Pulmonary Disease Job at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, MN

LAKE REGION MEDICAL GROUP, P.A.

PULMONOLOGIST & RESPIRATORY REHAB DIRECTORSHIP:

• Our independent, multi-specialty medical practice is seeking a full-time clinic based Pulmonologist to join an established pulmonology department as a sole specialist
• Sleep medicine fellowship highly recommended/preferred
• Function as the organizations Respiratory Rehabilitation director
• Provide occasional support as a hospital consultant
• Opportunity to grow the practice with outreach opportunities within the enterprise to support a service area patient population of 102,000 
• Practice in a $30 million dollar state-of-the-art medical clinic  

Qualified candidates must be Board-certified or Board-eligible in Pulmonary medicine. Candidates should also have excellent communication skills and the ability and desire to interact with medical center physicians, hospital administration, outpatient office physicians and staff, and respiratory therapy staff.

Patient conditions and procedures:

Full spectrum of patient conditions including: asthma management, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, COPD, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, pulmonary hypertension, and sleep disorders

Required procedures: Bronchoscopy, Spirometry, Pulmonary Stress Tests, Sleep Studies (preferred but not required), & Pulmonary Function Tests

EMR System: 

•   EPIC

Compensation:

• Salary is guaranteed for 2 years of employment after a new provider joins
• Ability to earn above guaranteed salary if provider exceeds production hours worked

Benefits:

• Annual CME reimbursement & paid professional dues and memberships
• Relocation reimbursement
• Sign on bonus with assistance in residency
• 10% annual employer contributions into 401K plan; fully vested to the employee at the time the employee is eligible to participate in the plan
• Cash balance plan & profit sharing plan
• Health, dental, vision, long term and short term disability insurance; malpractice coverage with tail
• 6 weeks paid time off while on salary guarantee

About our Community:

Fergus Falls is an area known for excellent private and public school systems community college, local wineries & breweries, low cost of living, nearby zoo’s, big box retail (Home Depot, Applebee’s, Caribou Coffee, Shopko, Walmart, and more), movie theater, bowling alley, event center, nearby resorts & casino’s, health spas, YMCA, fishing, cross country skiing, kayaking, hiking, fishing, & biking.

• 8-golf courses within a 30-mile radius of city
• Number 1 county in the United States with most lakes, with 1,100 lakes in Ottertail County
• Central lakes biking/walking trail begins in Fergus Falls and is a 55 mile, paved trail that goes to central MN
• North Country Scenic Trail runs through the town (beginning in Vermont & runs through central ND)
• Within city limits, there are 5 lakes & 17 park & recreational areas
• Easy access to Fargo, ND (1 hour drive); and Minneapolis/St. Paul (2 ½ hour drive)
• Children’s museum & indoor playground
• Enjoy a safe, low crime community of 14,000 residents

About the Lake Region Healthcare Enterprise:

We are a non-profit, mid-sized, rural, community governed 501(c)3 charitable healthcare organization that serves a geographical area that includes west central Minnesota and easterly North Dakota.

• 2 Hospitals
• 10 Clinic Locations
• 1 Cancer Care and Research Center
• 1 Senior Living Community
• 1,100 Employees
• 120 Physicians/Advanced Practice Providers
• Annual Operating Revenue - $160M
• Community Owned/Community Governed

Why practice with Lake Region Medical Group & Lake Region Healthcare?

• Minnesota has been consistently rated one of the best states in the country to practice medicine.
• Lake Region Healthcare has been a top 100 rural & community healthcare system for many consecutive years & has been listed on Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospital several years in a row. 
• In-house specialty support: Allergy/Asthma, Otolaryngology, Cardiology, Dermatology, OB/GYN, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Anesthesia, Audiology, General Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Oncology. Visiting services in Neurosurgery (Spine), and Nephrology. 
• Our healthcare system is an independent system and locally owned and operated
• Our medical group is independent and operated by a physician lead board of directors