Physician - Emergency Medicine

Sanford Health • Bismarck, ND

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Medical Center is seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Emergency Medicine physician to join a well-established team of 16 residency-trained Emergency physicians. The department is a 30-bed Level II Trauma Center with approximately 38,000 annual patient visits and 49 hours of physician coverage per day. Physicians work 13–15 shifts per month, with shifts lasting 8–9 hours. The practice has full subspecialty call and pediatric and adult hospitalist programs, and uses high-quality ultrasound and video laryngoscopy equipment.

Emergency Medicine core privileges include assessing, evaluating, and diagnosing patients of all ages; performing history and physical examinations; and providing initial treatment to patients presenting to the emergency department with any symptom, illness, injury, or condition.

Sanford Health is an integrated nonprofit health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The organization has 53,000 employees and serves more than 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest. It includes 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. Its virtual care initiative provides access to 78 specialties.

Sanford Health Western North Dakota serves an area spanning more than 83,000 square miles and three states, with locations including Bismarck, Dickinson, Mandan, Minot, Williston, and Watford City. The Bismarck medical center is the region’s home for health care and includes a Level II Trauma and Stroke Center. The western region has more than 250 physicians and 210 advanced practice providers.

Bismarck, North Dakota, is the state capital and has a community of more than 125,000. It is centrally located along the Missouri River and offers picturesque landscapes, farmland, and a diverse economy.

Sanford offers a nationally competitive compensation plan. Compensation includes a $425,000 floor for the first two years of the employment contract, with potential additional compensation from personally performed wRVUs. A $100,000 retention incentive is payable for remaining a 1.0 FTE for three years, subject to a contractual agreement. Based on the prior three years, established group members are estimated to have the ability to earn an average of $500,000 from personally performed wRVUs.

Requirements

• M.D. or D.O. degree.
• Successful completion of an Emergency Medicine residency accredited by the ACGME, AOA, or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; other residency accreditation may be considered through the credentialing waiver process.
• Board certification in the primary area of practice by the applicable ABMS, AOA, or Royal College specialty board, or eligibility under the stated provision for applicants who completed residency within the past five years and obtain certification within the specified period.
• Applicants who recently completed residency must provide a residency log, or other applicants must provide a qualifying hospital quality profile or documentation of hospital-based clinical activity from the past 12 months.
• For applicants not applying directly out of residency, demonstrate active emergency department practice in the past 12 months at a department with an annual census of at least 3,000 visits.
• Meet applicable privileging documents and credentialing requirements, which supersede this job description if requirements differ.

Responsibilities

• Assess, evaluate, and diagnose emergency department patients of all age groups.
• Perform patient history and physical examinations.
• Provide initial treatment to patients presenting with symptoms, illness, injury, or other conditions.
• Maintain active emergency department practice and provide documentation of clinical activity as required for credentialing.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• CME allowance
• Malpractice insurance and tail coverage
• Relocation allowance
• $100,000 retention incentive for remaining a 1.0 FTE for three years, subject to contractual terms

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree