The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UlCOMP) Med-Peds Division is seeking a board certified or board-eligible Med-Peds physician for a full-time position as an academic Med-Peds physician. This position will carry a dual appointment in the Internal Medicine and Pediatric Departments at UICOMP and can be composed of primarily inpatient duties, primarily outpatient duties, or a mixture of inpatient and outpatient responsibilities depending on the interest of the faculty…
member.
About the University of Illinois
College of Medicine
Peoria
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria is a regional campus of
one of the largest
public medical schools in the United States. We are known
for having small class sizes and exceptional faculty mentorship. This allows
UICOMP students to excel under a rigorous curriculum. In collaboration with our
hospitals and clinical partners, UICOMP Faculty members
provide care to more
than 45,000 patients each year. In addition, they contribute to medical
education and training for more than 260
students, and more than 300 physician
residents and fellows annually. UICOMP healthcare partners include Jump
Simulation, a world-class
leader in healthcare simulation and innovation, along
with OSF Saint Medical Center, OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois and Carle Hearth
Greater Peoria. UICOMP is also part of a R1 research institute with
translational research focusing on Alzheimer dementia and oncology.
Learn more about how the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria is
helping to transform healthcare here: https://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/
This position is intended to be eligible for benefits.
This
includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan,
Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
Position Summary
This Med-Peds Hospitalist will have an inpatient position
with roles in both the Internal Medicine and
Pediatric Department. The Med-Peds
Hospitalist will conduct rounds on the inpatient Medicine and Pediatric
teaching services at SFMC and
CHOI respectively. They will be responsible for
leading inpatient teaching rounds as a clinician educator and conducting
patient care while
teaching medical students and residents. In addition, the
Hospitalist will patients independently on these services when residents are
absent or have a day off of the service.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead teaching rounds and
teach medical
students and residents in the Internal Medicine and
Pediatric department on teaching services - Provide clinical
services for
patients hospitalized in the Children's Hospital of Illinois
(CHOI) and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (SFMC) - Organize and
conduct research and QI projects as desired. - Provide attending
physician coverage in the Med-Peds continuity clinic at Heartland
Health
Center if desired. This will include precepting in the Med-Peds residency
continuity clinic, with an opportunity for teaching
medical students and
residents as a clinic preceptor if desired alongside Hospital based
practice. This is not a requirement of the
position but is an optional
additional portion of the job description for faculty who desire inpatient
and outpatient practice. - Participation in
undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs of the
Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. - Perform other
duties of a university faculty member including committee assignments,
curriculum development, student and resident
mentoring, and administrative
and leadership opportunities. - Perform other
related duties and participate in special projects as
assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Eligible for licensure
in Illinois. - Board certified or
eligible in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. - Successful completion of
4 years of Med-Peds residency or in the final year of
training - MD/DO degree
The position is as an Assistant/Associate Professor or
Professor. The ideal candidate will
have completed 4 years of Med-Peds
residency or nearing completion in the PGY4 year and will beBC/BE in Internal
Medicine and Pediatrics.
The position includes teaching medicalstudents and
residents in the Internal Medicine and Pediatric department on inpatient
teaching rounds
along with providing clinical services for patients
hospitalized in the Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI) and OSF Saint
Francis Medical
Center (SFMC); the faculty member will be able to organize and
conduct research and QI programs as desired with support from the UICOMP
research department and Med-Peds research associate; the faculty will perform
other duties of a University faculty member including
committee assignments,
curriculum development and administration. As a Med-Peds Hospitalist,
opportunities are available for curriculum
development, quality improvement,
education and clinical leadership roles in both the Internal Medicine and
Pediatric Departments.
The position also has the opportunity to precept in the outpatient Med-Peds
residency clinic at Heartland Health services, as well as the
possibility of
seeing an independent panel of patients without residents if desired by the
faculty member. There is the opportunity to join
a procedure/POCUS service on
the internal medicine wards, as well as join a transition team seeing complex
inpatient consults on medicine
floors and assisting with transition from
Pediatrics to Medicine for complex inpatients. Further academic interests can
be supported via the
Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, as well
as Undergraduate Medical Education via UICOMP.
The candidate will join the
Med-Peds Division at UICOMP as faculty for the
UICOMP Med-Peds residency program. The Peoria Med-Peds program is one of the
largest and most
established in the country with 8 residents per year, and is
known for combining innovative state of the art clinical and educational
programs with a resident-first, family friendly environment. The program
is seeking a Clinician Educator with an equal passion for high
value,
patient-centered clinical care and dynamic, evidence based resident education.
The Med-Peds group at UICOMP is a dynamic
education-based group of faculty who
serve on the inpatient and outpatient services for the Internal Medicine and
Pediatric
departments.
Members of the group serve in various academic and clinical leadership
positions across Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, as
well as the
hospital and medical school at large. There are ample opportunities for
scholarship, leadership, and academic advancement within
the group, as well as
within both departments in which we serve.
The primary teaching hospitals for the residency and student
programs at UICOMP
are the OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI) and Saint Francis
Medical Center (SFMC). OSF is UICOMP's
main clinical partner. CHOI and SFMC
serve a 37-county region with a population base of over two million patients
and provide comprehensive
services to children and adults respectively as full
service tertiary care referral centers.
In addition to tertiary care clinical
services, applicants will have access to
the Jump Trading Simulation Education Center, a state-of-the-art simulation
facility with over
40,000 square feet of space for faculty and other
resources. JUMP is a joint venture between UICOMP and CHOI and is located
on the OSF
campus. It is utilized for simulation-based education for UME
and GME, and interested applicants are able to design curriculum or
participate
in simulation education for UME and GME as desired.
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For fullest consideration please apply by 10/30/2026.
The budgeted salary range for the position is $225,000 to
$275,000 per year.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications
and experience, while also considering internal
equity.
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Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some
portions of the
candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions
will be made by a person.