Physician - Obstetrics/Gynecology - Watertown, SD

Visas Accepted

N/A

Specialty

OB/GYN

Practice Details

Sanford Watertown Clinic is seeking to add a Board Certified/Board Eligible OB/GYN to join our tight knit group.

• Call is 1:4
• Laborist model for deliveries
• 600-650 deliveries per year
• Dedicated surgery time on Thursdays
• Access to Reproductive Endocrinology w/IVF and Gyn Oncology physicians in the Sanford Health system
• Maternal Fetal Medicine support with outreach clinic once per month
• EPIC - electronic medical record system
• Multispecialty Clinic includes Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery, APP’s, Occ Med, and Physical Therapy
• 3 FT Sonographers, with extensive OB/MFM training – all OB U/S read by MFM’s
• No Robotic on-site

Community Description

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.
About Sanford Health in Watertown
The clinic is connected to the medical center, with a fully
staffed ER.
Life in Watertown
Watertown is a growing community located next to two
beautiful glacial lakes. The community has a population of
over 20,000 and a service area of over 60,000. Watertown
offers a wide variety of cultural, entertainment, and
shopping opportunities. Watertown is located at the
intersection of US Highway 212 & Interstate 29.

Job Description

Gynecologic Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit (if applicable to the setting), evaluate, diagnose, consult and provide pre-, intra- and postoperative care necessary to correct or treat female patients of all ages presenting with injuries and disorders of the female reproductive system and the genitourinary system and nonsurgical treatment disorders and injuries of the mammary glands.

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. OR 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 morbidity, mortality, infection rates and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate competence and adequate volumes of experience to include 50 deliveries (including 5 cesarean sections) and 25 gynecological surgical procedures (if applicable to privileges requested) in the last 12 months. More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Successful completion of an Obstetrics and Gynecology 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) 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 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)

Compensation

Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive
compensation plan with an additional
physician benefits package including health, dental
and vision insurance, 401K plan, short-term and longterm
disability, life insurance, CME allowance, allowed
time away, malpractice insurance and tail coverage,
and a relocation allowance.

Recruiter Information

Mary Jo Burkman, Lead Physician Recruiter

Phone: +1 (605) 328-6996 Or mary.jo.burkman@sanfordhealth.org