Physician - Gastroenterology Inpatient
Physician - Gastroenterology Inpatient
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Job Description
Benefis is one of Montanas 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 stateoftheart facilities and multiple growth opportunities. The only thing missing is you!
GI Hospitalist full time and part time opportunity available
Benefis Health System is looking to add a full time and a part time physician to an established GI hospitalist practice in Great Falls Montana. The practice serves 80000 Great Falls residents as well as 275000 residents across north central Montana.
Currently we employ 2 traditional GI Physicians 2 full time GI Hospitalists 1 departing) various per diem GI Hospitalists (filling 10.4 weeks/year) 1 Inpatient PAC and2 outpatient Advanced Practice Providers. Applicants must be board eligible/certified. ERCP is required.
Procedures:
Colonoscopies
EGDs
ERCPs
EUS (optional)
Flexible sigmoidoscopies
PEG tube placements
Schedule:
Hospital employed full time 146 shifts annually 20.8 weeks) or part time 73 shifts annually 10.4 wks)
Flexible schedule: full time partner physician works 3 weeks on 5 weeks off
Average of 6 cases per day (range of about 29
Experienced PAC to help with consults and rounding
Dedicated MF block to complete urgent/emergent procedures and dedicated Sunday block from 7:00 am 12:00 pm working with endoscopy staff to complete weekend cases
Additional opportunity for outpatient lab time during off stretch is available but not required
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 signon / relocation bonus
- Annual $5000 CME $1000 license/dues
- 57 retirement match 457b program
- Paid malpractice tail
- Physician wellness programs focused on personal and professional development
- Monthly meetings with highestlevel physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues
- J1 waiver sponsorships for specific specialties with established immigration council
Current Endoscopy Information:
Fiveendoscopy 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 9000 SF to 22000 SF
Eightendoscopy 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 fromapproximately 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 Montanas base camp for art and adventure with a city population of 70000 and a draw of over 275000 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 brandnew nursing school a biomedical rural health research institute and a new notforprofit medical school TouroCOM Montana. Additionally the Missouri River a blueribbon flyfishing 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 offroad 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 Montanas 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 Beckers Best Places To Work in Healthcarefor 7 years. Benefis covers of the states 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 stateoftheart emergency trauma department with a dedicated air ambulance program including fixed and rotor wing.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
