Physician – Functional Medicine – Innovative Institute of Health Improvement and Longevity – Montana

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform detailed medical evaluations including lifestyle, environmental, nutritional, metabolic, and psychosocial assessments.
• Develop individualized care plans using evidence-based functional medicine principles and precision medicine approaches.
• Interpret advanced laboratory testing when clinically appropriate and incorporate findings into patient treatment plans.
• Provide longitudinal care with an emphasis on prevention, early intervention, and sustainable lifestyle change.
• Collaborate with patients to establish measurable health goals and monitor outcomes over time.
• Prescribe medications, nutritional therapies, supplements, and other treatments when medically indicated.

Qualifications

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Preventive Medicine.
• Preference for formal training or certification in Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, or Nutrition.
• Experience caring for patients with chronic inflammatory, autoimmune, metabolic, hormonal, or gastrointestinal disorders.
• Interest in longevity medicine, cognitive health, and healthy aging.
• Demonstrated commitment to preventive, patient-centered care.
• Excellent communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.

Why we stand out

• Nationally competitive compensation structures with guaranteed salaries + productivity and performance bonuses.
• 8 weeks paid time off (6 PTO, 2 CME).
• Generous sign-on / relocation bonus.
• $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.

How We Support You

• Nationwide coverage for patients.
• 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 over 275,000 people in north central Montana.
• Mild winters and endless activities, including camping, backpacking, hiking, biking, horseback riding, water and snow skiing, rock and ice climbing, boating, paddle boarding, kayaking, off-road motor sports, and hunting.
• Quality education and healthcare options, including nationally ranked public schools, two accredited colleges, a brand-new nursing school, a biomedical rural health research institute, and a new not-for-profit medical school, TouroCOM Montana.
• Safe and welcoming community with cultural sensitivity and support for Native American patients and their families.
• Financial stability and strong leadership at Benefis Health System.
• Regional tertiary center with robust specialty support including neurosurgery, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, advanced gastroenterology, cardiothoracic, and more!