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University of Illinois Chicago•Peoria, IL

49d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) 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 an R1 research institute with translational research focusing on Alzheimer dementia and oncology. 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.

Requirements

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 ideal candidate will have completed 4 years of Med-Peds residency or nearing completion in the PGY4 year and will be BC/BE in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

Nice To Haves

The position includes teaching medical students 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.

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.
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.