APP - Hospitalist - Inpatient Consultant, 7 on/ 7 Off

Benefis Health System has an opportunity for an advanced practice provider consulting hospitalist role at our West Campus for medical needs on our Injury Rehabilitation and Psychiatry Units in Great Falls, Montana.  We offer a wide variety of patients and pathology, collaborative teams, great specialty support, competitive compensation and benefits and scheduling that accommodates an adventurous Montana lifestyle!   

Position Details   

• Independent opportunity – typically 7 on 7 off                   

• AGACNP certification strongly preferred   

• The rehab unit is a 20-bed acute rehab with an average census of 12.   

• Rehab staff of over 100 employees including: 1 brain injury fellowship trained physiatrist/medical director, a unit-based rehab APP to help with consults, rounding and daily patient needs, a rehab psychologist, med/surg trained acute nursing staff and a critical care nurse on call 24/7 in addition to 16 therapists.   

• Interdisciplinary team conferences take place 3x a week and are held over different shifts to involve all staff, in addition to a shared governance model involving all team members.   

• Primary diagnoses: TBI, NTBI, TSCI, NTSCI, neuro condition, LE fracture, LE replacement, other ortho, LE amputation, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiac/pulmonary DEB, MMT w/out TBI or SCI, MMT w/ TBI or SCI, and guillain barre   

• Medical Consultations to manage chronic medical conditions and acute medical illnesses, assist with determining outpatient medical needs and follow-up, and to provide support for medical emergencies when on duty.    

• The inpatient psychiatry unit is a 20-bed unit with an average census of 7.  

• Psychiatry staff of 1 inpatient psychiatrist and psychiatric nursing, in addition to consult liaison acute psychiatry provider team on our main campus.  

• Medical Consultations to manage chronic medical conditions and acute medical illnesses, assist with determining outpatient medical needs and follow-up, and to provide support for medical emergencies when on duty.    

• Medical-type patients such as long-term IV antibiotic patients or custodial level of care, who would benefit from psychiatric programming while awaiting discharge, are also admitted to this unit, on occasion   

• 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, Orthopedics, Inpatient Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, and more!  

How we support you 

• Nationally competitive compensation structures and performance 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  

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  

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  https://www.benefis.org  for more information