Internal Medicine Residency Program – Outpatient Physician

Benefis Health System, is an academic community hospital in Great Falls Montana, seeking a board-certified Internal Medicine physician to join our new residency (2025) as core faculty with the primary responsibility to supervise residents in our Benefis Internal Medicine residency clinic. 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: 

• Teach and precept internal medicine residents in their continuity clinic, creating an effective learning environment with open communication. 

• Work with the PD and APDs on developing curriculum, mentoring, didactic presentations, in addition to participation in scholarly activities and promotion of resident wellness. 

• Participate on IM residency program committees (program evaluation and/or clinical competency committees)?  

• Participate in and guide residents on ambulatory quality improvement projects  

• Teach ambulatory based procedures (joint injection, I&D, WWE, biopsy) 

• Assist with the residency applicant recruitment process including reviewing applications and conducting interviews. 

Additional Information: 

• Qualified Internal Medicine candidates should have recent outpatient experience with a strong desire to provide high quality, evidence-based patient care to the future generation of Internal Medicine physicians. Teaching experience is strongly preferred but not required. 

• This residency program is under the Opti-West Graduate Medical Education Consortium which is affiliated with the Touro University Medical Schools.  

How we support you 

• Competitive guaranteed salary with incentive bonus structures 

• Generous sign-on / relocation bonus 

• 8 weeks paid time off  

• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues 

• 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 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, 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. 

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 care for everything except for burns and organ transplants. We offer great specialty support including 3 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! 
Erica Martin, Physician Recruiter, ericamartin@benefis.org? 406-731-8882  

Benefis Hospitals has 586 beds at its two campuses (that includes 146 beds in long-term care and 20 beds at Peace Hospice of Montana) and partners with over 300 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’ and ‘confidence’.

Benefis has been a trusted provider of care for more than 100 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.

As a not-for-profit community health system, Benefis is driven to provide the highest level of care. We serve nearly 275,000 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 3,400 employees.