Job Details: Family Medicine with OB

Description: Full Scope Family Medicine - ThedaCare
ThedaCare, an integrated health system, located in Northeastern Wisconsin, seeks a BC/BE Family Practice physician to practice primary care medicine and Obstetrics for it's Waupaca location. ThedaCare is a nationally recognized healthcare system that excels in quality outcomes and is the employer of choice in the area for both physicians and staff. Physicians at ThedaCare enjoy a collegial atmosphere, supportive of both primary care physicians and specialists.

This position will partner with a dedicated and highly qualified medical staff including mid-level providers. ThedaCare Physicians - Waupaca is comprised of ten primary care providers and two general surgeons.

The practice is a full-scope family medicine practice with eight of the physicians doing obstetrics. In addition to deliveries, the group would welcome a physician who also is trained or willing to be trained to do C-sections. Members of the group perform vasectomies, colposcopies, sigmoidoscopies, colonoscopies, TA's cryo, leeps, joint injections, lesion removal, suturing and casting.

OFFICE:
- Work in a state-of-the-art, 43,000 square-foot clinic completed in 2008
- Electronic Medical Record
- Each physician has three exam rooms, dedicated MA, as well as a shared pool of triage nurses, receptionists, coders, transcriptionists, ancillary techs and business office staff.
- Ancillary services include full service lab, x-ray, and mammography.

CALL: Call is 1:12 and OB call is 1:6.

The physicians practice at Riverside Medical Center. The 25-bed critical access community hospital recently completed a $9.2 million dollar expansion and renovation. State of the art Emergency Department, newly remolded, averages 12,000 visits per year. Services include Surgery, OB,Med/Surg, special care unit, rehab and ancillary services. 4 major trauma rooms, 4 minor exam rooms. Portable CT, ultrasound and fluoroscopy. 24 hour radiology coverage

Waupaca, Wisconsin is located in east central Wisconsin at the junction of U.S. Hwy. 10 and State Hwys. 22, 49 and 54.

We are:
127 miles (2-1/2 hours) northwest of Milwaukee
90 miles (2 hours) north of Madison
210 miles(3-1/2 hours) northwest of Chicago
240 miles (4 hours) east of Minneapolis/St. Paul
30 minutes east of I-39
35 minutes west of Hwy. 41 (The Fox Cities; Appleton, Neenah, Menasha - population area of 220,000)

Community Makeup: The city's 2003 population was estimated at 5,794, however much of the area's population lives outside the city limits in surrounding townships. This is partially due to the beauty of the surrounding countryside, but also because the popular Waupaca Chain of Lakes lies in the Towns of Farmington and Dayton. Long a favorite vacation spot, Waupaca is rich in specialty shops, comfortable restaurants, golf courses and outdoor activities. The Waupaca area supports a service area of over 30,000 people within a 15 mile radius of the city.

Waupaca is the Waupaca County seat. It is also the site of the Wisconsin Veterans Home, a 750-bed nursing and residential facility for state residents (and some spouses) who have served in our nation's armed forces. The Waupaca area also features strong industrial and service components. Existing industries include a large foundry, food processing, specialty paper production, publishing, horse trailers and more. Service industries include county and city government, schools, medical, nursing, tourism, banking, dining and shopping.

Year-round Activities:
-Shopping: choose from a wide variety of gift and specialty stores and extensive shopping just 35 minutes away
-Golf: tee times available at five local golf courses.
-Cruises: regular excursions on the Chain of Lakes from Clearwater Harbor, May-September
-A day spa
-Sports: swimming and water sports, tubing, canoe trips, hiking, biking, camping, hunting, hockey, ice skating, cross country skiing, miniature golf, tennis, horseback riding and more
-Indoor water park
-Banquet and convention facilities, as well as an indoor exposition center
-Skate park for skate boards, in-line skates and BMX bikes
-Community festivals
-Hunting and fishing
-Four-screen movie theater showing first-run movies
-Snowmobiling on 278 miles of scenic, groomed trails

Ancient glaciers left their imprints on the Waupaca countryside, leaving sand plains, rolling hills, deep ravines, swiftly-flowing rivers and many kettle lakes. The landscape consists of wooded areas and trout streams, intermixed with agricultural lands.

Education Over 2,500 students in the public schools:
Four elementary schools (grades pre-K through 5)One middle school (grades 6-8) *new building in 2001
One high school (grades 9-12) *new building in 2000
Plus two parochial elementary schools: Lutheran and Baptist
Higher Education:-Fox Valley Technical College, Waupaca site. -University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 25 miles. -University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 40 miles. - Lawrence University, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley and Fox Valley Technical College, all in Appleton, WI, 40 miles.

HELPFUL WEBSITES:
http://www.thedacare.org
http://www.riversidemedicalcenter.org
http://www.waupacaareachamber.com
E-mail: lori.schapel@thedacare.org

Posting Date: Jun 27 08