Position Overview

Understanding the Role

Sanford Health is recruiting a Board Certified or Board Eligible Endocrinologist to join Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in Bemidji, Minnesota. This is an outpatient-focused role built to rebuild and grow endocrinology as a core specialty service in a community that needs it. You practice with full system support behind you while keeping day-to-day autonomy over how you run your clinic.

Endocrinology is a high-demand service in this market, and you would be the physician shaping how the program takes form. The position pairs a predictable weekday schedule with daytime consultative inpatient coverage and no admissions, nights, or weekends.

Role Snapshot

Setting: Hospital employed, outpatient clinic attached to the hospital

Focus: 100% endocrinology

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 4.5-day work week

Call: Daytime consults during work hours only, no after-hours call

EMR: Epic

Support: Dedicated RN or LPN/MA, with a PA or NP being recruited

What You Would Do

Run a full outpatient endocrinology clinic, seeing new and return visits
Provide daytime consultative inpatient coverage with no admissions
Take ER and hospitalist calls during work hours, roughly 2 to 3 per day
Handle 1 to 2 inpatient consults per week, in person or by phone
Coordinate care with primary care, hospitalists, and other specialists
Help build and shape the endocrinology service line as it grows

Schedule and Structure

Component	Detail
Clinic hours	Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Work week	4.5 days, with an option to discuss a 4-day week
Direct patient care	36 hours per week
Admin time	4 hours per week
Starting volume	13 to 15 patients per day
Inpatient consults	1 to 2 per week, daytime only
Exam rooms	2 to 3
After-hours call	None. No nights or weekends

Consults are built into flexible windows in the day, in the morning, at lunch, or at the end of the day, so hospital coverage does not disrupt clinic flow.

Qualifications

MD or DO
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Endocrinology
Open to new graduates and experienced physicians
H1B and J1 sponsorship available. J1 depends on the year and system need

Why This Role Exists

Endocrinology is being rebuilt as an essential specialty at Bemidji. You come in as the physician who defines the practice model, sets the pace of growth, and builds referral relationships across primary care, hospitalists, and specialists. The clinic sits attached to the hospital with a connected walkway, and you have system support from Sanford Fargo's endocrinology team for advanced or tertiary care coordination.