Physician - Neonatology

sanford; Bismarck (ND); On-site; USD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanford Health in Bismarck, ND seeks a Board Certified/Board Eligible Neonatologist to join a large, established group. The role includes care of critically ill newborns in a Level III NICU, with access to sub-specialty referrals and an expanding transport program.

Applicants should have completed pediatric residency and a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship, and be eligible for hospital privileges. 230+ physicians and APPs support comprehensive, family-centered care.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree and board eligible/certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
• Successful completion of pediatric residency and NICU fellowship.
• Ability to obtain hospital privileges and work in a Level III NICU.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for critically ill neonates in a Level III NICU.
• Lead consults and coordinate with maternal-fetal and subspecialty teams.
• Perform admissions, evaluations, and treatment plans for newborns.
• Participate in transport programs and family-centered care.

Skills

Neonatal care

Board certification

Fellowship trained

Hospital privileges

Education

MD/DO degree

Pediatric Residency

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship

Tools

Ventilators (NAVA)

Level III NICU equipment

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

N/A

Specialty

Neonatology

Practice Details

Sanford Health is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Neonatologist to join a successful, well-established group of physicians.

• >22-Week GA Care
• Conventional and high frequency vents, NAVA
• Neurology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Surgery & GI sub specialties accessible for referral or consult from Fargo
• Pediatric cardiology on staff
• Expanding transport service to referral area
• Maternal Fetal Medicine physician on staff
• Level III NICU
• Single patient rooms allowing for family to room with patient
• 12,000 Sq Ft, 24 bed, 18 private rooms

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 Iowa, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. 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.

About Sanford Health Western North Dakota

With locations in Bismarck, Dickinson, Mandan, Minot and Watford City, the west region proudly serves an area that spans more than 83,000 square miles and stretches into three states. In Bismarck, the Sanford Medical Center is the region's home for health care - and has a Level II Trauma and Stroke Center.

- 230+ Physicians and 170+ APPs

Community Description

Life in Bismarck

As the capital city of North Dakota, Bismarck is truly one of a kind. The city offers picturesque landscapes and farmland, a fast-growing community of more than 130,000 and economic diversity. Centrally located in the state, Bismarck borders the east side of the Missouri River and has a neighborhood full of friendly people.

Job Description

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Core Privilege included in the ability to perform history and physical exams, admit (if applicable to setting), evaluate, diagnosis, and providing treatment or consultative service to newborns presenting with extremely complex and life-threatening problems such as severe prematurity, respiratory failure, shock, congenital abnormalities, hematologic, metabolic and neurologic derangements, and sepsis.

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 they have cared for 50 neonatal 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 clinical setting activity for the last 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate they have cared for 50 neonatal patients in the last 12 months.

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

Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Pediatric residency program and completion of a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine accredited by the 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 requi