General Surgery Opportunity Detroit Lakes, MN

Sanford Health is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible General Surgeon for a fast growing practice in Detroit Lakes, MN.

• Flexible schedule
• Clinic practice with surgery & endoscopy time each week at local hospital or in the ambulatory surgery center located in the clinic.
• Call is shared with current general surgeon- 2 days a week and 1 weekend per month.
• Potential outreach to other Sanford clinics.
• Multispecialty group practice including Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Surgery, Podiatry, Optometry, Dermatology, Behavioral Health, Audiology, and PT/OT services.
• Service region of 55,000.
• 15 Outreach specialties available.

Benefits

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): $414,669 - $536,631 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.

Sanford Clinic Detroit Lakes is a multi-specialty, group practice featuring: 5 family medicine physicians including 3 advanced practice providers, 2 internists including 2 advanced practice providers, 1 audiologist, 1 obstetric/gynecologist including 1 advanced practice provider, 1 general surgeon, 1 podiatrist, 2 optometrists, 1 dermatologist, 3 psychologists including 1 LICSW, 4 physical therapists, 1 PTA, and 1 occupational therapist.  The clinic hosts 22 outreach specialists each month to keep services close to home for patients. The service region of 55,000 extends 35 miles north to Mahnomen, MN, south toward Fergus Falls, MN, and east 35 miles to New York Mills, MN, Sanford Health has 3 additional primary care clinics and 13 providers to serve this area.  Sanford Clinic Detroit Lakes features on-site support services including a pharmacy, an optical shop, a same day surgery center, imaging, laboratory, and physical and occupational therapy services. 

St Mary's Hospital, affiliated with Essentia Health of Duluth is conveniently located just a few blocks away from the newly expanded and renovated Sanford Clinic Detroit Lakes.  This modern 86-bed, facility features a 100% private 36-bed med-surgery floor, an 8-bed ICU/CCU and 3 OR suites.  The emergency room is staffed 24-hours a day with hospital employed physicians.  Radiology services include MRI, a 4-slice CT, general radiology, PACs, nuclear medicine and ultrasound.  Supporting services include 5 CRNAs and physical and occupational therapy. 

Detroit Lakes, located in west-central Minnesota lake country, is surrounded by more than 400 lakes within a 25-mile radius of the city.  A community with a population of over 8,000, Detroit Lakes has much to offer including excellent public and parochial schools, a public library, the historic Holmes Theater, and plenty of year-round indooor and outdoor recreation including hunting and fishing.  Detroit Lakes or 'DL' as its' affectionately known is a regional summer and winter vacation destination, attracting large numbers of tourists and seasonal residents each year.  Here you can live where others come to vacation.

Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the United States, is dedicated to the integrated delivery of health care, genomic medicine, senior care and services, global clinics, research and affordable insurance. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization includes 46 hospitals, 1,400 physicians and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations in 26 states and 10 countries. Learn more about Sanford Health's transformative work to improve the human condition at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.

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

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

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