Emergency Medicine Opportunity - Trauma Center

Emergency Medicine Physician Opportunity – Trauma Center – Montana  

Benefis Health System, a large trauma center in Great Falls, Montana, has a rare opening for an Emergency Medicine Physician to join our team of board-certified physicians and emergency trained advanced practice providers. 

Department Information 

• 33 bed beautiful Emergency Department with recent $12m complete remodel 
  • 9 bed RME Unit 
  • 11 bed Critical Care Unit 
  • 13 bed Clinical Decision Unit 

• High acuity department with 30-35% admission rate 
• Large air ambulance program - fixed wing jet and helicopter completing 3-4 missions a day, 900-1100 flights annually – flight team is based in ED (Adult, OB and NICU specific flight teams on call) 
• 10 hour shifts, approximately 14 shifts per month 
• Great staffing model to promote dedicated, safe patient care – currently staffed with 50 hours of physician coverage daily with APCs and hiring to expand to dual physician coverage 24 hours per day 
• Ample opportunities to participate in medical student and postgraduate medical education 
• Innovative technology throughout department including: 
  • IV pumps programed by chars 
  • Bedside ultrasound in all trauma bays 
  • CT, x-ray and ultrasound live in ED footprint 
  • 2 way radio real time communication 
  • Tele-stroke, tele-neuro services 
  • Dedicated ED communication center for all transports/external transfers 

• Extremely low turnover, our first posted physician opening in over 7 years due to changes in staffing model 

Why we stand out 

• Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system  
• Regional tertiary center with robust specialty support including general and orthopedic trauma teams, neurosurgery, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, advanced inpatient 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 

• Guaranteed shift based compensation with incentive bonus structures 
• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues  
• 5-7% retirement match + 457b program 
• 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  

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. Additionally, in 2023 and 2024, 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 trauma 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” for 7 years (and currently the only Montana hospital on the list). 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 us today to learn more!  

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.