Physician - Gastroenterology - No Call, Great Outdoor Access, 8 Weeks Off

Benefits

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
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

Work Hours and Call Coverage

Gastroenterology call is covered by GI Hospitalists, allowing our traditional practicing physicians the ability to have high volume general practices.
The GI hospitalist is typically in house from approximately 7 am – 4 pm on weekdays, does rounds on Saturday and procedures on Sunday in a dedicated block from 7:00 am – 12:00 pm with endoscopy staff and anesthesia to reduce the use of main OR over the weekend.
While this position does take 24 hour call, our ER and ICU overnight teams typically understand urgent/emergent GI cases can wait until morning and do not typically call during late night/overnight hours.

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.
We have four genuine seasons, experience mild winters and enjoy blue skies over 300 days per 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, TouroCOM Montana.
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.

About the Role

Benefis Health System is looking to add a full time Gastroenterologist to an established practice in Great Falls, Montana.
The practice serves 80,000 Great Falls residents as well as 275,000 residents across north central Montana.

Responsibilities

• Serving 80,000 Great Falls residents as well as 275,000 residents across north central Montana
• Employment of 2 traditional GI Physicians, 2 full time GI Hospitalists to cover all call, various per diem GI Hospitalists, 1 Inpatient PA-C, and 2 outpatient Advanced Practice Providers
• Opportunity for additional volume if desired (endoscopy is staffed M-F 7:00 am-5:00 pm)
• Dedicated GI Hospitalist and PA-C take all consults and call, to do all urgent/emergent cases, consults and inpatient rounding
• If desired, this position can be 50% outpatient and 50% inpatient (which is 24 weeks outpatient and 10.4 wks of inpatient call shifts – ERCP is required for this model)

Requirements

• Board eligible/certified

Qualifications

• Experience in endoscopy, including colonoscopies, EGDs, flexible sigmoidoscopies, PEG tube placements, ERCP, and EUS skills (optional)

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Benefits

• 8 weeks paid time off (6 PTO, 2 CME)
• 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

Pay

Nationally competitive compensation structures with guaranteed salaries + productivity and performance bonuses

Schedule

Hospital employed, full time, flexible schedule – NO CALL