APP – Hospitalist/Admitter (experience required) - night shift - dual coverage with physician -[...]

Benefis Health System; Great Falls (MT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nationally competitive compensation

Relocation assistance

$5,000 annual CME support

Job summary

Benefis Health System is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for a nocturnist role in Great Falls, Montana. In this position, you will join a hospitalist group serving a community hospital with diverse patient needs, providing support through collaborative teams and competitive compensation.

The role features a shift schedule of 7p-7a, a supportive environment with no ICU coverage, and access to over 440 medical staff specialists. Benefis values personal and professional development with ongoing training and wellness programs.

Qualifications

• Independent opportunity with physician support required.
• No procedures required and no ICU coverage needed.
• Effectively collaborate with a variety of specialists.

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient management for surgical patients.
• Attend RRTs or code blue situations.
• Cover only 1 hospital with extensive support.

Skills

Experience with nocturnist shifts

Ability to work independently

Familiarity with Epic EMR

Collaboration with specialists

Education

Advanced Practice Provider certification

Job description

Benefis is one of Montana’s 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!

Benefis Health System has an opportunity for a talented Advanced Practice Provider, to join the hospitalist group serving our academic community hospital in Great Falls, Montana in a nocturnist role. Our robust system has a level II trauma designation and offers a wide variety of patients and pathology, collaborative teams, great specialty support, competitive compensation and benefits and scheduling that accommodates an adventurous Montana lifestyle!

Position Details

• Experience required – independent opportunity with physician support
• Nocturnist shift (7p-7a), 7on/7off with dedicated physician support (7p-7a) and 2 physician admitters (7a-5p and 11a-9p)
• Epic EMR providing easy access to colleges and specialists – dragon dictation
• Dedicated swing/nocturnist office space next to emergency department in addition to hospitalist office space on inpatient floor, with easy access to all areas of the system
• Required to attend RRTs or code blues with opportunity to ask for physician back up if needed
• Great access to specialists with over 440 providers on our medical staff representing 40 specialties, including: Neurosurgery, CVT Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Interventional and General Cardiology, General Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Nephrology, Orthopedics, Inpatient Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, and more!
• No procedures required and no ICU coverage as intensivists are in house 24/7 for consultation
• Cover only 1 hospital with 349 acute care beds, admitting medical and surgical patients 16 years of age and older (adult), excluding last trimester obstetrical, and providing medical coordination and inpatient management for surgical patients

How We Support You

• Nationally competitive shift‑based compensation structures with additional performance compensation bonuses
• Relocation assistance
• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues
• 5‑7% retirement match
• Paid malpractice + tail
• Provider wellness programs focused on personal and professional development
• Monthly meetings with highest‑level physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues

Why we stand out

• Epic electronic medical record and good clinical support staffing structures
• Stand alone, financially stable, not‑for‑profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure
• Over 460 employed physicians and advanced practice 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
• Native American programs designed to ensure patients and their families receive care that is culturally sensitive, respectful, and supportive of their unique needs and traditions.
• International airport with direct flights to: DEN, SLC, SEA, ORD, LAS and PHX

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.

About Benefis Health System

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.