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PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine (0.6-1.0 FTE) - Horace, ND

Family Medicine 8.2 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

Compensation Range: $1.00 - $1,000,000.00

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 46m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Building Location

Essentia 52nd Ave Clinic

Department

3421800 FAMILY PRACTICE - 52ND AVE

Job Description

Education Qualifications:

Family Medicine (0.6-1.0 FTE)

Horace, North Dakota

Join a new, patient-centered primary care clinic opening in Horace, ND, in 2027. Located just minutes from Fargo, this is an opportunity to help build a practice from the ground up while benefiting from the support, resources, and specialty services of the established Fargo-Moorhead Essentia Health system.

We are seeking a BC/BE Internal Medicine physician to join an initial care team of 2 physicians and 2 advanced practice providers. This role is ideal for a physician who values collaboration, team-based care, and the opportunity to help shape a new clinic’s culture, workflows, and patient-care processes.

  • Practice Highlights
  • 0.6-1.0 FTE Opportunity
  • Outpatient-only practice
  • 1.0 FTE equals 36 patient-contact hours per week
  • Monday-Friday schedule, with flexibility within established clinic parameter
  • Average volume of approximately 14–20 patients per day
  • Collaborative physician and APP care model
  • Dedicated nursing and clinical support staff
  • Opportunity to help develop clinic workflows, patient-care processes, and team culture
  • Epic electronic medical record and DAX AI Scribe
  • Access to specialty, diagnostic, and hospital-based services throughout the Fargo-Moorhead Essentia System.

Qualifications

  • BC/BE Internal Medicine
  • Why Horace, ND?

Horace offers the advantages of a growing, family-friendly community while providing easy access to the amenities and resources of the Fargo-Moorhead area, a regional population of more than 250,000.

Residents enjoy convenient access to

  • Fargo’s hospitals and specialty-care resources
  • Restaurants, shopping, entertainment, arts, and cultural activities
  • Fargo’s regional airport and higher-education institutions
  • Parks, trails, youth activities, and recreational opportunities
  • New housing and continued community development
  • A family-friendly setting with easy access to a larger metropolitan area

Compensation

$329,000. 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: On this page

Or contact

  • Eric Bain, Senior Physician Recruiter
  • Cell: 218-393-9518
  • Email: Eric.Bain@EssentiaHealth.org

Licensure/Certification Qualifications

  • FTE:
  • 1

Possible Remote/Hybrid Option

  • Shift Rotation:
  • Day 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 will provide outpatient primary care services as part of a collaborative team in a new clinic setting. Responsibilities include managing patient care, developing clinical workflows, and utilizing electronic medical records to ensure high-quality health outcomes.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient-centered careDiagnostic services

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine (0.6-1.0 FTE) - Horace, ND at Essentia Health a 8.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,321 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

Essentia Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 132 active listings.

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 66% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% 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 & Perks39 jobs · 30 employers

401k / retirement match
95% this job
Sign-on bonus
69% this job
CME allowance
69%
Relocation assistance
67%
Loan repayment
38%

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Work-life snapshot

8.2/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 5% in Family Medicine

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Fargo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$295k
Typical market rent
$1,079/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.9
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.

BEA 2024 · Fargo, ND-MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
401(k) plan with employer contributions
Training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs
Flexible scheduling
Generous time off
Wellness resources