Physician - Internal Medicine

Sanford Health•Grand Forks, ND

25d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. Visas Accepted N/A Specialty Internal Medicine Practice Details Sanford Health is currently seeking Board Certified or Board Eligible Internal Medicine physicians to help open the new Sanford Clinic in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Join a new practice in a state-of-the-art clinic, projected to open in the spring of 2021 in the heart of Grand Forks. This 2-story clinic includes an on stage, off stage design for optimum patient satisfaction and efficiency. Practice Detail: • Clinic hours are Mon-Fri, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • Hospital rounds Mon-Fri, 7:00 AM-8:00 AM • 32 exam rooms, 2 procedure rooms & 1 consult room • 1 x-ray room, 1 CT room & location for a mobile MRI and full lab on site • Inpatients are admitted to area hospitals including Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, & Sanford Medical Center Fargo Community Description Grand Forks is a vibrant community of 66,000, located in northeastern North Dakota. With a metro population of 150,000, Grand Forks offers something for everyone with year round outdoor adventures, collegiate sports, a up and coming arts & theatre scene and a historic downtown area with unique shops & restaurants. Grand Forks is home to the UND School of Medicine. Job Description Internal Medicine Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examinations, admit (if applicable to the setting), evaluate, diagnosis, treat and provide consultative services to adolescent and adult patients with common and complex illness, diseases and functional disorders of the circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, hematopoietic, gastroenteric, and genitourinary systems.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways and should be reflective of the privileges being requested: An applicant who has just completed residency shall provide their residency procedure log and a list of completed rotations, as applicable. OR 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, to include number of procedures performed-morbidity, mortality, infection rates and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of inpatient services to be at least 50 patients in the last 12 months. OR If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinic activity for the last 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the care of 50 patients in clinical practice in the last 12 months. More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.
Successful completion of an Internal Medicine residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. Training at residency programs accredited by organizations other than the above, may be considered via the waiver of eligibility process as defined in the Credentialing Policy.
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. 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 examinations
admit (if applicable to the setting)
evaluate, diagnosis, treat and provide consultative services to adolescent and adult patients with common and complex illness, diseases and functional disorders of the circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, hematopoietic, gastroenteric, and genitourinary systems