Pulmonology Opportunity - Great Falls, MT
Columbia, Missouri, United States
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Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Pulmonology
Degree Required MD/DO Residency/Fellowship/Externship
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Great Falls, Montana, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 3/05/24
Pulmonology Opportunity - Great Falls, MT

Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Montana is currently recruiting for a progressive Pulmonary physician to join our busy team of Physicians and APPs to support outpatient and procedure volumes. The department currently employs three experienced Critical Care Pulmonologists (who also work in ICU), an Outpatient Pulmonologist (departing), a Nurse Practitioner and a Physician Assistant.

Position Details:
  • Ideal candidate will have good bronchoscopy skills including EBUS and navigational bronchoscopy. Specialty procedures performed in the bronch lab include: Bronchothermoplasty, Cryotherapy/Bronchial Blocker, APC Cautery, Super Dimension, EBUS, Lung Stent, Laser Phototherapy, and Pleurex Cath Insertion
  • The department is equipped with a plethysmography, a spirometer and complete pulmonary function testing lab as well as a new cardiopulmonary exercise laboratory, state of the art navigational bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound.
  • Opportunity to teach 3rd and 4th year medical students and to participate in a future internal medicine residency program
  • There is also opportunity to participate in/develop pre and post-transplant coordination if desired
Work Hours and Call Coverage:
  • General outpatient clinic is open and staffed M – F from 8:00 – 5:00 pm with flexibility in physician schedule
  • Current call is taken by inpatient team - call scheduled can be discussed depending on interests and desires
Why we stand out
  • Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system
  • 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
  • International airport with direct flights to: DEN, MSP, SLC, SEA, ORD, LAS and PHX
How we support you
  • Competitive salaries and fair production with additional incentive bonus structures
  • Generous sign-on / relocation bonus
  • Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues
  • 8 weeks paid time off (6 weeks PTO, 2 weeks CME)
  • 5-7% retirement match + 457b program
  • 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
Community Information: Great Falls is known as Montana’s base camp for art and adventure with a city population of 60,000, 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, two accredited colleges, and a new not-for-profit medical school, TouroCOM Montana, opening Summer 2023. 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, hiking, 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” 6 years in a row. Benefis covers ¼ of the state’s land mass, an area comparable in size to Kansas and can provide care for everything except for burns and organ transplants. We offer great specialty support including 4 neurosurgeons, a cardiothoracic and vascular program, a regional cancer institute and a brand-new emergency department with a dedicated air ambulance program, including fixed and rotor wing.

Thank you for your consideration. Please let me know if you have an interest in this location/opportunity and I'll facilitate getting you additional information.

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