Physician Emergency Medicine Pediatrics

Visas Accepted

N/A

Specialty

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine

Practice Details

Sanford USD Medical Center Emergency Department is seeking a BE/BC Pediatric Emergency Medicine Trained Physician with either board certification in general pediatrics or adult emergency medicine to join our group.

Join the current group of 4 PEM fellowship trained physicians who work alongside 22 EM physicians and 6 APPs
Sanford currently has the only PEM program in the Dakotas
Level I Verified Adult & Level II Pediatric Trauma Center with 46000 encounters per year (adult pediatric)
Pediatric emergency department visits per year 6000
15 shifts per month
Current shift hours: 0800-1700 & 1600-0000
Opportunity to participate in both clinical practice and academic medicine
New Pediatric Emergency Department opening January 2026 10 dedicated rooms including a trauma bay adjacent to the main ED (main ED has 32 beds)
Emergency Medicine Residency program launching in July 2026
The inaugural EM residents will collaborate closely with Pedicatric residents from both SD and ND
Childrens Hospital is a 146-bed state-of-the-art tertiary care center with 80 sub-specialists; facilities include a 58-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a 12-bed Pediatric ICU
AirMed Program has 2-fixed-wing planes and 1-helicopter

About Sanford Health
Sanford Health the largest rural health system in the United States is dedicated to transforming the healthcare experience and providing access to world-class health care in Americas heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls South Dakota the organization has 55000employees and serves over 2million patients and nearly425000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including Iowa Minnesota North South Dakota Wyoming Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals 288 clinic locations147 senior care communities 4000physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1500 active clinical trials and studies. The organizational transformation virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties.

About Sanford Health in Sioux Falls
545 hospital beds
The only Level I Adult Trauma Center in the state of SD and the only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the state of SD
Free standing Sanford Childrens Hospital
Sanford Boekelheide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the regions only Level IV NICU
Large referral area
Research and teaching opportunities
Serving a city population of 277076
540 Physicians and 550 APPs

Community Description

Located in the heart of the Midwest Sioux Falls balances and excellent quality of life with a strong economy in safe clean environment in southeast South Dakota. With a competitive cost of living no state income tax and amenities of a community twice its size such as fine dining shopping arts sports and nightlife Sioux Falls is a welcoming and friendly place to call home.

Job Description

Emergency Medicine Core Privileges include the ability to assess evaluate diagnose perform history and physical examinations and provide initial treatment to patients of all age groups who present to the emergency department with any symptom illness injury or condition.

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 residency provides his/her residency 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 past 12 months including numbers of procedures performed morbidity mortality infection rates and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active practice in the emergency department in the past 12 months with a census equal to or exceeding 3000 patient visits a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges documentation of the applicants hospital-based clinical activity for the past 12 months is required and must show that applicant has practiced in an emergency department that had a census equal to or exceeding 3000 visits education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Successful completion of an Emergency Medicine 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 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 entitys policy for grandfather exceptions)

Compensation

Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive daily salary with a night differential 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 malpractice insurance and tail coverage and relocation allowance

Recruiter Information

Jessilyn Barker Lead Physician Recruiter

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