Physician - Swing Hospitalist, Teaching Opportunity, 9 Hour Shifts

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!

Benefis Health 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  

• Designated private physician office space in the clinical decision unit area attached directly to the emergency department  

• Additional after-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 inpatient utilization management for surgical patients  

• Great access to specialists with over 400 providers on our medical staff representing 40 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 coverage required (intensivists are in house 24/7 for consultation)  

• Oversight of Internal Medicine Residents from time to time with additional opportunity to teach medical students.  

• Internal Medicine BE/BC required  

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 with additional