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Visas Accepted

N/A

Specialty

Family Medicine

Practice Details

Seeking a BC/BE Family Medicine physician to provide a full-range of care – joining a multi-specialty group. Join a practice with a large service area in Central South Dakota.

• Service Area: Radius of 30 miles, over three counties with 10,000 service population. We are dedicated to providing the best healthcare services to the people in the Tri-County area of Brule, Buffalo, and Lyman Counties through a holistic, integrated care continuum
• Specialty Consultants: Cardiology, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Urology, Neurology, Oncology and General Surgery. We have expanded our outreach services by providing comprehensive tele-health specialty offerings, training programs and education resources to provide a wide-range of high quality, accessible healthcare services
• Tertiary Care: Backed by Sanford Health, a 512-bed tertiary level, regional health care center in Sioux Falls

Community Description

Chamberlain, population 2500, is located in central South Dakota just off Interstate 90. Nestled on the banks of the Missouri River, Chamberlain offers excellent fishing, camping, big game, bird hunting and many other interesting opportunities. A new resort offers full range marina and convention facilities.

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 hourly salary with a night differential, 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, paid time away, malpractice insurance and tail coverage, and a relocation allowance

Recruiter Information

Mary Jo Burkman, Lead Physician Recruiter

Phone: +1 (605) 328-6996 Or mary.jo.burkman@sanfordhealth.org

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.