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Anesthesiology Opportunity – Trauma Center – Montana

Benefis Health System, a level II Trauma Center in Great Falls, Montana, is seeking an Anesthesiologist to join our well-established group of 14 FTE hospital employed anesthesiologists, as we plan for upcoming FTE reductions and retirements and transition to a new model adding additional physicians for more time off, and less call! Great compensation structure, protected time off and a call schedule based on fairness across the group, not tenure. We practice in an efficient, anesthesia led OR, offering broad-spectrum anesthesiology with ability to provide great work-life balance.

Employment Details:

• Full time employed position with not-for-profit level II trauma center – 100% coverage on cases, no supervision
• Guaranteed salary based on physician comp survey medians + additional quarterly bonuses based on AU pool and incentive compensation goals
• 10 full weeks paid time off - scheduled in advance year prior
  • 8 PTO weeks/2 CME weeks
  • Additional 12 individual days of post 1^stcall “off” days
• 12 first and 12 second calls, 5-6 weekends
  • Call is taken from home
  • Call stipend provided
  • Post 1^stcall day off
• Cover only 1 hospital with 10 state-of-the-art operating rooms and an ambulatory surgery center just across a skybridge
• Wide variety of cases including: General Surgery, ENT, Urology, Neurosurgery, Plastics, GYN, Thoracic, Vascular, Orthopedics, Gastroenterology, and more!
• Ability to care for trauma patients, healthy pediatrics and regional block skills is required.
• No Cardiac - we have a separate cardiac anesthesia call team who also take general call
• No OB – unless you have a desire to pick up 24 hr OB shifts to maintain skill set (OB is typically covered by 24/7 in house CRNAs)
• 8,500 surgical cases/year
• Dedicated long term scheduler, single point of contact, ensuring proactive planning and fairness to support work-life balance and an MT lifestyle of adventure
• Monthly meetings with highest-level physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive salary + bonus structure, 10 weeks paid time off + post 1^st call off
• Generous relocation/sign on bonus
• Annual fund $5,000 CME, $1,000 licensure/dues
• Retirement savings plan: 403b with 5-7% match of base pay
• Deferred compensation plan: 457b for additional savings
• Paid malpractice + tail coverage
• Low-cost health/dental/vision with multiple plan options
• Physician wellness programs focused on personal and professional development

Why we stand out

• Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system
• Regional tertiary center with robust specialty support including neurosurgery, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, advanced gastroenterology, cardiothoracic, and more!
• Patient focused, quality medical care

Community Information: Great Falls is known as Montana’s base camp for art and adventure with a city population of 60,000, 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, two accredited colleges, and a new not-for-profit medical school, TouroCOM Montana, opening Summer 2023. 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, hiking, 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.

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” 6 years in a row.  Benefis covers ¼ of the state’s land mass, an area comparable in size to Kansas and can provide care for everything except for burns and organ transplants. We offer great specialty support including 4 neurosurgeons, a cardiothoracic and vascular program, a regional cancer institute and a brand-new emergency department with a dedicated air ambulance program, including fixed and rotor wing. 

Contact me today to learn more!

EricaMartin@benefis.org, Physician Recruiter

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About Benefis Health System

As a not-for-profit community health system, Benefis is driven to provide the highest level of care. We serve nearly 230,000 residents across a 15-county region that is bigger than Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.  Benefis is the largest non-governmental employer in the Great Falls area, with more than 3,000 employees.  Benefis has 530 licensed beds (that includes 146 beds in long-term care, 71 in assisted living and 20 beds at Peace Hospice of Montana) and partners with over 250 area physicians.  Our hospital has been recognized for its exceptional work in quality care by providing a wide range of programs and services to help you live the best life possible.  We’re here to help you “Live well.”  Benefis Health System came about when two Christian-based hospitals became one.  Our founders believed in providing good care to all in need, and trusted that this would be accomplished.  The Benefis name was derived using Latin root words: "Bene-" meaning good, and "fis-" for faith and trust.  It’s these same root words that make up such terms as ‘beneficial’ a...nd ‘confidence'.  Benefis has been a trusted provider of care for more than 125 years. And our name speaks to our commitment: good care one can put faith in.   Benefis is consistently ranked among America’s top hospitals by the nation’s leading healthcare ratings organizations for a range of services, including cancer care, joint replacement, stroke treatment, wound care and home health.   To learn more about our services, continue looking through our website at WWW.BENEFIS.ORG or call 406.455.5000.

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