Nocturnal Hospitalist

Nocturnal Hospitalist Job Description

General Practice Information:

Bozeman Health Medical Group now hiring a full time Nocturnal Hospital Medicine physician. This full-time candidate must be board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine. We seek someone with at least 3-5 years of hospital medicine experience but will consider candidates who are practicing full spectrum Internal Medicine.

Our practice offers:

Variable block scheduling with shift lengths 12 hours.

Averaging 10 night shifts per month

Currently 22 Physicians

5 rounding teams (avg daily census 12-15 patients)

Open ICU with 24/7 coverage by Intensivists
 

Organization facts:

Bozeman Health, governed by a community board of directors, is responsible for the flagship Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital, Bozeman Health Medical Group, Highland Park Medical Campus, and Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center. The integrated health system also includes Bozeman Health Hillcrest Senior Living with independent and assisted living facilities, a clinical research group and Bozeman Health Urgent Care. Today, Bozeman Health is the largest private employer in Gallatin Valley with more than 2,400 employees. 

The hospital is a 125-bed facility with 10 ORs, 20 bed Critical care unit, and 25 bed ED.  Approximately 28,000 ED visits per year.  A new NICU opened in 2021 as part of a comprehensive women and children’s care system.

The hospital has level III ACS Trauma Center designation and is DNV accredited. There are approximately 260 physicians on the medical staff representing a broad spectrum of both medical and surgical specialties. 

Compensation and benefits:

This is an employed salaried position, with additional incentive and quality compensation. Relocation expense assistance and sign-on bonus is available. The position also includes a comprehensive benefit package including: 

Health, dental, vision, retirement plan
Life insurance
Paid malpractice insurance including tail coverage
CME
Paid medical licensing
ABIM dues
DEA expenses

Bozeman, MT:

With six major mountain ranges surrounding the community, three blue ribbon rivers, five golf courses, three world class skiing resorts, 284 mountain trails, Montana State University, and the gateway town to Yellowstone National Park, it’s no wonder Bozeman appeared as No. 2 on the top 10 list for bizjournals.com’s list of American “dream towns.” Bozeman High School has been ranked on Newsweek’s top-schools list five times since 2003 and a new second high school opened in 2020. Seventy-four percent of the community's 45,000 plus residents has some post-secondary education. University graduates, along with industry-experienced newcomers seeking a higher quality of life, providing a brain pool for the area's mix of expanding businesses.

Because of its access to some of the best ski mountains in the United States, Bozeman ranked as one of the top 15 ski towns in the country by Ski Magazine. Powder Magazine ranked Bozeman in the “top 32 ski towns in North America” and National Geographic, placed Bozeman in the “World's 25 Best Ski Towns.”  In addition, Outside Magazine has ranked Bozeman the 5th best college town in the United States, and ranks the city 15th in the United States for access to outside sports. American City Business Journals couples this active outdoor lifestyle with a strong work ethic that has enabled Bozeman to rank number one as a business climate among cities under 100,000 in the United States.

With many great cultural events including museums, symphony, opera, and a vibrant live music scene as well as the great outdoors, it isn’t what to do in Bozeman, but what not to do because there are so many activities—snow or sunshine. If staying in town is not enough, we have an international airport with direct flights to 20 major US cities.