Physician - Pediatrics - Endocrinology

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Company: Sanford Health

Location: Sioux Falls, SD 57106

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.

Specialty
Pediatrics - Endocrinology

Practice Details
Sanford Children's Hospital and Sanford USD School of Medicine are seeking a full time Pediatric Endocrinologist to join two physicians and one nurse practitioner in the section. Join an experienced team of social workers, dietitians, certified diabetes educators, behavioral health, and genetic counselors to support ongoing care of children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders. Sanford Health has made a major commitment to improving type 1 diabetes care with an established clinical research program spanning from general population screening to immune interventions. Opportunities to contribute to these efforts are integrated into clinical practice. More than 70 sub-specialists and hospitalists share in multidisciplinary patient care & education of pediatric residents Sanford Children's Hospital has 146 beds and is the only free-standing children's hospital in South Dakota.

Community Description
Sioux Falls is one of the fastest growing areas in the Midwest. As the largest city in the state, it balances an excellent quality of life and strong economy with a safe, clean living environment. The cost of living is competitive and South Dakota has no state income tax. Sioux Falls offers amenities of a community twice its size such as fine dining, shopping, arts, sports and nightlife.

Job Description
Pediatric Endocrinology Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit (if applicable to the setting), evaluate diagnose and provide treatment or consultative services to infants, children and adolescents and young adults presenting with illness and disorders of the endocrine systems, including by not limited to diabetes mellitus, growth failure, unusual size for age, early or late pubertal development, birth defects, defects of the genital region, and disorders of the thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands.

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 a fellowship shall provide his/her fellowship log.
OR
An applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship 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. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of inpatient services to at least 50 patients 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 clinic activity for the last 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the care of 50 patients in clinical practice in the last 12 months.

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

Successful completion of a Pediatric residency program, followed by completion of a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. Training at residency and fellowship 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) 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 fellowship training within the last five years shall be eligible, however must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their fellowship training unless the appropriate governing Board waives such requirement. (Refer to each entity's policy for grandfather exceptions)

Compensation
Nationally competitive salary, generous incentive, along with a comprehensive physician benefit package including a Relocation Allowance

Recruiter Information
Jessilyn Barker, Senior Physician Recruiter

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