PHYSICIAN - Neonatology - Fargo, ND
Overview
- Location
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Schedule
- 7-8 shifts per month as part of a 4-person team · 7-8 shifts per month
- Employer-listed pay
- $381,153
- Practice
- Academic/Community Hospital NICU · Hospital - Level III NICU
Listed on official posting
Role summary
Full-time neonatologist position at a Level III, 14-bed NICU in Fargo, ND with a 4-person team working 7-8 shifts per month; base salary of $381,153 with potential bonuses and quality/production incentives.
What the posting highlights
- 4-person physician team with overnight NNP support
- Care setting: Inpatient (NICU)
- Patient population: Neonates; young regional population with average age mid-30s; regional service area of 30 clinics and 5 hospitals
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $381,153
- Pay context
- Listed on official posting
- Evidence
- chool system Young population with average age mid 30’s Three Universities in the FM area COMPENSATION $381,153 Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses
- Observed
- 4 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Hybrid
Pay in context
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Employer
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Academic/Community Hospital NICU
- Facility type
- Hospital - Level III NICU
- Beds
- 14
- Trauma level
- Level III NICU
- Patient population
- Neonates; young regional population with average age mid-30s; regional service area of 30 clinics and 5 hospitals
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $381,153 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- 7-8 shifts per month as part of a 4-person team
- Call burden
- 7-8 shifts per month
- Shift type
- Mixed (includes overnight NNP support)
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Inpatient (NICU)
- Coverage model
- 4-person physician team with overnight NNP support
- FTE
- 1
- Teaching
- No
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- Listed on official posting
- First seen
- 4 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 72%
Full description
Fargo, ND
PRACTICE SPECIFICS
- Level III, 14 bed newly renovated NICU with private suites
- Strong 6-person OB team with growing birth volume
- Full time Maternal Fetal Medicine support
- Pediatric subspecialty support with cardiology, neurology, and virtual hematology
- Relocation and benefit package
- Full time is 7-8 shifts per month as a 4-person team
- Competitive salary and sign on bonus
- Overnight NNP support
- Highly experienced nursing staff
REQUIREMENTS
- BC/BE in Neonatology
LOCATION
- Centrally located on the border of North Dakota & Minnesota
- 3.5 hours northwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul
- Fargo-Moorhead population: 250,000
- Regional Service area consists of 30 clinics & 5 hospitals
- Safe, growing community known for excellent school system
- Young population with average age mid 30’s
- Three Universities in the FM area
COMPENSATION
- $381,153 Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.
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Laurie Swor, Senior Physician Recruiter
Laurie.Swor@EssentiaHealth.org
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