Benefis Health System·Great Falls, Montana
Provide full-spectrum orthopedic trauma services, including performing surgeries during dedicated weekly OR block time and managing patient consults and clinics. Participate in a 24-hour orthopedic trauma coverage rotation with a 30-minute response time from home.
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 large level II trauma center and regional tertiary referral center in Great Falls, Montana, is seeking a full time Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon to join our dedicated team of 8 orthopedic surgeons and 6 surgical advanced practice providers in a hospital employed orthopedic practice.
General Schedule
0.9 FTE physician opportunity averaging 10 shifts/month
Rotation between 3 physicians mutually agreed upon for 24-hour orthopedic trauma coverage with dedicated advanced practice support
Duties include consults, clinic and dedicated OR trauma block time every week day starting at 12 pm and call response time is 30 minutes from home, in house not required
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.
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Submit your CV today to learn more, EricaMartin@benefis.org [EricaMartin@benefis.org] or ProviderCareers@benefis.org [ProviderCareers@benefis.org]
Must be a qualified Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon capable of working in a Level II Trauma Center. Requires the ability to manage a high-volume surgical load and collaborate with a multidisciplinary medical team.
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