Military / VA Physiatry (PM&R) Job in Sturgis, South Dakota
This physiatry (PM&R) opportunity in Sturgis, South Dakota is offered as a Military/VA position, one of several arrangements available for this permanent role — it is also offered as part of a single-specialty group and as an employed hospital/clinic/MSO position. As a Military/VA arrangement, this is federal employment serving active-duty personnel, veterans, and their families. Compensation follows federal schedules with federal benefits, and malpractice coverage is provided under federal protection, alongside the schedule predictability and freedom from billing and business administration that come with this structure.
Compensation here is structured as an employment agreement with a production bonus, with the financial offering listed at the national average tier. Relocation assistance, a signing bonus, and loan assistance are included. There is no patient call and no emergency department call associated with this position.
The role is open to physicians who are board certified or board eligible, trained as MD or DO, including both American medical graduates and foreign medical graduates, at experience levels ranging from currently in training through very experienced. Sturgis falls within a community size range of roughly 10,000–50,000.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Physiatry (PM&R)
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Single-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Military/VA
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
The Physiatrist is responsible for providing professional clinical services to Veterans in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinics. This position is under the direct administrative supervision of the ACOS of Extended Care & Rehab Service Line. The incumbent will participate as assigned in patient care, teaching, and administrative activities of the Service. The Physiatrist would: • Treat patients with painful and function-limiting musculoskeletal disorders of the spine, peripheral joints, and soft tissues such as sprains/strains, disc herniation's, rheumatologic conditions, degenerative, developmental, acquired, and traumatic neuromuscular conditions of the upper and lower limbs, spinal cord, and brain. • Prescribe therapeutic exercise and other rehabilitation modalities. • Perform and interpret electro diagnostic studies to include electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction studies, and evoked potentials. • Interpret other diagnostic studies that evaluate a patient's musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems. • Physiatrist should be competent to perform injection techniques. • Serve as Chair of the major medical committee and amputee clinic. Preference is applicants with two years post-doctoral experience in a service based-setting.
- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $332,572 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Yes
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Yes
- Practice State: South Dakota
- Practice City: Sturgis
- Community Size: 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds: 18
- Number of ER Visits Per Year: 2000
- Number of Deliveries Per Year: 0
- Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
