Physican - Orthopedic Hand Surgeon - Flexible Schedule, Great Surgical Volume, 8 Weeks Off

CO_01 Benefis Hospitals, Inc.; Great Falls (MT); Hybrid; USD 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

CME allowance

Tail malpractice coverage

Job summary

Benefis Health System in Great Falls, MT seeks an experienced orthopedic surgeon to join a robust team providing trauma, spine, shoulder, and joint services. Work with mid-level staff in a high-volume, multidisciplinary environment serving a large regional community.

The role offers dedicated OR/ASC time, access to advanced robotic systems, and strong overall benefits. Support includes 24/7 trauma coverage and a comprehensive hospital network.

Qualifications

• MD/DO or equivalent board certification in orthopedics.
• Minimum 5+ years post-residency orthopedic surgical experience.
• Experience with trauma, spine, and joint revision procedures preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide orthopedic surgical care within a large multispecialty team.
• Collaborate with trauma, spine, and sports medicine colleagues to coordinate care.
• Participate in on-site emergency and perioperative services.
• Contribute to teaching and patient-centered care in a high-volume setting.

Skills

Orthopedic surgery

Trauma care

Spine surgery

Team collaboration

Education

MD/DO (medical doctor)

Tools

DaVinci robotic system

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!

Position Details

• Great opportunity for a robust hand practice joining a long-term orthopedic team includ ing : traumatologist, generalists, spine, total joint revisionists, shoulder, spine, and sports med with mid-level support
• Schedule is typically Monday - Friday with d edicated OR and ASC time
• Devoted resources including occupational therapy within the clinic in addition to robust therapy options in the building and a s ame day orthopedic injury center attached to the practice , as well as employed plastic surgery and cardiovascular services
• 10 main ORs + ASC, 2 Davinci robots with O-arm and Hana table + ROSA robot
• 33 bed emergency department with 3 large trauma bays, CT scan staffed 24/7 and 2 dedicated board-certified EM physicians on shift at all hours
• In house air ambulance program with fixed wing and rotor wing for inbound and outbound transport
• Dedicated ICU intensivists 24/7 in 21 bed mixed-ICU
• Robust hospitalist team, including swing and night shift admitters

Why we stand out

• Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure
• Over 4 4 0 employed 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
• Epic electronic medical record and good clinical support staffing structures

How we support you

• Nationally competitive compensation structures with guaranteed salaries + productivity and performance bonuses
• 8 weeks paid time off (6 PTO, 2 CME)
• Generous sign-on / relocation bonus
• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues
• 5-7% retirement match + 457b program
• Paid malpractice + tail
• 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 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 .