Physician - Part Time 1hr weekly
Listed compensation
$250-$325/hr
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about the work setting, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
- Job Location: Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center - Sioux Falls, SD
- Position Type: Part Time
- Education Level: Graduate Degree
- Salary Range: $250.00 - $325.00Hourly
- Travel Percentage: None
- Job Shift: Day
- Job Category: Physician
Summary
Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments. Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.
Must document dates and times of provided site coverage by logging hours into online payroll system. Provide 24/7 on-call phone services. Provide back up call for other facilities as needed. Personally, examine patients as needed.
The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen. Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost.
When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient.
You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement. Review patient medical records, as appropriate Sign off on orders, as appropriate.
Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense.
If a determination is made that off-site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer Endeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year.
Any and all other duties as assigned.
BENEFITS (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status): Referral program 401(k) Health insurance Vision insurance Dental insurance Professional Development Paid Time Off Disability Insurance Qualifications: Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state in which services are to be provided is required.
Current Board Certification required. Current DEA registration required. Current collaborative agreement, if required by state. Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery required. Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle required. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training required.
Key Responsibilities
The physician is responsible for performing individualized medical assessments and providing on-site care at the juvenile detention center. They must also provide 24/7 on-call phone services and manage medication prescriptions according to professional medical judgment.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, or PA) in the state of practice along with current Board Certification and DEA registration. Experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care is required, as is a valid driver's license and BLS certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Correctional Medicine — Physician Career Context
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
The cost-of-living index for South Dakota is 88.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$598k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $675k in an average-cost state. 58.2% of South Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 3.6 / 10 · above average in correctional medicine | ranked against 74 Correctional Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $520k–$676k | Physician median $364k (middle half $292k–$364k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$675k in purchasing power | South Dakota index 88.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All physician listings in South Dakota | 147 active | 22,405 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | South Dakota physician listings (all specialties): 9% state a sign-on bonus · 1% offer loan repayment147 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Correctional Medicine hiring demand | not ranked this month | postings stay open a median 36 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 21 postings, 33 closed |
| New Correctional Medicine listings | 57 in the last 30 days | 45 the 30 days before (+27%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend (all specialties) | −1.6% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
South Dakota has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$598k midpoint, that is roughly $24k–$42k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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