Physician - Family Medicine

Sanford Health•Moorhead, MN

2d•$282,584 - $365,697•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is seeking BC/BE Family Medicine physicians for clinic-based family medicine positions and core faculty positions for their new and expanding residency program in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota. This role offers the opportunity to teach UND medical students and Sanford Family Med residents. The academic practice location includes a new state-of-the-art medical center, and phone call is shared with members of the department.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Successful completion of a Family Medicine residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the 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.
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.
Demonstrate active involvement in the clinical aspects of Family Medicine by providing a case log that includes 25 vaginal deliveries, 50 adult medical patients, and 10 inpatient care of children under the age of 18 (excluding normal newborn), as applicable to privileges being requested, in the last 12 months.
For applicants not applying directly out of residency: provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the last 12 months, including numbers of procedures performed, morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications.
For applicants who have just completed residency: provide their residency procedure log and a list of completed rotations, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

Training at residency programs accredited by organizations other than ACGME, AOA, or Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada may be considered via the waiver of eligibility process as defined in the Credentialing Policy.
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. (Refer to each entity’s policy for grandfather exceptions)

Responsibilities

Perform history and physical examination.
Admit patients (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.
Provide pre-operative care of surgical patients.
Provide post-operative medical care of surgical patients.
Address return to work issues.
Teach UND medical students and Sanford Family Med residents.