Physician - Family Medicine

Sanford Health • Walker, MN

48d • Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health in Walker, MN has an opening for a Family Medicine physician. This role involves joining three advanced practice providers, practicing independently, with a Monday-Friday 8-5 schedule and no call. Responsibilities include covering walk-in clinics for half-days (split among four providers). The facility offers on-site lab and X-ray services, as well as on-site Behavioral Health – IHT. Outreach services from Bemidji include Cardiology, IM, Nephrology, OB, Ortho, Podiatry, and Psych – NP.

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.

Nice To Haves

• An applicant who has just completed residency shall provide their residency procedure log and a list of completed rotations, as applicable.
• An applicant who is not applying directly out of a residency shall 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.
• Applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the clinical aspects of Family Medicine by providing 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.
• Training at residency programs accredited by organizations other than the 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.

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.

Benefits

• Compensation floor of $350,000 for the first two years of the employment contract
• Potential to exceed compensation floor from personally performed wRVUs
• $100,000 retention incentive to be paid if you remain a 1.0 FTE for 3 years

What This Job Offers

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