We are seeking Full Time Pediatric Hospitalists to join our PHM Division in the suburbs of Chicago.

Advocate Children's Hospital (ACH), part of the Advocate Health Care System, is the largest network provider of pediatric services in Illinois and among the top 10 in the nation. We serve as a leader in comprehensive, dedicated care for our patients and are ranked in U.S. News & World Report among the nation’s Best Children's Hospitals in the areas of cardiology and heart surgery and neonatology.

Hospitals with current needs:

• Advocate Sherman Hospital - Elgin, IL
• Advocate Condell Medical Center - Libertyville, IL
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital - Barrington, IL
• Advocate Christ Medical Center – Oak Lawn, IL

Position Highlights:

• Community sites: Sherman, Condell, Good Shepherd – staffed as 24-hour shifts with responsibilities include:
  • Coverage of unassigned healthy newborns in Level 1 nursery
  • Coverage of Level 2 nursery with neonatology on consult
  • Newborn readmission for phototherapy or feeding difficulty into the nursery
  • Attendance of high-risk deliveries with neonatology backup (delivery clinical competency and skill training provided)
  • ED consultations for pediatric patients as needed
  • Co-manage low volume adolescent post-surgical procedure patients (appendectomy, minor orthopedic surgery, tonsillectomy) with no comorbidities
  • At Advocate Good Shepherd – provide telehealth consultation for other Advocate Emergency Departments without PHM faculty on site
  • At Advocate Condell and Good Shepherd – supervise and educate MS-3 student from Rosalind Franklin University / Chicago Medical School on their core pediatric clerkship rotation

• Teaching site: Christ Medical Center, responsibilities include:

• This position will entail coverage of our 45-bed Inpatient Unit (both resident-covered teaching and uncovered service), 4-bed Observation Unit (uncovered service), as well as our Nursery (resident-covered teaching service, no delivery) at Advocate Christ Medical Center General / Advocate Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn 
• The PHM Attending schedule is composed of available day and overnight shifts. Personal and professional requests along with divisional needs will be taken into account to ensure an equitable split of these teaching and non-teaching shifts.
• Moonlighting opportunities within the division frequently exist. Individual schedules are done on a quarterly basis; allowing for enhanced scheduling flexibility.
• Once a member of our team, opportunities to be involved administratively (QI projects, Quality + Safety initiatives, pathway development, student/resident/PHM fellow education, etc.) will be available and required.
• PHM fellowship or PHM board certification is not required at this time.

These positions offer a great work/life balance with unique variety of shifts, competitive compensation, no restrictive covenant, full benefits, CME, and malpractice & tail coverage. Moonlighting opportunities within the division frequently exist as well. Individual schedules done by central scheduler for all sites on a quarterly basis; allowing for enhanced scheduling flexibility.

About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the 5th largest nonprofit health care system in the United States. We are a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Advocate Health has a combined footprint across six states – Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin. In Illinois and Wisconsin, we serve nearly 3 million patients annually across more than 500 sites of care in 27 hospitals. We are a leading employer in the Midwest with a diverse team of over 77,000, including 3,700+ employed physicians and more than 2,000 Advanced Practice Clinicians in our clinician-led medical group. 

We are committed to diversity and inclusion every single day and in everything we do. By cultivating an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion, we create a welcoming environment where our patients can heal, our teammates can thrive, and our business can grow. As a teammate, working in a diverse setting allows you the chance to grow in ways that will broaden your perspective to deliver the best possible patient care.

Please email your CV to Emilee Gabrielson, Physician Recruiter, Emilee.gabrielson@aah.org

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the 5th largest nonprofit health care system in the United States. We are a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Advocate Health has a combined footprint across six states – Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin. In Illinois and Wisconsin, we serve nearly 3 million patients annually across more than 500 sites of care in 27 hospitals. We are a leading employer in the Midwest with a diverse team of over 77,000, including 3,700+ employed physicians and more than 2,000 Advanced Practice Clinicians in our clinician-led medical group. We are committed to diversity and inclusion every single day and in everything we do. By cultivating an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion, we create a welcoming environment where our patients can heal, our teammates can thrive, and our business can grow. As a teammate, working in a diverse setting allows you the chance to grow in ways that will broaden your perspective to deliver the best possible patient care.

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