Physician - Ophthalmologist - Vitreoretinal Surgery - Montana

NBSTSA; Great Falls (MT); On-site; USD 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

CME allowance

PTO 8 weeks

Paid malpractice + tail

Job summary

Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Montana, seeks a BC/BE fellowship-trained Vitreoretinal Ophthalmologist to join our medical group. The position offers a hospital-employed role in a premier regional center with a chance to build a new retina practice and customize the office space.

Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery is required, with collaboration across subspecialties and a supportive ASC team. Generous compensation, benefits, and leadership support are provided.

Qualifications

• Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery is required.
• BC/BE Ophthalmology board certification preferred.
• Experience with high-volume retina cases is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Join Benefis Health System as a Vitreoretinal ophthalmologist in a hospital-employed role.
• Share on-call duties with private practice ophthalmologists (1:4).
• Opportunity to customize a new office with updated retinal equipment.

Skills

Vitreoretinal surgery

Education

Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery

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, a not for profit, regional tertiary center in Great Falls, Montana, is seeking a BC/BE fellowship trained Vitreoretinal Surgery Ophthalmologist to join our medical group.

Position details

• Opportunity for a high-volume, successful practice with ability to customize a new office space with new equipment
• Hospital employed position joining a not for profit, financially stable, regional tertiary center
• Flexible clinic hours and scheduling with access to experienced ASC team with dedicated block time
• Call obligation is shared with private practice ophthalmologists 1:4
• Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery is required

Why we stand out

• Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure
• Over 440 employed providers on medical staff
• Regional tertiary center with robust specialty support including neurosurgery, general and ortho trauma, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, advanced gastroenterology, cardiovascular and thoracic, 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

Ranked as one of three Best Small Towns in the West in 2025, 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. In addition to being recognized as one of three Best Small Towns in 2025, Montana was named #1 state in the nation to practice medicine by WalletHub in 2023, and Great Falls ranked #10 for best cities to practice in after the pandemic by Business Insider in 2020.

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 1/4 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.

Visit our website www.benefis.org for more information