Physician - Advanced Gastroenterologist - Great Work/Life Balance

Gastroenterologist Opportunity

Benefis Health System is looking to add a full-time, part-time, or per diem gastroenterologist to do advanced procedures for an established practice in Great Falls, Montana. The practice serves 70,000 Great Falls residents as well as 275,000 residents across north central Montana. Currently, we employ traditional gastroenterologists, inpatient GI hospitalists, and outpatient advanced practice providers. Applicants must be board eligible/board certified.

Details:

• Procedures include but are not limited to EUS, ERCP, Barryx, Spyglass, colonoscopies, EGDs, flexible sigmoidoscopies, PEG tube placements
• Brand new 22,000 sq ft Endoscopy Suite located in our main hospital with 8 endoscopy suites, 10 pre op and 14 post op bays, Olympus equipment, and experienced, helpful staff of RNs and technicians
• Hospital employed, full time, part time or per diem options with flexible schedules
• No call – dedicated GI Hospitalist and PA-C take all consults, call, and emergencies
• Opportunity to pick up inpatient GI hospitalist shifts if desired.

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 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

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. 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 System is 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 Places To Work in Healthcare" for 7 years. Benefis 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, and a state-of-the-art emergency trauma department with a dedicated air ambulance program, including fixed and rotor wing.