APP – Neonatal Intensive Care (Part Time)

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!

APP – Neonatal Intensive Care (part time)

Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Montana is looking to add an additional part time Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to join our inpatient Neonatal Intensive Team of 2 full time physicians and 2 full time nurse practitioners working in our beautiful 24 bed, level III NICU.

Department Information:

• Part time position – schedule is typically a block schedule, with 12 or 24-hour shifts (in house not required) with physician support.
• Average daily census of 10 with an average length of stay 14-18 days.
• Great support staff to provide comprehensive clinical care in a safe environment including MDs, NNPs, RNs, Care Coordinators, Pharmacists, Physical and Speech Therapists, Respiratory Therapists and Dieticians.
• NICU scope of care and services: invasive and non-invasive respiratory support, use of RAM cannulas, ventilator support, including high frequency oscillations, nitric oxide therapy, NCPAP therapy, surfactant therapy, exchange transfusion, echocardiology, ultrasonography, EEG monitoring, surgery, infant cooling, ophthalmologic consultation, Retcam for ROP, (provided by NNPs) and attending high risk deliveries. We also have a specialized Neonatal Flight Team available for regional transports via helicopter or fixed wing jet.
• Interdisciplinary / collaborative patient care approach includes: physician rounds, interdisciplinary care rounds, patient care conferences, performance improvement monitoring, multidisciplinary team meetings, and documentation and shared governance
• Common diagnosis: respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, prematurity – babies from 23 weeks gestation, pneumonia, gastroesophageal reflux
• Common treatments/procedures: endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, respiratory / oxygen therapy, umbilical venous / arterial catheterization, surfactant administration, arterial blood sampling, phototherapy. peripherally inserted centralized catheter, intravenous therapy, antibiotic therapy and ABR hearing screening

How we support you

• Nationally competitive shift-based compensation structures with additional performance compensation bonuses
• Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues (prorated based on FTE)
• 5-7% retirement match
• Paid malpractice + tail
• Provider wellness programs focused on personal and professional development
• Monthly meetings with highest-level physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues

Why we stand out

• Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure
• Over 400 employed 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
• Epic electronic medical record and good clinical support staffing structures

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 1/4 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 www.benefis.org for more information

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