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Benefis Health System
Great Falls, Montana

Physician – Nocturnist – double coverage + admitter support – stable hospital – Montana

Hospital MedicineIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · 7 on / 7 off

7 on / 7 off: every day of your on-week (including its weekend), then a full week off.

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Posted 3mo ago

Job 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!

Benefis Health System has a great opportunity for an Internal Medicine physician to practice Hospital Medicine at our large community academic tertiary trauma referral center located in Great Falls, Montana. 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

  • Nocturnist shift (7p-7a), 7on/7off with dedicated advanced practice provider support (7p-7a) and 2 physician admitters (7a-5p and 11a-9p)
  • Epic EMR providing easy access to colleges and specialists – dragon dictation
  • Dedicated swing/nocturnist office space next to emergency department with easy access to all areas of the system
  • Average # of admissions 8-10 per night - not required to attend RRTs or code blues but may be needed at NP request
  • Great access to specialists with over 440 providers on our medical staff representing 40 specialties, including: Neurosurgery, CVT Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Interventional and General Cardiology, General Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Nephrology, Orthopedics, Inpatient Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, and more!
  • No procedures required and no ICU coverage as intensivists are in house 24/7 for consultation
  • Oversight of Internal Medicine residents required
  • Cover only 1 hospital with 349 acute care beds, admitting medical and surgical patients 16 years of age and older (adult), excluding last trimester obstetrical, and providing medical coordination and inpatient management for surgical patients

How We Support You

  • Nationally competitive shift-based compensation structures with additional performance bonuses
  • 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
  • J1 waiver sponsorships for specific specialties with established immigration council

Why We Stand Out

  • Epic electronic medical record and good clinical support staffing structures
  • Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure
  • Over 460 employed physicians and advanced practice providers on medical staff
  • 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
  • Native American programs designed to ensure patients and their families receive care that is culturally sensitive, respectful, and supportive of their unique needs and traditions.
  • International airport with direct flights to: DEN, SLC, SEA, ORD, LAS and PHX

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, 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.

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 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.

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

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Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide nocturnal coverage for a hospital, managing admissions and inpatient care for adult medical and surgical patients. They will work alongside an advanced practice provider and a physician admitter, ensuring quality patient care and coordination.

Requirements

Candidates should be board-certified in Internal Medicine and have experience in hospital medicine. Oversight of Internal Medicine residents is required, indicating a need for teaching and mentorship skills.

Key Skills

Patient ManagementTeam CollaborationResident Oversight

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Montana is 94.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of Montana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 73% have no call, 25% require no weekends.

What does the Physician market look like in Montana?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $300k (middle half $268k–$379k)426 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMontana index 94.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Hospital Medicine listings in Montana7 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All physician listings in Montana83 active22,339 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 73% no call · 25% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS physician listings (all specialties): 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 11% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine hiring demand#18 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 49 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 402 postings, 440 closed
New Hospital Medicine listings412 in the last 30 days389 the 30 days before (+6%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend (all specialties)−2.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Montana figures use all physicians: too few Montana Hospital Medicine postings state pay.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Loan repayment
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 1.9
Better work-life than 40% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,099 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Benefis Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Great Falls, Mt
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

CME allowance ($5,000)
License/dues ($1,000)
5-7% retirement match
457b program
Paid malpractice + tail
Physician wellness programs
Monthly leadership meetings
J1 waiver sponsorship

Living in Great Falls

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$331k
Typical market rent
$1,433/mo
Residents’ average commute
15 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.8
State income tax
Up to 6.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Great Falls, MT metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.