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Sanford Health
Williston, North Dakota

Physician - Family Medicine

Family MedicineIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$350K

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

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
  • N/A
  • Specialty
  • Family Medicine
  • Practice Details
  • Sanford Health is seeking BC/BE Family Medicine Physician.
  • Join an established team to grow a family medicine practice within the community
  • High community need ensuring a steady, rewarding patient panel
  • Flexible scheduling, allowing for growth at your own pace
  • Opportunity to provide outpatient with OB optional
  • Join one of the Midwest's largest rural healthcare networks
  • Visiting specialties include: Sports Medicine and Pediatrics

About Sanford Health

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. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties.

About Sanford Health Western North Dakota

With locations in Bismarck, Dickinson, Mandan, Minot, Williston, and Watford City, the west region proudly serves an area that spans more than 83,000 square miles and stretches into three states. In Bismarck, the Sanford Medical Center is the region’s home for health care – and has a Level II Trauma and Stroke Center.

  • 230+ Physicians and 170+ APPs

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 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)

Compensation

Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan with an additional physician benefits package including 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 of $350,000 for the first two years of the employment contract, plus estimated potential to exceed compensation floor from personally performed wRVUs.
  • In addition, a $200,000 retention incentive to be paid if you remain a 1.0 FTE for 4 years (this will be subject to a contractual agreement specifying all details)

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis, treatment, and consultation for patients of all ages across various health systems. Responsibilities include managing outpatient care, performing physical examinations, and potentially providing obstetric services.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient careTreatment planningClinical examinationObstetricsMedical documentationHealth assessment

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

Sanford Health ranks #1 of 18 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 56% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 8,530 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $427k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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Benefits & Perks46 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Williston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$359k
Typical market rent
$1,259/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 2.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Sanford Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Sioux Falls, SD
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401K Plan
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Life Insurance
CME Allowance