Description

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!

The Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Montana is seeking a motivated Vascular Surgeon to join our medical group of 440 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians covering a large catchment in Northcentral Montana.

Position description

• Seeking a BE/BC Vascular Surgeon to perform comprehensive vascular procedures in a full-scope practice from complex open procedures to minimally invasive interventions

• We employ 1 cardiothoracic surgeon and 1 cardiothoracic vascular surgeon in our heart and vascular department, 5 general surgeons (non-vascular) in our surgical department and 3 interventional radiologists in our radiology department

• Balanced clinical-to-surgical ratio optimizing your surgical skills and work satisfaction

• Reasonable call schedules depending on practice desires, supporting work-life balance

• Robust support staff and advanced practice providers for enhanced efficiency and patient care

• 10 operating rooms with Davinci robotics (Xi and 5), brand new hybrid OR, and onsite ASC

• Level II trauma designation offering fixed and rotor wing in house air ambulance covering a 42,000 square mile region, with ability to care for everything except burns and organ transplants

Why we stand out

• Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure

• Epic electronic medical record and good clinical support staffing structures

• Over 400 employed providers on medical staff

• Regional tertiary center with robust specialty support including neurosurgery, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, advanced gastroenterology, cardiothoracic surgery, and more!

• Patient focused, quality community and regional medical care

How we support you

• Hospital employed opportunity with nationally competitive compensation structures with guaranteed salaries + productivity and performance bonuses

• 8 weeks paid time off (6 PTO, 2 CME)

• Generous sign-on / relocation bonus

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

• 5-7% retirement match + 457b program

• Paid malpractice + tail

• 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: Ranked as one of three Best Small Towns in the West in 2025, 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. In addition to being recognized as one of three Best Small Towns in 2025, Montana was named #1 state in the nation to practice medicine by WalletHub in 2023, and Great Falls ranked #10 for best cities to practice in after the pandemic by Business Insider in 2020.

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

Submit your CV today to learn more, ProviderCareers@benefis.org