Family Practitioner Opening in SD - Ranked #1 as the best state for physicians to live and work in!

Avera Medical Group Gettysburg is seeking a board certified or board eligible family medicine physician:

• Guaranteed salary and loan repayment
• Join 3 Advance Practice Providers
• Call is combined with the APP’s
• No OB
• Physician will be employed by Avera McKennan
• Position includes competitive base salary, production incentives and a generous benefit package
• For a physician candidate interested in evidence based medicine and collaborating with APP’s in a rural setting
• Call will be 1-4 weekday and weekend call
• Become part of a primary care network of physicians who care about their patients
• 60 miles from Pierre, SD where Avera St. Mary’s and Avera Medical Group Pierre is located.
• Access to the Avera health network of technology, facilities and specialists
• Avera eCARE: Model for extending access to specialist via technology:  eICU, eEmergency, eSenior Care, eConsult, eAccess, ePharmacy, eBehavioral Health and eTransfer/eHospitalist

• 7 bed Critical Access Hospital
• New, 21,800-square-foot medical center incorporates innovative design and technology that allows for flexibility in care delivery – a necessity for rural health care.
• Facility services include emergency department with telemedicine capabilities, surgical suite, imaging, PT, lab, short stay observation, respite care program and swing bed.
• Avel eCARE services include eER, eICU and eConsult.
• Connected to a long term facility, Avera Oahe Manor, independent senior living apartments, Avera Oaha Villa, and a dementia care unit, Avera Oahe Haven.

• Population of >1300 people
• City known as “Where the Battle Wasn’t” being a sister city to Gettysburg.
• A sports paradise for hunting and fishing.
• World class hunting for pheasant and big game hunting during select seasons. Area lodges offer guided group hunts with hunts on preservation land.
• 10 miles away from the Missouri River, where fishing for walleye, bass, northern pike, trout and salmon is abundant.
• Additional recreation nearby is an 18-hole golf course and Club house.
• Gettysburg is the County Seat with city offices and a police department.
• Home to Gettysburg War Memorial and the Dakota Sunset Museum.
• Gettysburg School District, K-12 education and extracurricular activities such as band, chorus, oral interp, NHS, drama and Student Council. Sports activities include football, basketball, wrestling, golf, volleyball, cross country and track.  gettysburg.k12.sd.us
• Checkout our City of Gettysburg’s FaceBook page or cityofgettysburgsd.com
• South Dakota has no corporate income tax, no state income tax and no business inventory tax, which is attractive for new businesses and expansions of existing businesses.