Sanford Health·Jackson, Minnesota
Physicians will provide broad scope family medicine, delivering care across the clinic, hospital, and emergency department settings, while also sharing monthly responsibility for nursing home care. Core privileges include performing comprehensive history and physical examinations, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation for patients of all ages across multiple body systems.
Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.
Jackson, MN, is a welcoming community that promotes a healthy, active lifestyle for all ages; that values its youth; that celebrates cultural diversity; that experiences and nurtures a learning environment; and that capitalizes on the Interstate to expand its manufacturing, agricultural services and emerging technologies.
Family Medicine Core Privileges includes the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit (if applicable to the setting), evaluate, diagnose, treat and provide consultation to patients of all ages with a wide variety of illness, diseases, injuries, mental health conditions and functional disorders of circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, hematopoietic, gastroenteric, integumentary, nervous, female reproductive, and genitourinary systems. This includes the pre-operative care of surgical patients and post-operative medical care of surgical patients and return to work issues.
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 performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. Applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the clinical aspects of Family Medicine by providing case log that includes 25 vaginal deliveries, 50 adult medical patients, and 10 inpatient care of children under the age of 18 (excluding normal newborn), as applicable to privileges being requested, in the last 12 months.
Successful completion of a Family Medicine residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or he 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), 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)
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): $265,175 - $343,168 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.
+1 (605) 328-6996 Or mary.jo.burkman@sanfordhealth.org
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Applicants must possess an M.D. or D.O. degree and have successfully completed an ACGME, AOA, or Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada accredited Family Medicine residency program. Applicants must demonstrate active clinical involvement, including specific case logs for deliveries, adult medical patients, and inpatient pediatric care within the last 12 months, or provide quality profiles if not recently graduated.
Market context
Family Medicine physicians are commonly sought across Minnesota in primary care clinics, community health settings, and rural practices, where access and continuity of care remain important. Competition for strong candidates often centers on board certification or eligibility, Minnesota licensure, and residency training from an accredited program, along with benefits such as health coverage and retirement support. Before applying, confirm your training, certification status, and Minnesota license readiness; this platform AI-summarizes requirements and benefits from the original posting so you can review the essentials faster.