APP – Plastic, Reconstruction and Microsurgery Montana
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Job Location:
Great Falls, MT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 state-of-the-art facilities and multiple growth opportunities. The only thing missing is you!
Advanced Practice ProviderPlastic Reconstruction and Microsurgery
Benefis Health System in Great Falls Montana is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Plastic Surgery team working under the supervision of a surgeon specializing in Plastics Reconstruction and Microsurgery performing high-precision procedures involving microscopic tissue small blood vessels and nerves.
Core Responsibilities
Intraoperative Assistance:Acts as the primary surgical first assistantduring complex microsurgical cases such as free tissue transfers (flaps) limb replantation and nerve grafting. This includes:
Suturing microscopic vessels and nerves under a high-power microscope.
Ensuring meticulous hemostasis and handling delicate tissues.
Setting up and managing specialized microsurgical equipment and instruments.
Preoperative Care:Conducts comprehensive patient evaluations reviews medical histories and orders/interprets diagnostic imaging (e.g. CT angiograms) toplan forcomplex reconstructions.
Postoperative Management:Closelymonitorsthe viability of reconstructed tissues often requiring hourly flap checksto ensure adequate blood flow and detect early signs of vessel failure.
Clinical Duties:Performs minor procedures in clinic settings such as wound debridement punch biopsies or drain removals.
Essential Skills
Manual Dexterity:Extreme precision and steady hands are critical for working with sutures thinner thana humanhair.
Stamina:Must be able to remain focused during lengthy multi-hour surgeries (often 812 hours for complex reconstructions).
Communication:Strong collaboration witha multidisciplinary surgicalteamandthe ability to explain complex recovery protocols to patients and families.
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 salariesand performance bonuses
33 dayspaid time off (28 daysPTO 5 days CME)
Relocationassistance
Annual $5000 CME $1000 license/dues
5-7% retirement match
Paid malpractice tail
Providerwellness programs focused on personal and professional development
Monthly meetings with highest-level physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues
Community Information:Great Falls is known as Montanas base camp for art and adventure with a city population of70000 and a draw of over275000 peoplein north central Montana. We have four genuine seasons experience mildwintersand enjoy blue skies over300 daysper year. Great Falls is a wonderful and safe place to raise a family with nationally ranked public schoolsendless activitiestwo accredited colleges a brand-new nursing schoola biomedical rural health research instituteand anewnot-for-profit medical schoolTouroCOM 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 campingbackpackinghikingbikinghorseback 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 2023Montana 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 Systemis one of Montanas largest tertiary centers holding a level IItrauma 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 PlacesToWork in Healthcarefor 7years.Benefis covers ¼ of the states land mass an area comparable in size to Kansas and can provideadvancedcare for everything except for burns and organ transplants. We offer great specialty support includingneurosurgery cardiothoracic and vascularadvanced gastroenterologya regional cancer institute andastate-of-the-artemergencytraumadepartment with a dedicated air ambulance program including fixed and rotor wing.
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Key Skills
- Practice Management
- Direct Sales
- Go
- Primary Care Experience
- Office Experience
- Suturing
- Dermal Fillers
- Experience Administering Injections
- Pharmacy Residency
- Outside Sales
- Botox Experience
- Esthetic Laser Treatment
About Company
Discover medical services delivered by the healthcare providers at Benefis Health System, in Great Falls, Helena, Fort Benton, and Choteau for over 130 years.
