Sanford Health - ND, Oakes

PRACTICE SETTING

Sanford Clinic Oakes is currently comprised of one internal medicine and two family medicine physicians, all board certified, 3 physician assistants, 7 nurse practitioners, and other staff including RNs, LPNs, radiology and laboratory technicians, physical therapists, and office staff.  Radiology and lab services are available on site and the clinic is equipped with the convenience of an electronic patient records system.  Other services include diagnostic testing, ultrasound, DEXA-scan, stress testing, pulmonary function testing, EKG, and MRI.  While non-critical cases are admitted to Oakes Community Hospital, critical care cases are transported to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. ER call is handled by providers employed by Oakes Community Hospital;  Sanford physicians are responsible for inpatient hospital call.  Sanford Health specialists from Fargo provide outreach services to Sanford Clinic Oakes on a regular, monthly basis.

COMMUNITY

Oakes, North Dakota, located less than 20 miles from the border of North and South Dakota, is the hub of southeastern North Dakota.  It’s a great community to live in, raise a family and work.  Primarily agricultural, Oakes boasts a large industrial sector and a progressive main street.  Oakes is a farming/ranching community with production of corn and soybeans being the main crops. Oakes’ Main Street is full and the business sector is booming.  Oshkosh Defense, a US-based military contractor, is one of its largest employers.

If you’re looking for a community that is truly a ‘community’, Oakes is the place for you.  Oakes offers recreational activity for all ages including community festivals and night life.  Oakes, with a population of 2,000, is a safe community offering an excellent K-12 school system, a progressive preschool program, various youth groups and community churches.  In Oakes you will find a welcoming community with much to offer. 

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 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.

BENEFITS

When you join Sanford Health you will join a leader in the health care industry in the Upper Midwest.  Sanford Health offers: 

• Competitive compensation and full benefits package
• Paid malpractice insurance
• Research and academic opportunities
• Call Schedules allowing for meaningful family time
• Excellent referral base from Sanford's primary care clinics
• No partnership buy-in costs
• State-of-the-art technology

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information regarding this excellent practice opportunity contact:

Sanford Health Physician Recruitment (Fargo Region)

PO Box 2010
Route 2217
Fargo, ND 58122-2217

Phone: (701) 234-6547
Fax: (701) 234-6575
PhysicianRecruitmentFGO@sanfordhealth.org