categories, which apply to non-physician professionals in structured workplace training or academic research settings.
Is the hospital that hires me also my J-1 visa sponsor?
No. In the J-1 Physician program, the designated sponsor is ECFMG, not your host hospital. ECFMG issues your DS-2019, maintains your exchange visitor record, and monitors program compliance. The hospital is your host institution and clinical training site. These are legally distinct roles, and conflating them can cause problems during visa processing or status maintenance.
How do I find hospitalist positions at institutions that already work with ECFMG?
Migrate Mate lets you search for U.S. hospitalist roles at employers with prior J-1 exchange visitor experience, which signals existing ECFMG affiliation agreements. Starting your search there helps you focus outreach on institutions already set up to host J-1 physicians rather than spending time educating employers unfamiliar with the program requirements.
Does the two-year home residency requirement affect my hospitalist career path in the U.S.?
It can, significantly. Most J-1 Physician participants are subject to the two-year home residency requirement, which means you must return to your home country for two years before applying for an H-1B, L-1 visa, or permanent residence unless you obtain a waiver. Conrad 30 waivers, available through state health departments for physicians committing to underserved areas, are the most common path to waiver eligibility for hospitalists.
Can a hospitalist physician on J-1 status work at multiple hospital sites?
Only if all sites are covered under your approved training plan and ECFMG has been notified. The J-1 Physician category restricts you to the activities and locations specified in your DS-2019 and associated program documents. Working at an unapproved site, even temporarily, constitutes a status violation. Any site changes require ECFMG approval before you begin work there.