Physician - Orthopedic Hand Surgeon - Flexible Schedule, Great Surgical Volume, 8 Weeks Off
Reported by 41 physicians · region cohort · total comp, not the employer's posted pay
Overview
- Location
- Great Falls, Montana
- Schedule
- Typically Monday – Friday with dedicated OR and ASC time
- SalaryDr Signal range
- $730k – $850k
- Practice
- Regional tertiary referral center · Not-for-profit health system hospital
41 physician reports · not the employer's posted pay
Role summary
Benefis Health System in Great Falls, MT seeks an Orthopedic Hand Surgeon to join a team of 9 orthopedic surgeons. The position offers a typically Monday–Friday schedule, 8 weeks paid time off, guaranteed base salary plus bonuses, sign-on/relocation bonuses, and a robust benefits package including retirement match and paid malpractice/tail at a Level II trauma regional tertiary referral center using Epic EMR.
What the posting highlights
- Patient population: Regional, covering over 275,000 people in north central Montana
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
Physician-reported range shown; the employer did not post pay for this role.
Compensation
- What physicians report
- $730k – $850k
- Pay context
- SalaryDr Signal · physician-reported
- Report sample
- 41 recent physician reports · region cohort
- Compensation basis
- Estimated total compensation
- Bonus / incentives
- Guaranteed salaries with productivity and performance bonuses
- PTO
- 8 weeks
Benefits named in the posting
- 8 weeks paid time off (6 PTO, 2 CME)
- $5,000 annual CME allowance
- $1,000 license/dues allowance
- 5-7% retirement match and 457b program
- Paid malpractice and tail coverage
- Physician wellness programs
- Signing and relocation bonus
This is a SalaryDr Signal computed from 41 recent, approved physician reports (region cohort). It is not an employer offer or posted pay; this employer did not disclose pay.
Employer
Benefis Health System
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Regional tertiary referral center
- Facility type
- Not-for-profit health system hospital
- Beds
- 33
- Trauma level
- Level II trauma center
- Patient population
- Regional, covering over 275,000 people in north central Montana
- EHR
- Epic
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Questions to ask the employer
- How is the productivity component calculated (wRVU rate, threshold, reconciliation cadence), and what did physicians here actually earn from it last year?
- What is the call schedule, and is call compensated separately or built into the base?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Typically Monday – Friday with dedicated OR and ASC time
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- SalaryDr Signal
- First seen
- 4 wk ago
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Extraction confidence
- 95%
Full description
Benefis Health System, a large level II trauma and regional tertiary referral center in Great Falls, Montana, is seeking an Orthopedic Hand Surgeon to join our dedicated team of 9 orthopedic surgeons and 6 surgical advanced practice providers. Position Details Great opportunity for a robust hand practice joining a long-term orthopedic team including: traumatologist, generalists, spine, total joint revisionists, shoulder, spine, and sports med with mid-level support Schedule is typically Monday – Friday with dedicated OR and ASC time Devoted resources including occupational therapy within the clinic in addition to robust therapy options in the building and a same day orthopedic injury center attached to the practice, as well as employed plastic surgery and cardiovascular services 10 main ORs + ASC, 2 Davinci robots with O-arm and Hana table + ROSA robot 33-bed emergency department with 3 large trauma bays, CT scan staffed 24/7 and 2 dedicated board-certified EM physicians on shift at all hours In-house air ambulance program with fixed wing and rotor wing for inbound and outbound transport Dedicated ICU intensivists 24/7 in 21-bed mixed-ICU Robust hospitalist team, including swing and night shift admitters Why we stand out Stand-alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system led by a CEO with a 20+ year tenure Over 440 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 How we support you 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 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. Visit our website: https://www.benefis.org for more information Submit your CV today to learn more: EricaMartin@benefis.org or: ProviderCareers@benefis.org