PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine - Wahpeton, ND
Listed compensation
Compensation Range: $1.00–$1000K
The week · per this postingWeekdays only
Ask the employer about time off.
Job Description
Building Location
Wahpeton Clinic
Department
3261800 FAMILY PRACTICE - WHP
Job Description
Education Qualifications:
Licensure/Certification Qualifications
- Family Medicine - Outpatient Only
- Wahpeton, ND
Practice Specifics
- Outpatient practice - no inpatient/hospitalist coverage required
- Highly engaged Primary Care team currently consisting of 2 MD’s and 5 advanced practice practitioners supporting Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics.
- Great mentorship available
- Terrific opportunity to work with local sports teams
- Leadership/Medical Director opportunity
- Optometry, Chiropractic, Behavioral Health, and General Surgery also on site
- Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Center within clinic
- Work schedule: 36 patient contact hours a week
- Clinic patients average 16-18/day
- Additional outreach opportunities available
Requirements
BC/BE in Family Medicine
Location
- Wahpeton, ND is located at the head of the Red River of the North
- Located 50 miles south of Fargo, ND
- Wahpeton/Breckenridge population 15,000
Compensation
$345,449. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.
How to Apply
Apply here with the "Apply Now" button
For Further Information, Contact
- Eric Bain, Senior 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
Provide outpatient family medicine services with an average of 16-18 patients per day. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and participate in leadership or medical director opportunities.
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 - Wahpeton, ND at Essentia Health a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,390 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
Essentia Health ranks #4 of 19 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, 134 active listings.
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 48% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
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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- No call
- No weekends
- No nights
- On-site
Living in Wahpeton
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $232k≈ 0.7× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $751/mo≈ 3% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- State income tax
- Up to 2.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.