What are the responsibilities and job description for the Gastroenterologist - Outpatient - No Call position at Benefis Medical Group?

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 - 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 shift-based compensation incentive compensation bonus

Generous sign-on / relocation bonus

Annual $5,000 CME $1,000 license / dues (prorated if part time)

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

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 Montanas 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 (with plans for future IM Residency). 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.

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 Healthcare? 6 years in a row. Benefis covers of the states 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.

Erica Martin, Physician Recruiter, ericamartin@benefis.org 406-731-8882

Salary : $5,000

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