Physician - Critical Access Hospital/Rural Health Clinic

Physician - Critical Access Hospital/Rural Health Clinic

Benefis Teton Medical Center (“BTMC”), a certified trauma receiving critical access hospital, located along the Rocky Mountain Front in beautiful Choteau, Montana, has a new opportunity for two physicians to join our dedicated team to enhance rural health care and health status in its community and region!  The goal is to dynamically establish Benefis Teton Medical Center as the cornerstone of medical/health care in the pursuit of improved health status through proactive, collaborative, and holistic planning, resourcing, and teamwork.

Position details

• Opportunity for full-time or part-time employment – Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and/or Emergency Medicine backgrounds will be considered.
• Current Team: 1 Emergency Medicine physician (nearing retirement) and 4 APPs with a goal of 2 physicians and 5 APPs.
• Clinical practice includes outpatient clinic, acute and emergency care, long-term care, telemedicine, and supervision of APP team.
• A typical full-time schedule is 3 days of clinic/inpatient rounding and 1 ER night call per week M-Th; however, the Medical Team and Leadership are open to alternative proposals for clinic and call.
• Patient transfers available to Benefis Teton Medical Center’s Parent – Benefis Health System, which is a large integrated tertiary medical center in Great Falls, Montana.
  • Benefis Health System has fixed wing and rotor wing for urgent/emergent patient transfers.
  • Direct provider call in line to 24/7 emergency operator.
  • Available specialties include Urology, Orthopedics, OB/GYN, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Interventional Cardiology, ENT, Plastics, Pulmonology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, and the Hi-Line Sletten Cancer Institute.
  • Approximately 50-60 minutes by car/ambulance - 56 miles from Benefis Teton Medical Center to Benefis Health System.

Benefis Teton Medical Center

• Is a 25-bed critical access hospital with adjacent Rural Health Clinic.
• Has a 24/7 emergency room staffed with on-call providers.
• Has full-service laboratory with state-of-the-art technology.
• Has a radiology department with a 64-slice CT. Immediate interpretation of digital images is available with PACS technology through Benefis Health System.
• Offers digital mammography, breast ultrasound, and bone density scanning on monthly basis through a mobile unit.
• Physical therapy and occupational therapy inpatient and outpatient services are available in-house and at an outpatient center.
• Has implemented EPIC as electronic health record, which is not the standard for a critical access hospital.

Why we stand out / how we support you

• BTMC is owned by Benefis Health System – a financially stable, stand alone, community system with great financial support. Benefis Health System was recently rated as A+ by Fitch Ratings.
• Physicians receive a guaranteed base salary with annual bonus opportunities.
• Generous sign-on / relocation bonus.
• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues.
• Malpractice insurance with tail coverage.
• Health, dental, vision, and paid disability.
• 403b Retirement Program with 5% match by Benefis Health System + 457b program.
• BTMC is a loan repayment site through the National Health Service Corp (score: 16).
• Monthly meetings with highest-level physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues proactively.

Community Information

Choteau is a beautiful “small town” Montana community, located 20 minutes from the Rocky Mountain Front with direct local access to Benchmark Wilderness and Bob Marshall Wilderness and just over an hour from Glacier Park!  It provides amply for great outdoor adventures in all seasons including camping, hiking, horseback riding, water and snow skiing, including a local ski hill – Teton Pass, rock and ice climbing, boating, off-road motorsports, upland bird, waterfowl, and big game hunting. Teton County has approximately 6,500 residents and the community of Choteau is home to approximately 1,800. The Choteau school system includes elementary, junior high, and high school with a total of approximately 370 enrolled students per year, who receive well-rounded education with a myriad of extracurricular activities and sports. The community affords a friendly atmosphere, with great people, and offers a great quality of life.  For additional shopping and airport access, Choteau is close to various other cozy small communities and is a 50-minute commute to the larger urban community of Great Falls, offering additional restaurants, shopping, and fun, in addition to an airport with direct flights via United, Alaska, Delta and Allegiant to Seattle, Salt Lake, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago (seasonally), Las Vegas, and Phoenix.  Perhaps Choteau’s most significant “selling point” other than being a caring community, is that it is a very safe environment, where its residents can live comfortably and relaxed, and children can attend school focused on their educations and interests.  In this digital age, Choteau is across the street from practically anything.