Physician - Family Medicine

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Company: Sanford Health

Location: Rock Rapids, IA 51246

Description:

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.

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Specialty
Family Medicine

Practice Details
Sanford Clinic Rock Rapids is seeking a BC/BE Family Medicine physician.
Opportunity encompasses the full spectrum of outpatient family medicine with no inpatient or ER responsibilities.
OB not required
Annual office visits 22,000
Specialty outreach include mammography, urology, orthopedic, ob/gyn, cardiology, podiatry, vascular and ENT services
On-site therapy services include: physical, occupational, speech, cardiac and respiratory
Service area encompasses a population of 11,000 in NW IA.

Community Description
Rock Rapids has a population of 2600 and Sanford Rock Rapids Medical Center serves the majority of Lyon County, IA. Lyon County is home to long term care facilities and several businesses, including a large engineering firm. Rock Rapids is close to the vacation destination of Okoboji, IA and is only 32 miles from Sioux Falls, SD.

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
Nationally competitive 2 year salary guarantee with a comprehensive physician benefit package including Paid CME, Paid Vacation, Malpractice, Disability, and a Relocation Allowance

Recruiter Information
Debra Salava, Physician Recruiter

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