PRACTICE DETAILS
Sanford USD Medical Center Emergency Department is seeking a BE/BC Pediatric Emergency Medicine Trained Physician, with either board certification in general pediatrics or adult emergency medicine, to join our group.
• Join the current group of 4 PEM fellowship trained physicians who work alongside 22 EM physicians and 6 APPs
• Sanford currently has the only PEM program in the Dakotas
• Level I Verified Adult & Level II Pediatric Trauma Center with 46,000+ encounters per year (adult + pediatric)
• Pediatric emergency department visits per year = 6,000
• 15 shifts per month
• Current shift hours: 0800-1700 & 1600-0000
• Opportunity to participate in both clinical practice and academic medicine
• New Pediatric Emergency Department opening January 2026 – 10 dedicated rooms including a trauma bay, adjacent to the main ED (main ED has 32 beds)
• Emergency Medicine Residency program launching in July 2026
• The inaugural EM residents will collaborate closely with Pediatric residents from both SD and ND
• Children’s Hospital is a 146-bed state-of-the-art tertiary care center with 80+ sub-specialists. Facilities include a 58-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a 12-bed Pediatric ICU
• AirMed Program has 2-fixed-wing planes and 1-helicopter
Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive daily salary with a night differential, 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, malpractice insurance and tail coverage, and relocation allowance.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the healthcare experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 55,000employees and serves over 2million patients and nearly425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including Iowa, Minnesota, North, South Dakota, Wyoming, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations,147 senior care communities, 4,000physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organizational transformation virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties.
About Sanford Health in Sioux Falls
•545 hospital beds
•The only Level I Adult Trauma Center in the state of SD and the only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the state of SD
•Free standing Sanford Children’s Hospital
•Sanford Boekelheide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the region’s only Level IV NICU
•Large referral area
•Research and teaching opportunities
•Serving a city population of 277,076
•540+ Physicians and 550+ APPs
Life in Sioux Falls
Located in the heart of the Midwest, Sioux Falls balances and 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.