Physician - Family Medicine

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

Family Medicine

Practice Details

Sanford Health has an opening for a Family Medicine Physician to provide medical care to patients of Thief River Falls, MN and the surrounding area.

POSITION TITLE: Family Medicine Physician
POSITION DUTIES: Provide medical services to patients of all ages for medical conditions on an outpatient and inpatient basis, including diagnosis, treatment, and help in preventing diseases and injuries that commonly occur in the general population.
EDUCATION: Medical degree or foreign equivalent in Medicine
TRAINING: Family Medicine residency. Number of months of training required is dependent upon the number of months necessary to complete medical training leading to completion of Family Medicine residency program.
LICENSE: Minnesota state medical license or ability to obtain. BC/BE

Community Description

Thief River Falls, Minnesota population is 8,600 and growing and is just an hour away from Grand Forks, ND, home of the UND School of Medicine.

Home to Arctic Cat and worldwide electronic distributor, Digi-Key Corporation.

Amenities including retail shops & technical college

Job Description

Family Medicine Core Privileges includes the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit (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. This includes the pre-operative care of surgical patients and post-operative medical care of surgical patients and return to work issues.

Qualifications

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, 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.

Successful completion of a Family Medicine residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or he 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), 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)

Compensation

Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan with an additional physician benefits package including a health, dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, CME allowance, allowed time away, malpractice insurance and tail coverage, and a relocation allowance.
RATE OF PAY: $64,376 per year (The employer will pay or exceed the prevailing wage, as determined by the U.S. Dept. of Labor.)

Recruiter Information

Tera Collins, Physician Recruiter

Phone: +1 (701) 4176368 Or tera.collins@sanfordhealth.org

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