Physician - Family Medicine - Gerontology | Nursing Homes

Sanford Health•Bismarck, ND

34d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health in Bismarck, ND, is seeking a BC/BE Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Physician to join their team. The role involves providing primary care for patients in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The physician will work with a team of Physicians and APPs, covering 8 nursing homes and 6 assisted living facilities. The position is supported by hospital system integration for subspecialties and offers flexible scheduling for work-life balance. Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the United States, dedicated to transforming the healthcare experience and providing access to world-class healthcare in America's heartland. The organization serves a vast region across the upper Midwest.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
BC/BE Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Physician
Successful completion of a Family Medicine residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or he Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada.
Certification in the primary area of practice by the appropriate specialty/ subspecialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), as applicable.
Those applicants who are not board certified at the time of application but who have completed their residency training within the last five years shall be eligible, however must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their residency training unless the appropriate governing Board waives such requirement.

Nice To Haves

A minimum of one year of experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves as primary care provider for skilled nursing facilities
Work with a team of Physicians and APPs to cover nursing homes and assisted living facilities
Perform history and physical examination
Admit (if applicable to the setting), evaluate, diagnose, treat and provide consultation to patients of all ages with a wide variety of illness, diseases, injuries, mental health conditions and functional disorders of circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, hematopoietic, gastroenteric, integumentary, nervous, female reproductive, and genitourinary systems.
Includes pre-operative care of surgical patients and post-operative medical care of surgical patients and return to work issues.