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UnityPoint Health
Dakota Dunes, South Dakota

Family Medicine - Physician - Dakota Dunes

Family Medicine 9.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Family Medicine Physician to join our team in Dakota Dunes, SD.

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world.

Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care.

The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions.

The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

Overview

  • Growing Practice
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Clinic is staffed by an experienced Mid-level Provider
  • Competitive compensation and benefits package – Including sign-on bonus, relocation, 401k with employee match, etc.
  • Experienced staff, both clinical and non-clinical who know the patients extremely well
  • Onsite services (x-ray, lab, etc.)
  • 36 patient contact hours with flexible scheduling to ensure sufficient patient access.
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on Epic EMR to improve care coordination
  • Additional details by request from group

Responsibilities

  • Patients/day: 16+
  • Call schedule requirement is primarily telephonic and is pooled with other clinics on a 1:10 rotation
  • 1:1 Provider to Nurse ratio
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
  • Provide the best outcome for every patient every time

Qualifications

  • MD or DO
  • Board Certified
  • Hold an unrestricted license to practice medicine in South Dakota
  • Eligible to work in the United States
  • Ability to work as a team member

We Offer

  • Initial 2-year salary guarantee with ability to exceed on an innovative compensation program
  • Competitive compensation package

Attractive Incentive Package

  • A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
  • Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
  • Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Sioux City has grown to be one of Iowa’s largest cities – and its meteoric rise isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Sioux City is now one of northwest Iowa’s hubs for food production, healthcare, education, tourism and retail.

Residents enjoy some of the most affordable housing in the nation, and there’s always something going on – whether it’s Saturday in the Park, one of the largest music festivals in the region, or any number of indoor and outdoor attractions such as Cone Park, the award-winning Art Center or the Sioux City Symphony.

Whatever your tastes and whatever your career path, there’s something for everyone in Sioux City.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Analytical skillsTeamworkClinical documentationChronic condition management

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for South Dakota is 88.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.2% of South Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 54% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine - Physician - Dakota Dunes at UnityPoint Health a 9.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as exceptional. This places the position in the top 5% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,560 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Location & Logistics

South Dakota has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 34 employers

14
<$330k
14
$330k-360k
12
$360k-390k
8
$390k-420k
2
$420k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
81% this job
Sign-on bonus
65% this job
CME allowance
53% this job
Relocation assistance
42% this job
Loan repayment
23% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Primary Care Physician

AvaMed Workforce · Chowchilla, California

$220/hr
#2

Primary Care Physician w/ Managed Care exp (Open comp.)

MASC Medical · Brooksville, Florida

$420k
#3

Physician, Family Medicine – Telemedicine Opportunity – DrHouse

$100-$200/hr
#4

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$100-$200/hr
+ 48 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 9.0
Among the best 10% of Family Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,560 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Dakota Dunes

Median resident rent
$1,225/mo
Residents’ average commute
12 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus
Relocation assistance
401k with employee match
Generous time off
CME allowance
Malpractice insurance
Retirement contributions
Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligible