APP - Nocturnist (AGACNP) - independent role, dual night coverage, not-for-profit hospital system,

Benefis Health System has a great opportunity to practice Hospital Medicine at our large tertiary, level II trauma 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 

• Independent AGACNP opportunity with good collaborating physician partnerships 

• 12 hr shifts, 7 on / 7 off block schedule, typically nights working alongside a dedicated nocturnist physician and a dedicated physician admitter from 11a-9p based in the emergency department - work life balance philosophy “when you’re off, you’re really off” 

• 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 

• Great access to specialists with over 400 providers on our medical staff representing 40 specialties, including: Neurosurgery, CVT Surgery, Interventional and General Cardiology, General Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Nephrology, Interventional Radiology, Orthopedics, Inpatient Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, and more! 

• Procedures optional with privileging and no ICU coverage required (intensivists are in house 24/7 for consultation) 

• Opportunity to teach medical students and future residents – Touro University is opening a medical school 4 blocks from the hospital, Summer 2023 

Why we stand out 

• Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure 

• Over 400 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 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  

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.   

Visit our website  www.benefis.org for more information 

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