Physician - Family Medicine

Sanford Health•Chippewa Falls, WI

15d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Family Medicine physician to join the Marshfield Clinic – Chippewa Falls Center in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The position is in a busy, 100% outpatient clinic with an experienced team and strong support staff. A nurse line is the first point of call, with physician phone call coverage approximately one week in eight. Job sharing support is available. The Family Medicine scope includes evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and consulting on patients of all ages with a wide variety of illnesses, diseases, injuries, mental health conditions, and functional disorders. Duties may include history and physical examinations, admissions where applicable, pre-operative care, post-operative medical care, and return-to-work issues. Physicians are encouraged to participate in medical education and research. The practice is located in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, a community of nearly 20,000 residents about 10 miles north of Eau Claire and just over an hour from the Twin Cities. The area offers community festivals and outdoor recreation, including hiking, biking, skiing, camping, and kayaking.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Successful completion of an ACGME-, AOA-, or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-accredited Family Medicine residency program, or eligibility through the stated waiver process.
Board certification in the primary area of practice by the appropriate ABMS or AOA specialty/subspecialty board, as applicable; eligible recent residency graduates may obtain certification within five years of residency completion unless waived by the board.
Provide residency procedure logs and completed rotations if applying directly after residency, or a hospital quality profile showing clinical activity for the last 12 months if not applying directly after residency.
Demonstrate active clinical involvement with a case log that includes, as applicable to requested privileges, 25 vaginal deliveries, 50 adult medical patients, and 10 inpatient care cases involving children under 18 (excluding normal newborns) in the last 12 months.
Be board-certified or board-eligible in Family Medicine.

Responsibilities

Perform history and physical examinations.
Admit patients when applicable to the setting.
Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to patients of all ages across a wide range of conditions.
Provide pre-operative care and post-operative medical care for surgical patients.
Address return-to-work issues.
Participate in medical education and research; physician involvement is encouraged.