Benefis is one of Montana’s largest and premier health systems, and we are committed to providing excellent care for all, healing body, mind, and spirit. At Benefis, we work hard to support our employees in every aspect of their careers by offering outstanding benefits and compensation, state-of-the-art facilities, and multiple growth opportunities. The only thing missing is you!
BenefisHealth System has an opportunity for a board-certified Internal Medicine physician to join the hospitalist group serving our academic community hospital in Great Falls, Montana in a swing shift role. In addition to patient care, our mission is to provide education and supervision to internal medicine residents and medical students alike. Our robust system has a level II trauma designation and offers a wide variety of patients and pathology, collaborative teams, great specialty support, competitive compensation and benefits and scheduling that accommodates an adventurous Montana lifestyle!
Position details
Dedicated swing shift 11 am – 9 pm, 7 on 7 off, averaging 8 admissions per day
Ability to call for back up support from day rounder team if admissions are unmanageable
Designatedprivate physician office space in the clinical decision unit area attached directly to the emergency department
Additionalafter-hours resources for support and collaboration include 2 dedicated nocturnists on shift from 7p-7a, at least 2 board certified emergency medicine physicians on shift, and 24/7 in house intensivist coverage
Cover only 1 hospital with 349 acute care beds, admitting medical and surgical patients 18 years of age and older (adult), excluding obstetrical and providing medical coordination and inpatientutilizationmanagement for surgical patients
Great access to specialists with over 400 providers on our medical staffrepresenting40 specialties, including: Neurosurgery, CVT Surgery, Interventional and General Cardiology, General Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Nephrology, Orthopedics, Inpatient Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, and more!
Epic EMR
Procedures optional with privileging and no ICU coveragerequired(intensivists are in house 24/7 for consultation)
Oversight of Internal Medicine Residents from time to time withadditionalopportunity toteachmedical students.
Internal Medicine BE/BCrequired
Why we stand out
Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure
Over 400 employed providers on medical staff
Regional tertiary center with robust specialty support including neurosurgery, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, advanced gastroenterology, cardiothoracic, and more!
Patient focused, quality community and regional medical care
Epic electronic medical record and good clinical support staffing structures
How we support you
Nationally competitive shift-based compensation structures withadditionalperformance bonuses
Generous sign-on / relocation bonus
Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues
5-7% retirement match + 457b program
Paid malpractice + tail
Physician wellness programs focused on personal and professional development
Monthly meetings with highest-level physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues
J1 waiver sponsorships for specific specialties with established immigration council
Community Information:Great Falls is known as Montana’s base camp for art and adventure with a city population of 70,000, and a draw of over275,000 peoplein north central Montana. We have four genuine seasons, experience mildwintersand enjoy blue skies over300 daysper year. Great Falls is a wonderful and safe place to raise a family, with nationally ranked public schools, endless activities, two accredited colleges, a brand-new nursing school, a biomedical rural health research institute, and a new not-for-profit medical school,TouroCOMMontana. Additionally, the Missouri River, a blue-ribbon fly-fishing destination, runs through the middle of our community with over 60 miles of paved recreational trails. Our local outdoor activities include camping, backpacking, hiking, biking, horseback riding, water and snow skiing, rock and ice climbing, boating, paddle boarding, kayaking, off-road motor sports, and hunting making our quality of life unrivaled in the Rocky Mountain West. Additionally, in 2023, Montana was named #1 state in the nation to practice medicine by WalletHub and in 2020, Great Falls ranked #10 for best cities to practice in after the pandemic by Business Insider.
Benefis Health Systemis one of Montana’s largest tertiary centers holding a level II trauma designation We are proud to be a standalone, financially stable community health system with strong, dedicated leadership focused on providing the best patient care in Montana, in addition to being awarded Becker’s “Best PlacesToWork in Healthcare” for 7 yearsBenefis covers ¼ of the state’s land mass, an area comparable in size to Kansas and can provide advanced care for everything except for burns and organ transplants. We offer great specialty support including neurosurgery, cardiothoracic and vascular, advanced gastroenterology, a regional cancer institute anda state-of-the-artemergency trauma department with a dedicated air ambulance program, including fixed and rotor wing
Visit our website https://www.benefis.org for more information
Submit your CV today to learn more, EricaMartin@benefis.orgor ProviderCareers@benefis.org
As a not-for-profit community health system, Benefis is driven to provide the highest level of care. We serve nearly 230,000 residents across a 15-county region that is bigger than Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont combined. Benefis is the largest non-governmental employer in the Great Falls area, with more than 3,000 employees.
Benefis Hospitals has more than 530 beds at its two campuses (that includes 146 beds in long-term care and 20 beds at Peace Hospice of Montana) and partners with over 250 area physicians. More than 100 physicians and advanced practice professionals are employed with Benefis Medical Group.
Our hospital provides a wide range of programs and services to help you live the best life possible. We’re here to help you “Live well.”
Benefis Health System came about when two Christian-based hospitals became one. Our founders' believed in providing good care to all in need, and trusted that this would be accomplished. The Benefis name was derived using Latin root words: "Bene-" meaning good, and "fis-" for faith and trust. It’s these same root words that make up such terms as ‘beneficial’ and ‘confidence’.
Benefis has been a trusted provider of care for more than 100 years. And our name speaks to our commitment: good care one can put faith in.
Benefis is consistently ranked among America’s top hospitals by the nation’s leading healthcare ratings organizations, including being rated as one of the 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare!
