Physician - Internal Medicine

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is seeking board-certified or board-eligible Internal Medicine physicians to join its growing clinic-based group in Fargo, North Dakota. With full-time hospitalists available at Sanford–Fargo, internists can focus on clinic practice. The group works in provider teams, each consisting of a physician, an advanced practice provider (APP), and a primary nurse. APPs regularly round on nursing-home patients, with physician visits once a month. Clinic-based internists may choose to provide six weeks of hospital coverage per year. Telephone call is rotated among department members and averages approximately one to two weeknights per month and one weekend every three months. Internal Medicine core privileges include performing history and physical examinations; admitting patients when applicable to the setting; and evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and providing consultative services to adolescent and adult patients with common and complex illnesses, diseases, and functional disorders affecting the circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, hematopoietic, gastroenteric, and genitourinary systems. Sanford Health is described as the largest rural health system in the United States. In Fargo, it has three medical center campuses in the Fargo–Moorhead area. Its one-million-square-foot medical center opened in 2017 and has 302 beds; the center is a Level I Adult Trauma Center supported by AirMed services covering a three-state area. The Fargo–Moorhead and West Fargo metro area has 216,000 residents and offers schools, business and cultural activities, recreation, and a relatively low cost of living. Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan and a physician benefits package. H1B visas are accepted.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Successful completion of an Internal Medicine residency accredited by the ACGME, AOA, or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; other residency programs may be considered through the credentialing waiver process.
Board certification in the primary area of practice by the applicable ABMS, AOA, or Royal College board, or eligibility to obtain certification under the stated requirements. Applicants who completed residency within the last five years may apply before certification but must achieve certification within five years of residency completion unless the governing board waives the requirement.
Demonstrate relevant clinical experience through a residency procedure log and completed rotations, a hospital quality profile showing clinical activity over the last 12 months, or documentation of clinic activity over the last 12 months.
Applicants using a hospital quality profile must demonstrate active involvement in inpatient services for at least 50 patients in the last 12 months.
Applicants without an available hospital quality profile must demonstrate active involvement in the care of 50 patients in clinical practice in the last 12 months.

Nice To Haves

Board eligibility or board certification in Internal Medicine.

Responsibilities

Perform history and physical examinations.
Admit patients when applicable to the practice setting.
Evaluate, diagnose, and treat adolescent and adult patients with common and complex illnesses, diseases, and functional disorders.
Provide consultative services to adolescent and adult patients.
Participate in the department's telephone call rotation, averaging approximately one to two weeknights per month and one weekend every three months.
Optionally provide six weeks of hospital coverage per year.
Work as part of a provider team that includes a physician, APP, and primary nurse.