What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nocturnist - 7pm to 7am - Average # of admissions 8-9 per night - Beautiful Montana position at Benefis Medical Group?
Benefis Health System has a great opportunity for an Internal Medicine physician to practice Hospital Medicine at our large community academic tertiary trauma referral center located in Great Falls, Montana.? We offer a wide variety of patients and pathology, collaborative teams, great specialty support, competitive compensation and benefits and flexible scheduling that accommodates an adventurous Montana lifestyle!
Position Details
- Nocturnist opportunity (7p-7a), 12 hr shifts, 7on / 7off alongside a nocturnist advanced practice provider (7p-7a) and a physician admitter (11a-9p)
- Cover only 1 hospital with 349 acute care beds, admitting medical and surgical patients 16 years of age and older (adult), excluding obstetrical and providing medical coordination and inpatient utilization management for surgical patients
- Dedicated swing / nocturnist office space next to emergency department with easy access to all areas of the system
- Average # of admissions 8-9 per night - not required to attend RRTs or code blues
- Great access to specialists with over 380 providers on our medical staff representing 40 specialties, including : Neurosurgery, CVT Surgery, Interventional and General Cardiology, General Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Nephrology, Orthopedics, Inpatient Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, and more!
- Epic EMR providing easy access to colleges and specialists – dragon dictation
- No procedures required and no ICU coverage as intensivists are in house 24 / 7 for consultation
- Oversight of Internal Medicine residents required
Why we stand out
How we support you
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.
Salary : $5,000
