Outpatient Pulmonologist

This is an employed position with the only hospital based multi-specialty group in the region. The practice is currently based in a large multi-specialty office with at least 2 exam rooms per provider and a full array of support staff. EPIC EMR is in place with proactive IT support. Outpatient office hours are 8:00am – 5:00PM and after hours and weekend coverage are provided by the inpatient pulmonology and critical care ream. No Call!

• Clinic population – COPD, interstitial lung disease, Pulmonary hypertension, lung nodules and lung cancer. We also co-manage connective tissue disease with either pulmonary hypertension or interstitial lung disease. It is a very diverse pulmonary population.
• Active interventional pulmonary program including navigation bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, tumor debridement, airway stenting, as well as bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, all done by our interventional pulmonologist.
• Sleep medicine department handles all of the sleep medicine referrals. If there is an interest in sleep medicine, some of the time could be spent in Sleep Medicine.
• Pulmonary hypertension meds other than continuous infusions are handled by our physicians. Right heat catheterization is done by our interventional cardiologists with vasodilator assessment if requested.
• Up to 16 patients on clinic days with up to 4 new patients and the rest are follow ups. They are booked as 30min or 60min slots. The current wait times for new patients is about 3 months. We receive about 25 new referrals per week.
• Outpatient routine bronchoscopy is supported by endoscopy staff using conscious sedation. Interventional pulmonology procedures are done in the OR with anesthesia support. We also have a full-time general surgeon that does surgical lung biopsy and a CT surgeon from AZ that comes up for more difficult cases. Minimally invasive lung surgery (VATS/Robotic) is done in Billings.
• We have a comprehensive lung nodule program managed by our interventional pulmonologist. This program follows all incidental lung nodules found on lung cancer screening scans both advising on appropriate management and making sure follow-up scans are completed.
• Full Pulmonary Function Testing is currently done through the hospital, with plans to move full PFT to the Pulmonary office in the future. We do not do cardiopulmonary stress testing.

About Bozeman Health

Bozeman Health is an integrated health system serving an eleven-county region as Southwest Montana’s leader in health care. As nonprofit organization, governed by a volunteer community board of directors, we are the largest private employer in Gallatin County, with more than 2,500 employees, including 260 physicians representing a broad spectrum of medical and surgical specialties.

Bozeman Health operates two medical centers, Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center and Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center, and two neighborhood care centers, Cottonwood Clinic and Belgrade Clinic. The health system also includes:
 

• Six urgent care and micro care clinics
• Bozeman Health Medical Group
• Highland Park Medical Campus
• Bozeman Health Hillcrest Senior Living
• Outpatient service center
• Same-day surgery center
• Clinical research group

Deaconess Regional Medical Center is a 125-bed facility with 10 ORs, 20-bed CCU and 25-bed Emergency Department (ED). In 2022, care administered consisted of 42,000 ED patients, 6,000 inpatients and 257,000 clinic outpatient visits. Deaconess Regional Medical Center has Level 3 ACS Trauma Center designation and is DNV accredited. Big Sky Medical Center recently earned the Montana Trauma Receiving Facility designation, commonly referred to as Level 5 Trauma Center.

Bozeman Health opened a new NICU in 2020 and a new Psychiatric Emergency Service unit in 2022. Other new clinical offerings include Urogynecology, Pediatric Orthopedics and a Spine & Joint Institute. In the next year, Bozeman Health will introduce Gynecologic Oncology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic trauma care and an adult inpatient psychiatric unit.

Compensation & Benefits
This is an employed salaried position with additional incentive and quality compensation. Potential opportunity for a bonus.

The position includes a comprehensive benefit package:

• Health, dental, vision
• Retirement plan with employer contribution
• Life insurance
• Paid malpractice insurance including tail coverage
• CME
• Paid medical licensing
• ABIM dues
• DEA expenses

About Bozeman, Montana

Find your home under the grandeur of the ‘big sky’ in Bozeman, Montana; named one of Time Magazine’s “