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Physician - Psychiatry

Sanford Health·Alexandria, Minnesota

Full Time·On Site·0-2 yrs·Posted 6 months ago
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About the role

Core privileges include performing history and physical examinations, admitting, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients over the age of 12 suffering from mental, behavioral, addictive, or emotional disorders. This involves managing conditions such as psychoses, depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse disorders within the established practice setting.

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.

Visas Accepted

N/A

Specialty

Psychiatry

Practice Details

Sanford Health is currently seeking a BC/BE Psychiatrist to join its established practice in Alexandria, MN. Boasting a primary care service area of 35,000+, Sanford Health Alexandria is proud to offer care by 48 providers in over 20 specialties.

Join a psychiatrist and two psychologists in a multispecialty group practice

Including Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Surgery, Pediatrics, ENT, Endocrinology, Oncology & Hematology, Psychology, Pulmonology, and Podiatry. Also, Profile by Sanford (weight loss program).

Sanford Outreach Services including Allergy & Immunology, Hand Surgery, Neuropsychology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Reproductive Endocrinology, Sleep Medicine, Urology, Vascular Surgery, and Weight Loss Surgery

State of the art technology; EPIC medical record

Community Description

  • About sanford health fargo region
  • 6 medical centers and 51 clinics
  • More than 660 beds
  • Employs 840 providers
  • Serving a population of more than 800,000
  • ALEXANDRIA COMMUNITY Alexandria balances an excellent quality of life, a strong economy, and a safe, clean living environment. This makes Alexandria a wonderful, safe place to live, work and raise a family!
  • Conveniently located on 4-lane interstate
  • 135 miles from Minneapolis
  • Beautiful lakes community

Job Description

Psychiatry Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit (if applicable to the setting ), evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients above the age of 12 who suffer from mental, behavioral, addictive, or emotional disorders (e.g., psychoses, depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse disorders, developmental disabilities, sexual dysfunctions, and adjustment disorders).

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 resident log.
  • 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.
  • The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of inpatient services to be at least 30 patients in the last 12 months.
  • OR If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinic activity for the last 12 months is required.
  • The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the care of 30 patients in clinical practice in the last 12 months.
  • More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Psychiatry residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. Training at residency and 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 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.

Recruiter Information

Martty Trout, Lead Physician Recruiter

Phone

+1 (701) 2346516 Or martty.trout@sanfordhealth.org

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.

Requirements

Applicants must possess an M.D. or D.O. degree and successfully complete an ACGME, AOA, or Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada accredited Psychiatry residency program. Certification by the appropriate specialty board is required, though recent graduates within five years may be eligible without immediate certification.

  • postgraduate degree
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Clinical Practice
  • Inpatient Services
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Psychiatry
  • BC/BE Certification
  • Emotional Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depression
  • Mental Disorders
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Addictive Disorders
  • History and Physical Examination
  • EPIC Medical Record
  • Psychoses

Benefits

  • Dental Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401K Plan
  • Short-term Disability
  • Long-term Disability
  • Malpractice Insurance
  • CME Allowance
  • Relocation Allowance
  • Tail Coverage

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Location
Alexandria, Minnesota
Posted
Jan 29, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Hiring organization

Sanford Health

Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the U.S. Our organization 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, we serve more than one...

Salary listed on 2,291 jobs
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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