Position Overview

Understanding the Role

Intermountain Health is building a new employed OB/GYN department at St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Billings, Montana. You will provide outpatient obstetric and gynecologic care, perform gynecologic surgery, and cover labor and delivery at the largest hospital in the region. The position offers a $407,000 guaranteed salary plus productivity compensation.

Demand for OB/GYN care in Billings is high. New patients are booked out to March 2027, and St. Vincent receives obstetric transfers from smaller hospitals across Montana. As one of the first physicians in a new department, you will help shape how the practice runs.

Position Snapshot

Item	Detail
Employer	Intermountain Health
Hospital	St. Vincent Regional Hospital, Billings, MT
Department	OB/GYN Women's Health (new department)
Position Type	Full-time, with part-time options
Practice Mix	About 50% obstetrics, 50% gynecology
Guaranteed Salary	$407,000 plus productivity
Call	3 shifts per month, hospitalist-style restricted call
Deliveries	About 10 to 18 per month
Medical Director	Julianna Papez, DO
EMR	Epic

Practice Setting

Hospital-employed position with Intermountain Health
Clinic in Billings, next to St. Vincent Regional Hospital
Deliveries, inpatient care, and surgery at St. Vincent
Lab, imaging, and a procedure room onsite at the clinic

Weekly Schedule

The traditional OB/GYN role balances clinic, surgery, and call.

Activity	Schedule
Clinic	2 to 3 days per week
Operating Room	1 day per week
Call	3 shifts per month

Part-time schedules are available. Department leadership encourages you to share the work-life balance you want so the schedule can be built around it.

Practice Options

You can choose between two tracks. Both include the same recruitment incentives.

	Traditional OB/GYN	OB/GYN Laborist
Focus	Clinic, surgery, and labor and delivery	Labor and delivery
Schedule	2 to 3 clinic days and 1 OR day per week, plus 3 call shifts per month	168 twelve-hour shifts per year, about 14 per month
Compensation	$407,000 guaranteed salary plus productivity	$365,064 annual salary, no production component

Your Role

Provide prenatal, postpartum, and gynecologic care in clinic
Perform gynecologic surgery at St. Vincent
Cover labor and delivery, including patients transferred from across Montana
Work alongside nine certified nurse midwives and Intermountain maternal-fetal medicine specialists
Work with residents based out of Salt Lake City

Reporting Structure

You will report to Julianna Papez, DO, Medical Director of the OB/GYN Women's Health Department.

Interview and Contract Process

Introductory call with Intermountain's physician recruitment team
Conversation with women's health leadership
Panel interview, which includes Ibrahim A. Hammad, MD, Medical Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Site visit to Billings, coordinated by Intermountain's recruitment team
Letter of intent within about 2 weeks
Contract about 4 weeks after the letter of intent