Physician – Orthopedic Surgery - Sports Medicine

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.





Visas Accepted

N/A



Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery



Practice Details

Sanford Worthington Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic is seeking a BE/BC Orthopedic Surgeon. At the center of Sanford’s rural footprint in southwest Minnesota. Sanford Worthington is a resource of services to surrounding Critical Access Hospitals, working in conjunction with Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.
• Join a multi-specialist practice of nearly 30 Physicians and APP’s
• No Call position, allows for work-life balance
• Fellowship trained Orthopedic Sports Medicine surgeons are encouraged to apply
• This practice also boasts a strong therapy department and three athletic trainers providing service to athletes
• Hospitalist services available for adult patients that require inpatient care
• Sanford Worthington Medical Center has 3T MRI, CT, blood bank and four large OR suites

About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 55,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties.
Facility/System Details

• 48-bed medical center with ED, ICU, Women’s Center, surgery, lab and imaging services, therapy services, home health, dialysis
• Sanford Worthington Clinic services include family medicine, pediatrics, orthopedics and sports medicine, podiatry, OB/GYN, surgery, acute care
• Medical oncology, hematology and radiation oncology services offered at Sanford Worthington Cancer Center



Community Description

Worthington is a progressive, growing community located on the shores of beautiful Lake Okabena. Additional lakes provide extensive outdoor recreation opportunities for the town’s population of nearly 14,000 people. Worthington offers a wide variety of cultural, entertainment, and shopping opportunities.



Job Description

Orthopedic Surgery Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit, evaluate, diagnose, and provide pre-, intra-, and postoperative care and perform orthopedic surgical procedures for patients of all ages - except where specifically excluded from practice.



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 or Fellowship 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 24 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate at least 200 orthopedic surgery procedures in the last 24 months. OR If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s hospital-based clinical activity for the past 24 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate at least 200 orthopedic surgery procedures in the last 24 months. More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Successful completion of a hospital affiliated orthopedic surgical residency program or a clinical Fellowship of at least five years’ duration 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 programs accredited by organizations other than the above may be considered by the; Credentials Committee; Physician Executive or Medical Affairs Committee; and the Board of Directors or the Board of Governors. 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. For those applicants that are not board certified at the time of application, but who have completed their residency training within the last five years; must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their residency training unless appropriate governing Board (Refer to each entities policy for grandfather exceptions) waives such requirement. Privileging documents and related credentialing requirements will supersede this job description in defining minimum qualifications, criteria, and scope of practice, if variation between documents exists.



Compensation

Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan 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, allowed time away, malpractice insurance and tail coverage, and a relocation allowance.
Annual compensation floor range (based on 1.0 FTE): $631,148 - $816,780 plus estimated potential to exceed compensation floor from personally performed wRVUs.
Additional incentives may be offered. Actual compensation offers may vary and are determined based on multiple factors including education, training, certification, experience, scope of practice and actual job requirements.



Recruiter Information

Jessilyn Barker, Lead Physician Recruiter

Phone: +1 (605) 328-6986 or Email: [email protected]