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Walker, Minnesota

Physician - Family Medicine

Family Medicine 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$350k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
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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 in Walker, MN has an opening for a Family Medicine physician!

  • Join three advanced practice providers (practice independently)
  • Monday-Friday 8-5
  • No call
  • Cover walk-in – ½ days (split between 4 providers)
  • Lab and Xray on site
  • Behavioral Health – IHT on site
  • Outreach from Bemidji o Cardiology, IM, Nephrology, OB, Ortho, Podiatry, Psych – NP

Community Description

Surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty, Walker graces the shores of Leech Lake, the third-largest lake in MN. A four-season destination, with hundreds of miles of woodland trails and scenic byways. Walker is home to unique festivals year round, multiple restaurants and boat-accessible dining.

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

  • Compensation floor 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 $100,000 retention incentive to be paid if you remain a 1.0 FTE for 3 years (this will be subject to a contractual agreement specifying all details)

Recruiter Information

Celia Beck, Senior Physician Recruiter Phone: +1 (218) 333-5056 or Email: celia.beck@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.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages, including diagnosis, treatment, and consultation for various health conditions. Responsibilities also include performing physical examinations and managing both pre-operative and post-operative medical care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient examinationTreatment planningClinical consultationMedical documentationPreventive care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - Family Medicine at Sanford Health a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,395 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

Sanford Health ranks #4 of 18 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

In Minnesota, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$318k (66 salary observations; 219 listings), vs ~$262k nationally (1,222 salary observations; 6,170 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 64% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.1% 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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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks45 jobs · 35 employers

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

8.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 10% in Family Medicine

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Walker

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$449k
Median resident rent
$545/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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