Position Overview

Understanding the Role

Intermountain Health is recruiting a rheumatologist for St. Vincent Rheumatology, an outpatient practice on the St. Vincent Regional Hospital campus in Billings, Montana. You will join John Jenkins, MD, and a team of three APPs in a practice where demand already exceeds capacity. New patients are currently booking out to mid-March 2027.

The role offers a four-day clinic week with no after-hours call, a $339,000 base salary with production incentives, and a clear path to becoming the practice's lead physician.

Position Snapshot

Item Detail
Employer Intermountain Health
Practice St. Vincent Rheumatology, St. Vincent Regional Hospital campus
Setting Outpatient, hospital-employed
Clinic Schedule Monday to Thursday, 10-hour days
Fridays Two half days per month
After-Hours Call None
Base Salary $339,000
Production Incentive $50 per wRVU above 6,080 wRVUs per year
Contract 2 years, automatic renewal
Practice Team 1 rheumatologist, 3 APPs, one-to-one MA support
Infusion Center 14 chairs, onsite

Why This Role Exists

  • St. Vincent Regional Hospital serves more than 400,000 people across Montana, Wyoming, and the western Dakotas.
  • New patient appointments are booked about six months out.
  • You will build a full panel quickly, including many of the practice's complex patients.
  • Adding a second rheumatologist expands access for patients across the region.

Your Role

  • See new and established patients in clinic, with complex cases routed to you by the APP team
  • Work alongside three APPs who carry their own panels and see new patients
  • Support APP learning through chart review and collaboration
  • Provide infusion center coverage during clinic hours
  • Round at St. Vincent Regional Hospital about once a month, during clinic hours
  • Grow into the lead physician role for the practice

Mentorship and Leadership

John Jenkins, MD, has practiced rheumatology since completing his fellowship at the University of Colorado in 1993. He will work alongside you as you establish your practice. Over time, you will take on the lead physician role locally, supported by the APP team and rheumatology colleagues across the Intermountain service line.

Weekly Schedule

Day Schedule
Monday to Thursday 10-hour clinic days
Friday Half-day clinic twice per month
Evenings and Weekends No call
Hospital About once a month, during clinic hours

Qualifications

  • Board certified or board eligible in rheumatology
  • New fellowship graduates and experienced rheumatologists welcome
  • Visa sponsorship reviewed case by case

Interview and Contract Process

  1. Introductory call with Intermountain's physician recruitment team
  2. Conversation with practice leadership
  3. Panel interview
  4. Site visit to Billings, coordinated by Intermountain's recruitment team
  5. Letter of intent within about 2 weeks
  6. Contract about 4 weeks after the letter of intent

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