Physician - Family Medicine

25200 Marshfield Clinic, Inc.; Park Falls (WI); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K plan

Job summary

Sanford Health is seeking a BC/BE Family Medicine physician to join our Park Falls rural health center in Wisconsin. The position offers traditional outpatient and inpatient care with a supportive team including nurses with wound care training.

Join a collegial group and enjoy a 4-day work week option with strong community health project engagement opportunities and NHSC-approved status.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible in Family Medicine.
• Experience in outpatient and inpatient settings preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide traditional outpatient and inpatient Family Medicine care.
• Collaborate with a small physician group and advanced practice clinicians.
• Coordinate with nurses and wound care staff for patient care.
• Participate in 1:3 hospital call rotation; outpatient nurse line is first call.
• Work on a campus with clinic, dental center, and a critical access hospital.

Skills

Family Medicine

Education

MD/DO degree

Job description

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 H1B or J1. Marshfield Medical Center - Park Falls is seeking a BC/BE Family Medicine physician to join our well-established rural health center in Park Falls, Wisconsin. National Health Service Corps (NHSC) approved site.

Practice Details

• Traditional practice providing both outpatient and inpatient care
• Join a collegial group of 2 other physicians and 4 APCs
• Work closely with all departments and a well-supported care team, including RNs who are wound care trained
• Multiple specialty providers frequently rotate onsite
• Call is a 1:3 rotation for the hospital; Nurse line is 1st call for outpatient (Phone call only)
• Clinic, dental center, and critical access hospital (10 beds) are located on the same campus
• Excellent work-life balance (support for job sharing)
• 4-day work week flexibility

Protected Time with Community Health Project

Option A: Full Time Clinical Role Option B: Full Time Clinical (80%) and Community Project Engagement (20%). Protected Time Dedicated to a Community Health Project. Through a grant from the Orion Initiative, a grant program within the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the provider is able to offer 20% protected time for three years for a physician to lead a community health project. That means 20% of the physician’s time in this full-time position will be dedicated to a community health project, with the remaining 80% focused on clinical care. This is a unique opportunity for physicians who want to make an impact beyond the clinic walls while addressing a health need in the community.

• Serves the community where the rural hospital or clinic is located or a community within its service area
• Seeks to improve health or address a specific health condition or broader determinant of health, such as healthy lifestyles, disease prevention and control or environmental factors that negatively impact health
• Does not involve political campaign activity, lobbying or partisan advocacy

We strongly encourage our physicians to be involved in medical education and research to continue building our strong foundation of patient care, research and education for years to come.

Community Description

Nestled along the Flambeau River, Park Falls is centrally located in rural northern Wisconsin and serves as the regional health care hub. The wooded and relaxed setting of the Park Falls area is an outdoor paradise and has attracted visitors from southern Wisconsin and Illinois for many years. You won’t have a hard time getting out in nature in Price County. There are year-round recreational activities like biking, fishing, ATVing in summer to skiing, snowmobiling and snowshoeing in winter. The quality of Wisconsin’s educational system is well known, and Park Falls is no exception. The residents also have supported a large ice arena project, as well as a renowned junior golf program, which includes a junior golf course and clubhouse. Fun Fact: Park Falls prides itself on its fine athletic programs, boasting recent state championships in both girls’ and boys’ basketball, cross-country, track, and hockey.

Family Medicine Core Privileges

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.
  • 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 the 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)

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 salary with an additional physician benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, CME allowance, allowed time away, malpractice insurance with tail coverage, and a relocation allowance.

• Health insurance
• Dental and vision insurance
• 401K plan
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• CME allowance
• Allowed time away
• Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
• Relocation allowance

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 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to [e-mail].

The Sanford organization owns and manages multiple distinct brands, including Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic, and Good Samaritan, as well as Lewis Drug, Sanford Health Equip, Solutions by Sanford, Great Shots, and Blue Rock Bar & Grill. 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 53,000 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. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News. Good Samaritan, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit providers of senior care and services, is committed to transforming the aging experience through innovation, compassion and personalized care. As part of Sanford Health, an integrated nonprofit health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Good Samaritan serves 10,000 seniors and offers access to a full continuum of care, including 94 rehabilitation and skilled nursing centers, 56 assisted living and memory care facilities, 44 independent living locations and 37 home health and hospice agencies. The senior care provider delivers services across the upper Midwest, with 70% of residents living in rural communities. Learn more about Good Samaritan’s mission and commitment to delivering high quality senior care in rural America at good-sam.com.