Physician - Transplant Nephrology
Apply NowCompany: 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
H1B
Specialty
Nephrology
Practice Details
Sanford Health is seeking a Board Eligible/ Board Certified Transplant Nephrologist to join its growing team at the Sanford Health Clinic located in Fargo, North Dakota.
Transplant fellowship training or experience required.
Fargo nephrology staff includes 5 general nephrologists,1 transplant nephrologist and 3 Advanced Practice Providers.
Transplant team includes 2 fellowship trained transplant surgeons who do 40-50 kidney transplants each year and are supported by Pre- and Post-Transplant Coordinators, Social Workers, Pharmacist and a Quality Coordinator.
Program includes well-trained nursing and support staff.
HLA lab located in the clinic.
Practice consists of clinic, hospital service and dialysis.
Call is shared equally among all physicians.
Position includes outreach.
Research and teaching opportunities available
Sanford Health offers a guaranteed salary for the first two years, comprehensive benefits, paid malpractice insurance, relocation allowance, and much more.
Community Description
ABOUT SANFORD HEALTH IN FARGO
Three Sanford Health Medical Center campuses in Fargo/Moorhead area
State-of-the-art one-million-square-foot medical center opened in 2017, with 302 beds
Level I Adult Trauma Center supported by AirMed services covering a three-state area
FARGO COMMUNITY The Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo metro area is a diverse, family-oriented community of 216,000 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
Nephrology Definition Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit (if applicable to setting), evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to adolescent and adult patients presenting with illnesses and disorders of the kidney, high blood pressure, fluid and mineral balance, and dialysis of body wastes when the kidneys do not function.
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 provides his/her fellowship log.
OR
An applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship shall provide a quality profile from the 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 50 nephrology 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 setting activity for the last 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the care of 50 nephrology cases in clinical practice in the last 12 months.
More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.
Successful completion Internal Medicine residency program, and completion of a fellowship in Nephrology accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada in the residency. 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
Sanford Health offers a guaranteed salary for the first two years, comprehensive benefits, paid malpractice insurance, relocation allowance, and much more.
Recruiter Information
Laura Viozzi, Physician Recruiter
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].
Visas Accepted
H1B
Specialty
Nephrology
Practice Details
Sanford Health is seeking a Board Eligible/ Board Certified Transplant Nephrologist to join its growing team at the Sanford Health Clinic located in Fargo, North Dakota.
Transplant fellowship training or experience required.
Fargo nephrology staff includes 5 general nephrologists,1 transplant nephrologist and 3 Advanced Practice Providers.
Transplant team includes 2 fellowship trained transplant surgeons who do 40-50 kidney transplants each year and are supported by Pre- and Post-Transplant Coordinators, Social Workers, Pharmacist and a Quality Coordinator.
Program includes well-trained nursing and support staff.
HLA lab located in the clinic.
Practice consists of clinic, hospital service and dialysis.
Call is shared equally among all physicians.
Position includes outreach.
Research and teaching opportunities available
Sanford Health offers a guaranteed salary for the first two years, comprehensive benefits, paid malpractice insurance, relocation allowance, and much more.
Community Description
ABOUT SANFORD HEALTH IN FARGO
Three Sanford Health Medical Center campuses in Fargo/Moorhead area
State-of-the-art one-million-square-foot medical center opened in 2017, with 302 beds
Level I Adult Trauma Center supported by AirMed services covering a three-state area
FARGO COMMUNITY The Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo metro area is a diverse, family-oriented community of 216,000 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
Nephrology Definition Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit (if applicable to setting), evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to adolescent and adult patients presenting with illnesses and disorders of the kidney, high blood pressure, fluid and mineral balance, and dialysis of body wastes when the kidneys do not function.
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 provides his/her fellowship log.
OR
An applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship shall provide a quality profile from the 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 50 nephrology 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 setting activity for the last 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the care of 50 nephrology cases in clinical practice in the last 12 months.
More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.
Successful completion Internal Medicine residency program, and completion of a fellowship in Nephrology accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada in the residency. 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
Sanford Health offers a guaranteed salary for the first two years, comprehensive benefits, paid malpractice insurance, relocation allowance, and much more.
Recruiter Information
Laura Viozzi, Physician Recruiter
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].