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Physician - Emergency Medicine - Rice Lake

Sanford Health · Rice Lake, WI · Full time

Posted Mar 18, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a critical procedure you did without a specialist available.

What they are checking: Comfort with independent airway, lines and other procedures in a lower-resource setting.

How do you work with EMS crews who bring patients in from long distances?

What they are checking: Respect and feedback with prehospital teams, which matters in rural systems.

Tell me about a time you had a tense conversation with a consultant who did not want to accept a transfer.

What they are checking: Advocacy for the patient and professional persistence under pressure.

What draws you to Rice Lake and a smaller community?

What they are checking: Realistic fit with rural life, which predicts whether physicians stay.

What would you do

You are the only physician in the ED and two critical patients arrive at once. What do you do?

What they are checking: Triage, delegation to nursing and calling backup when you are the only doctor.

The schedule is 12-hour shifts, about 50/50 days and nights. How do you stay sharp on nights?

What they are checking: Self-awareness about fatigue and habits that keep night care safe.

About the work

This is a level IV trauma center with about 14,000 visits a year. How would you manage a major trauma until transfer?

What they are checking: Stabilization skills when definitive care is far away, which defines rural emergency medicine.

How do you decide when a patient needs to be transferred to a higher level of care?

What they are checking: Judgment on transfer timing, including weather, distance and the patient's trajectory.

Walk me through how you manage a stroke patient at a hospital without thrombectomy.

What they are checking: Knowledge of lytic decisions and fast transfer coordination for stroke.

How do you approach a pediatric emergency at a hospital that sees few children?

What they are checking: Preparedness for rare but high-stakes pediatric cases.

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The full job description

As published by Sanford Health.

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. Visas Accepted H1B or J1 Specialty Emergency Medicine Practice Details Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake located in Rice Lake, Wisconsin is seeking a BC/BE Emergency Medicine physician to join the team, which includes excellent support from colleagues and well-trained, dedicated support staff. This is a trauma level four center, Emergency Department only. Urgent Care is separate on the clinic side. About 14,000 patients seen per year. Shift Schedule: 12 hour shifts, 11 per month = 1600 hours per year 50/50 day and night shifts We strongly encourage our physicians to be involved in medical education and research to continue building our strong foundation of patient care, research and education for years to come. Community Description With a population of just over 9,000, Rice Lake has many of the offerings of city life, nestled among some of the most beautiful features that nature has to offer. The district consists of six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Rice Lake is a popular summer resort area as well as a playground for those who enjoy swimming, boating, water-skiing, and fishing. Held each winter just north of Rice Lake is the biggest cross-country skiing event in the nation, the Birkebeiner. Culturally, Rice Lake offers the Red Barn Players Summer Theatre and Art Center, as well as the Northern Star Theatre. In the summer, many residents of Rice Lake enjoy the splash pad, Turtleback golf course, and the Moon Lake Park with soccer fields. Fun Fact: Each summer, enjoy all that the city’s 10-day Aquafest festival has to offer, such as national musical acts, carnival rides, food, and family activities. Job Description Emergency Medicine Core Privileges include the ability to assess, evaluate, diagnose, perform history and physical examinations and provide initial treatment to patients of all age groups, who present to the emergency department with any symptom, illness, injury, or condition. Qualifications M.D. or D.O. degree. Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways and should be reflective of the privileges being requested: An applicant who has just completed a residency provides his/her residency log. OR An applicant who is not applying directly out of a residency shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 12 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active practice in the emergency department in the past 12 months with a census equal to or exceeding 3,000 patient visits annually. OR If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s hospital-based clinical activity for the past 12 months is required and must show that applicant has practiced in an emergency department that had a census equal to or exceeding 3,000 visits annually. More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes. Successful completion of an Emergency Medicine residency program accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. Training at residency programs accredited by organizations other than the above, may be considered via the waiver of eligibility process as defined in the Credentialing Policy. Certification in the primary area of practice by the appropriate specialty/ subspecialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as applicable. Those applicants who are not board certified at the time of application but who have completed their residency training within the last five years shall be eligible, however must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their residency training unless the appropriate governing Board waives such requirement. (Refer to each entity’s policy for grandfather exceptions) Privileging documents and related credentialing requirements will supersede this job description in defining minimum qualifications, criteria, and scope of practice, if variation between documents exists. Compensation Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive salary with an additional physician benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, CME allowance, malpractice insurance with tail coverage, and a relocation allowance. Recruiter Information Lindsay Becker, Physician Recruiter Phone: +1 (715) 8640506 Or becker.lindsay@marshfieldclinic.org Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.

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