Physician - Physical Medicine

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Company: Sanford Health

Location: Fargo, ND 58103

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.

Visas Accepted
N/A
Specialty
Physical Medicine

Practice Details
Sanford Health's Physical Medicine & Rehab Department is looking for BC/BE physiatrists to join their great group of four physiatrists and three advanced practice providers in Fargo, ND.
Sub-specialty interests are welcome
Full-time outpatient practice with hospital consults & inpatient management of acute rehab patients
Monday - Friday from 8am - 5pm + call
Subspecialists' service population is over 1 million
Strong collaboration with physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech, social workers, case management, RNs, and LPNs. Practice works closely with hospitalists, neurologist, urologists, etc.
Sanford Health South University Medical Center rehab unit is a 21 bed CARF accredited unit with average daily census 17.4. We serve adolescents and adults in both general rehab and brain injury.
Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center

Community Description
The Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo metro area is a diverse, family-oriented community of 250,000 people that offers high quality of life and low cost of living. Outstanding schools, a vibrant business community, a thriving downtown district, cultural activities, and a wide variety of sports and recreation are just a few of the many reasons people love to call the Fargo area home.

Job Description
Physical Medicine and Rehab Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit, evaluate, diagnose, and provide consultation and nonsurgical therapeutic treatment to inpatients and outpatients of all ages with physical impairments or disabilities involving neuromuscular, neurologic, cardiovascular, or musculoskeletal disorders. Examples of these disease process would include but are not limited to: cerebral palsy, stroke, MS, spina bifida with paraplegia or paraparesis, arthritis, Parkinson's disease, rehab care of amputations, collagen disease, tissue disorders such as burns and ulcers, hemiplegia from CVA or other causes, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord trauma.

Qualifications
M.D. or D.O. degree.

Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:
An applicant who has just completed a residency shall provide his/her residency or fellowship log.
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 past 12 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in at least 25 Physical Medicine and Rehab cases 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 clinical activity for the past 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in at least 25 Physical Medicine and Rehab cases in the last 12 months.

More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Physical Medicine and Rehab residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. The Credentials Committee; Physician Executive or Medical Affairs Committee; and the Board of Directors or the Board of Governors may consider training at residency programs accredited by organizations other than the above.

Certification by the appropriate specialty 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 entities policy for grandfather exceptions)

Compensation
Nationally competitive 2 year salary guarantee with a comprehensive physician benefit package including 401K, Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability (short-term and long-term), Paid Time Away, Paid CME days and dollars, Paid Malpractice and Tail coverage, Relocation Allowance, and much more.

Recruiter Information
Jenna Berlinger, Provider Sourcing Strategist

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 [redacted] or send an email to [redacted].

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