Join an established ENT practice with 1 full-time ENT surgeon, a full-time Allergist/Immunologist, and an Audiologist in Fergus Falls, MN. This position would work in the outpatient, inpatient, and surgical departments to help support the general ENT patient population.
Full-time position in Fergus Falls, MN primarily in an outpatient setting to assist with ENT practice; 32 patient contact hours/week requirement.
Most post-operative patients are discharged, but those that are admitted the APP would round on in our hospital, which is conveniently located in the same location as our surgical and clinic location.
It is anticipated that after trained into the position, the ENT APP will be comfortable direct scheduling patients for surgery for bread and butter cases such as eustachian tube placement, tonsillectomies, & small excisions/cystectomies and roughly 55% of new patients would be seen by the APP first depending on chief complaint from patient.
Ambulatory procedures/duties include: Adult eustachian tube placement, tube checks, ear wax removal, steroid injections into eardrum, drain removals, suture removals, and wound management. Other duties aside from direct patient care include: In basket management, medication refills, managing referrals to and from therapy services, and assisting ENT during the surgeon’s virtual clinic days to take photos/videos of the eardrum and throat.
EDUCATION & LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:
License to practice medicine & DEA in Minnesota upon start
Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
Successful completion of PANCE board examination for Physician Assistant candidates or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
BLS required
EMR SYSTEM:
EPIC
COMPENSATION/BENEFITS:
Base compensation salary is guaranteed for the first 2 years of employment, plus the opportunity to earn additional income based on production volumes.
$2,000 annual CME reimbursement & paid professional dues and memberships
Relocation reimbursement & sign on bonus
7% annual employer contributions into 401K plan; fully vested to the employee at the time the employee is eligible to participate in the plan after 6 months of employment.
Cash balance plan
Health, dental, vision, long term and short term disability insurance; malpractice coverage with tail
6 weeks paid time off
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, 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 & 18 park & recreational areas
Easy access to Fargo, ND (1 hour drive); and Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (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. Our primary service area supports a population of 55,000 residents and secondary service area supports a 101,000 population.
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, P.A. & 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 the ninth consecutive year & has been listed on Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospital in 2023 & 2024.
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
Our healthcare system is an independent system and locally owned and operated
Our medical group is independent and operated by a provider lead board of directors
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