Sanford Health, one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the US, is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon to join their premier group practice. This role offers the opportunity to work within a state-of-the-art orthopedic facility, supported by an extensive team of APPs, and contribute to a growing healthcare system dedicated to health and healing.
Practice Info
- Join a premier group practice with 29 regionally recognized orthopedic physicians associated with Sanford Hospital & USD Medical Center.
- Extensive support from APP's (PA's/NP).
- The group is located in a state-of-the-art orthopedic facility which houses orthopedic and sports medicine, podiatric, neurology, neurosurgery, and physical medicine and rehab physicians.
- The Van Demark building also houses durable medical equipment, radiology, and therapy services.
- New Orthopedic Hospital to open January 2026, including 12 operating rooms, 19 in-patient rooms and 56 medical suites.
- Teaching and research opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Perform history and physical examination.
- Admit, evaluate, diagnose, and provide pre-, intra-, and postoperative care.
- Perform orthopedic surgical procedures for patients of all ages - except where specifically excluded from practice.
Compensation
- Nationally competitive salary.
- Relocation allowance.
Benefits
- 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.
Requirements
- MD or DO degree.
- Successful completion of a hospital affiliated orthopedic surgical residency program or a clinical Fellowship of at least five years' duration accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada in the residency.
- Certification by the appropriate specialty 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.
- For those applicants that are not board certified at the time of application, but who have completed their residency training within the last five years; must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their residency training unless appropriate governing Board waives such requirement.
- New fellows are encouraged to apply.
- An applicant who has just completed a residency or Fellowship shall provide his/her residency or Fellowship log.
- 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 past 24 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications.
- The applicant must be able to demonstrate at least 200 orthopedic surgery procedures in the last 24 months.
- If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant's hospital-based clinical activity for the past 24 months is required.