APP - Critical Access Hospital​/Rural Health Clinic - Montana

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 Teton Medical Center ("BTMC"), a certified trauma‑receiving critical access hospital located along the Rocky Mountain Front in beautiful Choteau, Montana, has opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant 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.

• Full‑time employed at a critical‑access facility (BTMC, certified trauma‑receiving). Family Practice clinic experience preferred; ER experience strongly preferred.
• Typical schedule:
  
  Family Practice clinic 3 days per week and one night on call per week (M‑Th) 15‑hour shift, 1 weekend per month, ≥2 holidays per year rotating with 3 other providers.
• Current staff: 1 Emergency Medicine physician (Medical Supervisor), 2 NPs and 2 PAs.
• ACLS and ATLS evidence of training required; certification preferred.
• Patient transfers to Benefis Health System (located 56 miles; 50‑60 minutes by car/ambulance, with fixed‑wing and rotor‑wing support). Transfers available to specialty services including Urology, Orthopedics, OB/GYN, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Interventional Cardiology, ENT, Plastics, Pulmonology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, and the Hi‑Line Sletten Cancer Institute.
• Direct provider call line to 24/7 emergency operator.

• 25‑bed critical access hospital with adjacent Rural Health Clinic.
• 24/7 emergency room staffed with on‑call providers.
• Full‑service laboratory with state‑of‑the‑art technology.
• Radiology department with a 64‑slice CT and immediate image interpretation via PACS.
• Mobile unit offering digital mammography, breast ultrasound, and bone density scanning monthly.
• In‑house and outpatient physical and occupational therapy services.
• EPIC electronic health record integrated with all Benefis hospitals.

• Guaranteed base salary with annual bonus opportunities.
• Sign‑on and relocation bonus.
• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues.
• Malpractice insurance with tail coverage.
• Health, dental, vision, and paid disability coverage.
• 403(b) retirement program with 5% match by Benefis Health System.
• Loan repayment site through the National Health Service Corps (score: 16).
• Monthly meetings with highest‑level provider and administrative leadership.

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 ample opportunities 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.

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