Physician - Gastroenterology

Sanford Health • Sioux Falls, SD

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This position involves providing medical care to patients of Sioux Falls, SD and the surrounding area. The role requires a Gastroenterologist to perform core privileges including history and physical examinations, admitting patients (if applicable), providing consultative services, and evaluating, diagnosing, and providing nonsurgical care to adolescent and adult patients with illnesses, injuries, and disorders of the digestive system and related organs.

Requirements

• M.D. or D.O. degree.
• Completion of a medical fellowship program in Gastroenterology.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure in South Dakota.
• BC/BE.
• Successful completion of an Internal Medicine residency program.
• Completion of a fellowship in Gastroenterology accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada in the residency.
• 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) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as applicable.
• Applicants who are not board certified at the time of application but who have completed their fellowship training within the last five years shall be eligible, however must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their fellowship training unless the appropriate governing Board waives such requirement.
• Demonstrate active involvement in 50 gastroenterology cases in the last 12 months.
• Training at residency and fellowship programs accredited by organizations other than the ACGME, AOA, or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada may be considered via the waiver of eligibility process as defined in the Credentialing Policy.

Nice To Haves

• An applicant who has just completed a fellowship shall provide his/her fellowship log.
• An applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship 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.
• If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinical activity for the last 12 months is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform history and physical examinations.
• Admit patients (if applicable to the setting).
• Provide consultative services.
• Evaluate, diagnose, and provide nonsurgical care to adolescent and adult patients presenting with illnesses, injuries, and disorders of the stomach, intestines, and related structures, such as the esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, including biopsies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior