Physician - Family Medicine

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. 

 Visas Accepted H1B or J1

 Specialty Family Medicine

 Practice Details Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake is seeking a BC/BE Family Medicine physician to join our primary care practice in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) approved site. - 100% outpatient practice with flexible scheduling that can support a 4-day work week - Work alongside a great group of providers with a nice mix of experience - Multiple specialties and sub-specialty support on site - Nurse line is 1st call and call is 1:8 (phone call only) - Excellent work-life balance (support for job sharing) Option A: Full Time Clinical Role Option B: Full Time Clinical (80%) and Community Project Engagement (20%) Protected Time Dedicated to a Community Health Project Through a grant from the Orion Initiative, a grant program within the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, [provider] is able to offer 20% protected time for three years for a physician to lead a community health project.

That means 20% of the physician’s time in this full-time position will be dedicated to a community health project, with the remaining 80% focused on clinical care. This is a unique opportunity for physicians who want to make an impact beyond the clinic walls while addressing a health need in the community. A community health project is a project that: • Serves the community where the rural hospital or clinic is located or a community within its service area • Seeks to improve health or address a specific health condition or broader determinant of health, such as healthy lifestyles, disease prevention and control or environmental factors that negatively impact health • Does not involve political campaign activity, lobbying or partisan advocacy We strongly encourage our physicians to be involved in medical education and research to continue building our strong foundation of patient care, research and education for years to come.

 Community Description With a population of just over 9,000, Rice Lake has many of the offerings of city life, nestled among some of the most beautiful features that nature has to offer.

The district consists of six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Rice Lake is a popular summer resort area as well as a playground for those who enjoy swimming, boating, water-skiing, and fishing. Held each winter just north of Rice Lake is the biggest cross-country skiing event in the nation, the Birkebeiner. Culturally, Rice Lake offers the Red Barn Players Summer Theatre and Art Center, as well as the Northern Star Theatre.

In the summer, many residents of Rice Lake enjoy the splash pad, Turtleback golf course, and the Moon Lake Park with soccer fields. Fun Fact: Each summer, enjoy all that the city’s 10-day Aquafest festival has to offer, such as national musical acts, carnival rides, food, and family activities.

 Job Description 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.

 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 r