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

Gastroenterologist Opportunity in Great Falls, Montana

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.

Currently, we employ 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. Applicants must be board eligible/certified.

Procedures:

• Colonoscopies
• EGDs
• Flexible sigmoidoscopies
• PEG tube placements
• ERCP and EUS skills are optional

Schedule:

• Hospital employed, full time, flexible schedule – NO CALL
• Current gastroenterologists are spending the majority of their time in endoscopy doing 12-16 cases/day based on preference and complexity and there is opportunity for additional volume if desired (endoscopy is staffed M-F 7:00 am-5:00 pm)
• Clinic is located within a 5 minute walk from the endoscopy suite and is staffed full time with an NP and a PA. Our current physicians spend ½ - 1 day per week in clinic based on preference
• 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)

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

Current Endoscopy Information:

• Five endoscopy suites and one bronchoscopy suite located directly outside the ER and across from the main OR
• 10 bed recovery unit
• Olympus equipment
• Experienced and helpful staff of RNs and tech
• Anesthesia services provided and GI hospitalist had a dedicated suite
• Designed as an ambulatory surgical center and all patients are managed within the unit with occasional procedures in the OR (based on BMI)

Future Endoscopy Information:

• In the process of building a separate space within the hospital, completed August 2024, expanding from 9,000 SF to 22,000 SF
• Eight endoscopy suites
• 10 pre op and 14 post op
• Olympus equipment
• Experienced and helpful staff of RNs and techs
• Anesthesia services provided and GI hospitalist had a dedicated suite
• Designed as an ambulatory surgical center and all patients are managed within the unit with occasional procedures in the OR (based on BMI)

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. 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.