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!

Functional/Lifestyle Medicine - Opportunity to Revolutionize Healthy Aging Care in Montana - Physician

Benefis Health System is seeking a physician (Lifestyle, Functional, Geriatrics, Internal or Family Medicine) to assist in the development of an innovative healthy aging program providing services for aging adults in Montana, including preventive care, primary care, and subspecialty medical care.

Position details

• Collaborate with Benefis leadership in the formation of a collaborative care team, consisting of physician, advanced practice provider, and social worker.
• Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate medical services for adults 65 and older, to include both preventive care and chronic illness management, utilizing the principles of geriatric assessment.
• Provide accommodating medical care in various settings including patient homes, outpatient clinics, hospital, skilled nursing, and assisted living
• Additional opportunity to develop and present educational programs for medical students, interns, resident physicians, and ancillary medical staff.
• The ideal physician will be BE/BC in Geriatric, Family or Internal Medicine with a background of providing excellent primary care to patients

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 community and regional medical care
• International airport with direct flights to: DEN, MSP, SLC, SEA, ORD, LAS and PHX

How we support you

• Competitive salaries and fair production with additional incentive bonus structures
• Generous sign-on / relocation bonus
• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues
• 8 weeks paid time off
• 5-7% retirement match + 457b program
• 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: 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. 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. 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. 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 1/4 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 us today to learn more about this exciting new opportunity! ericamartin@benefis.org