PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine - Fargo, ND
Listed compensation
Compensation Range: $1.00 - $1,000,000.00
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Building Location
West Acres Clinic
Department
3331800 FAMILY PRACTICE - WA
Job Description
Education Qualifications:
Licensure/Certification Qualifications
- Family Medicine – no OB
- Fargo, ND
Practice Specifics
The culture of Family Medicine at Essentia Health is one of trust, respect, and teamwork with a collaborative goal to provide patient and family centered care. The Essentia Primary Care Physician is the leader of a Care Team working collaboratively with all team members; MD’s, NP’s, PA’s, RN’s, LPN’s, and ancillary staff to make a difference for every patient, every time. Utilizing Essentia Care Processes, the physician works to improve overall health of the patients by providing acute, chronic, and preventive healthcare to our communities.
Essentia Health Family Medicine has six facilities in the Fargo and Moorhead area with multiple opportunities for developing a practice.
- Full time is 32-36 patient contact hours a week, seeing average of 16-20 patients per day.
- Rotating after-hours call schedule.
- Physicians desiring OB practice, and/or office procedures welcomed.
- Access to numerous Medical/Surgical specialties locally within Essentia Health network.
Requirements
BC/BE in Family Medicine
Location
- Centrally located on the border of North Dakota & Minnesota
- 3.5 hours northwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul
- Fargo-Moorhead population: 250,000
- Regional Service area consists of 30 clinics & 5 hospitals
Compensation
$329,000. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.
For further information, contact
- Eric Bain, Physician Recruiter
- Email: Eric.Bain@EssentiaHealth.org
- Cell: 218-393-9518
FTE
1
Possible Remote/Hybrid Option
- Shift Rotation:
- Day/Eve/Night Rotation (United States of America)
Shift Start Time
Shift End Time:
Weekends
- Holidays:
- No
Call Obligation
No
Union
Union Posting Deadline:
Compensation Range
$1.00 - $1,000,000.00
Employee Benefits at Essentia Health: At Essentia Health, we’re committed to supporting your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with supplemental options to fit your needs. We offer a 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you plan for the future, and we invest in your professional development through training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs. To help you thrive both at work and at home, we provide flexible scheduling, generous time off, and wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Please note that benefit eligibility may vary. For full details, refer to your benefit summary or contact our HR Service Center at (218) 576-0000.
Key Responsibilities
The physician serves as the leader of a multidisciplinary care team to provide acute, chronic, and preventive healthcare services. They are responsible for managing patient health through collaborative care processes and maintaining a consistent patient load.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine - Fargo, ND at Essentia Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,254 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
Essentia Health ranks #2 of 18 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 182 active listings.
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 56% have no call, 66% 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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