Pain Medicine Job at Sanford Health in North Dakota

FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA (USA).  Sanford Health's multi-subspecialty hospital-based Pain Medicine group is seeking a BE/BC fellowship-trained Pain Medicine or Interventional Spine physician for a full-time position. Join a supportive team of two physicians and four advanced practice providers.

Practice Details:

• Department has a multi-disciplinary practice style
• Position consists of pain management through procedures, medications, psychology, sleep medicine, physical therapy, integrative health, and nutrition
• Management of medications including non-opioid & opioid for select patients (not many)
• Managing patients with intrathecal pain pumps
• Four procedure rooms in hospital outpatient based department (20-30 procedures/day)
• Strong referral network from both internal and external providers
• Very strong relationship with Neurosurgery who is a primary contributor to the spine clinic within the institution
• Sanford s Pain Management Services provides outpatient service weekdays only (no call on weekends or evenings)
• This is the largest pain clinic in North Dakota where we see about 1500 patients per month
• Level I Trauma and Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Comprehensive benefits, 401k w/match, relocation allowance, and paid CME

Position Requirements:

• Completion of Pain fellowship and residency in one of the following areas is required: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Neurology, Psychiatry, or Anesthesiology.
• Comfortable with performing a broad range of spine procedures including epidural steroid injections, selective nerve root blocks, and radiofrequency ablations
• Willing to manage patients with intrathecal pain pumps (will train the right person, if needed)
• Interested in managing pain through procedures, medications, psychology, sleep medicine, physical therapy, integrative health, and nutrition

Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in  the United States, is dedicated to the integrated delivery of health care, genomic medicine, senior care and services, global clinics, research and affordable insurance. 

Sanford's Fargo Region  has over 600 licensed beds and employs 640 physicians. Fargo is a metropolitan area with a population of about 240,000 and roughly 30,000 college students. Clear blue lakes are just 45 minutes from Fargo in west-central Minnesota, and Minneapolis/St. Paul is just a three hour drive. The community is known for steady growth, highly-trained workforce with an unemployment rate under 3%, business-friendly environment, outstanding quality of life, strong schools, airport, low crime, and reasonable costs of living.