PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine - Moorhead, MN
Listed compensation
Compensation Range: $1.00 - $1,000,000.00
Listing transparency5 of 6 stated
Ask the employer about the work setting.
- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
Building Location
Moorhead Clinic
Department
3311800 FAMILY PRACTICE - MHD
Job Description
Education Qualifications:
Licensure/Certification Qualifications
- Family Medicine
- Moorhead, MN
Practice Specifics
- Essentia Health is seeking a Family Medicine physician to join the team at our Moorhead, MN clinic
- Work week would consist of 4.5-5 days, between the hours of 8am-5pm, 36 patient contact hours
- Anticipated volume of office patients per day: 15-23
- 100% Clinic Practice
- Call Requirements –approximately 1:8 weeks, by phone
- Team orientated, progressive and collegial atmosphere
- Physicians desiring OB practice, inpatient service and/or office procedures welcomed
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 will provide comprehensive family medicine care at the Moorhead clinic with an anticipated patient volume of 15-23 patients per day. Responsibilities include maintaining a 100% clinic practice and participating in a phone-based call rotation approximately every eight weeks.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PHYSICIAN - Family Medicine - Moorhead, MN at Essentia Health a 6.5 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 weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
Essentia Health ranks #3 of 21 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 Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 60% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 16.9% 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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Listing-based score
Above average in Family Medicine
- No weekends
- No nights
- Includes call
Living in Moorhead
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $271k
- Typical market rent
- $1,164/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 90.9
- State income tax
- Up to 9.8%
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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