

Montana Gastroenterology – Gastroenterologist Needed, NO CALL!
Healthcare employer in Western Montana seeks to hire a full-time Gastroenterologist. Candidates must be BE/BC. Advanced Fellowship training in EUS and/or ERCP a plus. Step into this already established practice with healthy patient base.
Join two traditional GI Physicians, two full-time GI Hospitalists to cover all call, and various per diem GI Hospitalists. Several APP’s support GI physicians.
Procedures:
- Colonoscopies
- EGDs
- Flexible sigmoidoscopies
- PEG tube placements
- ERCP and EUS skills are optional
Schedule:
- Hospital employed, full time, flexible schedule – NO CALL
- Current Gastroenterologists are spending the majority of their time in endoscopy doing 12-16 cases/day based on preference and complexity and there is opportunity for additional volume if desired (endoscopy is staffed M-F 7:00 am-5:00 pm)
- Clinic is located within a 5-minute walk from the endoscopy suite and is staffed full time with an NP and a PA. Physicians spend ½ – 1 day per week in clinic based on preference
- Dedicated GI Hospitalist and PA-C take all consults and call, to do all urgent/emergent cases, consults and inpatient rounding
- If desired, this position can be 50% outpatient and 50% inpatient (which is 24 weeks outpatient and 10.4 weeks of inpatient call shifts – ERCP is required for this model)
Compensation & Benefits
- Nationally competitive shift-based compensation + incentive compensation bonus
- Generous sign-on/relocation bonus
- Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues (prorated if part time)
- 5-7% Retirement match + 457b program
- 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
Current Endoscopy Information:
- Five endoscopy suites and one bronchoscopy suite located directly outside the ER and across from the main OR
- 10-Bed recovery unit
- Olympus equipment
- Experienced and helpful staff of RNs and tech
- Anesthesia services provided and GI Hospitalist had a dedicated suite
- Designed as an ambulatory surgical center and all patients are managed within the unit with occasional procedures in the OR (based on BMI)
Future Endoscopy Information:
- In the process of building a separate space within the hospital, completed August 2024, expanding from 9,000 SF to 22,000 SF
- Eight endoscopy suites 10 pre op and 14 post op
- Olympus equipment
- Experienced and helpful staff of RNs and techs
- Anesthesia services provided and GI Hospitalist had a dedicated suite
- Designed as an ambulatory surgical center and all patients are managed within the unit with occasional procedures in the OR (based on BMI)
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