PHYSICIAN - Surgical Critical Care Trained Surgeon - Fargo, ND
ECritical CareFargo, North Dakota2mo ago
$520,000 Listed on official posting
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PHYSICIAN - Surgical Critical Care Trained Surgeon - Fargo, ND
$520,000Listed on official posting
Critical CareFull-timeDay call on ACS service; possible 2 weeks of ACS coverage
Overview
The package
AI-structuredA Surgical Critical Care-certified General Surgeon is sought to join a growing 6-surgeon practice at a 132-bed Level II Trauma Center in Fargo, ND, with opportunities for dedicated critical care time, ACS coverage, and a Trauma Medical Director role. Compensation is $520,000 base with potential additional bonuses, quality incentives, or production-based pay.
- $520k/yr employer-posted compensation with hybrid structure
- Day call on ACS service; possible 2 weeks of ACS coverage
- Employed, multi-surgeon group practice · Tertiary hospital (132-bed, all private rooms, 5-star CMS Quality) · Both inpatient (rounding, trauma, critical care) and outpatient (clinic co-located with hospital); NPs assist with post-op care and hospital rounding
Posted pay vs real comps
Posted pay
$384k$413k$490k
Posted pay Physician-reported range Reported median
The employer-posted range and what 8 physicians report earning (region cohort) are shown side by side below — compared, never blended into one number. Reported figures are total compensation; posted ranges are often base salary, so this comparison can read low.
Compensation
- Type
- Listed on official posting
- Job-specific pay
- $520,000
- Evidence
- and financial stability Located on the border of North Dakota and Minnesota (just minutes from Lake Country) COMPENSATION $520,000. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonus
- Observed
- 4 wk ago
- Structure
- hybrid
- Signing bonus
- $0
Pay in context
Fargo, North DakotaEmployer-posted pay shown next to what physicians report earning — compared, never blended, never scored one against the other.
Employer-posted pay
$520k/yr
Midpoint $520,000 · listed on official posting
Physician-reported median
$413k
8 physician reports · region cohort · total comp
Posted pay
$384k$413k$490k
Posted pay Physician-reported range Reported median
Reported pay is SalaryDr community data — total compensation, shown separately from the employer-posted range, which is often base salary only. We don't score one against the other because they measure different things.
Next steps
Employer
Essentia Health Credentialed
Health system172 open roles
Trust state
Unclaimed profile
EHR
Not provided
Source
Official employer source
Facility & Community
Fargo, North Dakota
Mapped from source coordinates
Facility details
- Practice setting
- Employed, multi-surgeon group practice
- Facility type
- Tertiary hospital (132-bed, all private rooms, 5-star CMS Quality)
- Beds
- 132
- Trauma level
- Level II
Community snapshot
Peer median
$478k
32 reports · national
Active supply
2
2 in Fargo
Transparent pay
1/2
state roles with reviewed pay
Work-life
3.3/5
3 physician reports
Cost of living
89
below U.S. avg (100) · BEA Regional Price Parities
Schools
+0.3
grade levels vs U.S. avg · NAEP 2024
32 SalaryDr Critical Care reports in national show a $477,600 median.
2 active Critical Care roles in North Dakota, including 2 in Fargo; 1 include reviewed transparent pay.
Physicians in this comparison cohort report 3.7/5 average job satisfaction.
Questions to ask the employer
- Is $520,000 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?
Generated from this posting's disclosed facts and the SalaryDr comparison — bring them to the first recruiter call.
Work Design
- Call burden
- Day call on ACS service; possible 2 weeks of ACS coverage
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Both inpatient (rounding, trauma, critical care) and outpatient (clinic co-located with hospital); NPs assist with post-op care and hospital rounding
- Coverage model
- Transitioning to acute care surgery (ACS) service for day call; possible 2 weeks of ACS coverage; dedicated critical care time
- Admin burden
- Opportunity to become Trauma Medical Director (leadership/admin role available)
- 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
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 72%
Full description
General Surgeon- Surgical Critical Care (SCC Certified)
Fargo, ND
PRACTICE SPECIFICS
- Join a busy full spectrum general surgery practice including laparoscopic, robotic, trauma, breast, vascular and colorectal
- Growing practice to 6 surgeons, 3 General Surgery NP’s, and 1 Wound Care NP. NP’s assist in the OR, provide post-op care, and round in the hospital
- Planning to transition to acute care surgery service for day call, possible 2 weeks of ACS coverage
- Opportunity for dedicated critical care time
- Level II Trauma Center- one location for clinic and hospital
- Opportunity to become Trauma Medical Director
- 5-star CMS hospital for Quality
- 132 bed tertiary hospital (all private rooms)
REQUIREMENTS
- Board Certification/Board Eligibility in Surgical Critical Care
- BC/BE General Surgery
- ATLS
LOCATION
- Fargo, North Dakota has a population of 180,000, is a progressive city with rapid growth and financial stability
- Located on the border of North Dakota and Minnesota (just minutes from Lake Country)
COMPENSATION
$520,000. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation
For more information, contact:
Carri Prudhomme, Senior Physician & Advanced Practice Recruiter
218-786-3907 - Carri.Prudhomme@Essentiahealth.org
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