Physician - Plastic & Reconstruction

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Visas Accepted
N/A
Specialty
Plastic & Reconstruction

Practice Details
Sanford Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery is seeking a fellowship trained, or experienced, Plastic Surgeon to join its current practice of 4 physicians and 4 APP's.

• Clinic practice includes a wide range of reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery, consisting of breast reconstruction, cancer and trauma reconstruction, (some microvascular), body contouring, breast reduction, augmentation, and lift, abdominoplasty, liposuction, facelift, blepharoplasty, brow lift, Mohs reconstruction, wound care, and maxillofacial trauma
• Clinic, hospital, and Vivaz Medical Spa offer state-of-the-art facilities and advanced equipment
• Ideal candidate may have experience/training in microsurgery, complex reconstruction, and facial reconstruction
• Trauma call obligation is 3-4 days per month

Community Description
Located in the heart of the Midwest, Sioux Falls balances an excellent quality of life with a strong economy in a safe, clean environment in southeast South Dakota. With a competitive cost of living, no state income tax and amenities of a community twice its size, such as fine dining, shopping, arts, sports and nightlife, Sioux Falls is a welcoming and friendly
place to call home.

Job Description
Plastic Surgery Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit, evaluate, diagnose and provide nonsurgical and surgical care to patients of all ages presenting with illnesses, injuries, and disorders that require the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, cranio-maxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia.

Qualifications
M.D. or D.O. degree.

Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:
An applicant who has just completed a residency shall provide his/her residency log. OR
An applicant who is not applying directly out of a residency shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 24 months, including numbers of procedures morbidity, mortality, infection rates and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in at least 200 Plastic Surgery procedures in the last 24 months.
OR
If a quality profile is not available from the hospital, where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicants clinical and outpatient activity for the past 24 months is required. Applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the clinical aspects of Plastic Surgery and case volumes should show performance of at least 200 procedures in the past 24 months.

More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Plastic Surgical residency program (can be either the independent or integrated residency training models)1. The ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada must accredit residency programs. The Credentials Committee; Physician Executive or Medical Affairs Committee; and the Board of Directors or the Board of Governors may consider training at residency programs accredited by organizations other than the above.

Current subspecialty certification in plastic surgery by the America Board of Plastic Surgery or American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.
OR
Successful completion of an (ACGME) or (AOA) accredited residency in a surgical specialty followed by successful completion of an accredited in plastic surgery residency (can be either the independent or integrated residency training models) and active participation in the examination process with achievement of certification within 5 years of completion of formal training leading to subspecialty certification in plastic surgery by the American Board of Surgery or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery. (Refer to each entities policy for grandfather exceptions)
Any individual who does not satisfy the board certification criterion may request that the appropriate governing Board waive it. The individual requesting the waiver bears the burden of demonstrating that his or her qualifications are equivalent to, or exceed, the criterion in question.

Compensation
Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan with an additional physician benefits package including a health, dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, CME allowance, allowed time away, malpractice insurance and tail coverage, and a relocation allowance.

Recruiter Information
Debra Salava, Senior Physician Recruiter

Phone: +1 (605) 328-6993 Or debra.salava@sanfordhealth.org

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