Job ID: 2177
Type: Physicians
State: MT
Area: Central Montana
Specialty: PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHABILITATION
Description: Recruiting a new PM&R physician to join our amazing rehab team!
This unit has been CARF accredited for over 40 years with well-established systems in place to focus on providing the best patient care in Montana!
We are able to provide various opportunities for PM&R practice including a shared, state of the art rehab unit, consults, outpatient clinic, EMG, subacute, MSK, spasticity, medical legal, and more depending on each physicians’ interests and desired practiced blend. Our current team is flexible to accommodate interests and passions in the field.
20 bed shared acute rehab unit shared with physiatrist colleagues
Primary diagnosis: stroke, TBI, NTBI, TSCI, NTSCI, neuro condition, LE fracture, LE replacement, other ortho, LE amputation, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiac/pulmonary DEB, MMT w/out TBI or SCI, MMT w/ TBI or SCI, and guillain barre
Patient load is 5-7 per physician with an average daily census of 12
Monday – Friday average 2-3 discharges and 2-3 admissions per day
Acute care consults range from 3-6 per day
Call burden would be 1:5
Rehab Staffing of over 100 employees includes:
1 brain injury fellowship trained physiatrist/medical director, 3 additional experienced physiatrists working in a variety of roles and a unit-based rehab APP to help with consults, rounding and daily patient needs
Dedicated IM Hospitalist covering medical needs of patients Monday - Friday
On weekends physiatrist on call covers medical needs of patients however there is a hospitalist on call for additional support
Med/Surg trained acute care nursing staff and critical care nurse on call to the unit 24/7 who is in house and leads nursing in emergency situations, codes, family concerns, medical complexities etc. in addition to rehab certified nursing staff
16 therapists for inpatient and outpatient needs – therapy occurs 7 days per week
Interdisciplinary Team Conferences take place 3x a week and are held over different shifts to involve all staff, in addition to a shared governance model involving all team members to participate consistently to make the unit better.
Onsite therapy, gym, PT, OT, speech, therapy garden, home training, and recreational outings
Competitive salaries and fair production with additional incentive bonus structures guaranteed shift based compensation with incentive bonus structures depending on the model
Generous sign-on / relocation bonus
Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues
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
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Community/Facility info: This health system has two campuses with 344 licensed acute care beds, a 124 bed nursing home and 12 bed residential Hospice. We serve an area of 15 counties with approximately 225,000 people.
Facts about the health system:
•We are the largest hospital in Montana.
•Level II Trauma Center
•Mercy Flight air-transport is based out of our state-of-the art Emergency Department.
•Cancer Institute, opened in December 2005, houses CyberKnife, one of only a few in the nation and the only one in the entire state.
•Heart Institute
•State-of-the-art operating rooms and equipment.
•October 2009, a new patient tower opened which includes Women and Children's Services, Neonatology, Radiology and a Heart and Vascular Institute.
This community has a population of just under 60,000. Settled around the Missouri River, this area provides numerous arts, cultural, outdoor and entertainment activities.
Contact: For more information please contact Ryan Hawkins at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.