Assistant/Associate/Professor-Pediatric Hospitalist - Peoria, United States - UI Health

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Assistant/Associate/Professor-Pediatric Hospitalist

(Search extended until 7/4/2024)

Hiring Department : UICOMP-Pediatrics

Location : Peoria, IL USA

Requisition ID :

Posting Close Date : 7/4/2024

The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria(UICOMP) is seeking board-certified or board-eligible pediatricians to fill twofull-time positions in the Department of Pediatrics' Hospitalist Division.

Join our dynamic and collegial team where the positionincludes exclusively academic teams for inpatient pediatric care on our generaland intermediate level units, newborn nursery, and the pediatric sedation team.Our team is committed to providing evidence based patient and family centeredcare while teaching medical students, pediatric (,medicine-pediatric, emergency medicine and family medicine residents, andfellows from our accredited Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Fellowship. Academic time is protected and allows focuson teaching, curricular development, quality improvement, safety initiatives,mentorship, simulation-based education and innovation. We collaborate with our medical and surgicalsubspecialties and serve as the primary admitting service for most medicalspecialties while providing consulting and co-management roles for our surgicalcolleagues.

Clinical activities of thefaculty are primarily concentrated at Children's Hospital of Illinois , whichis the primary pediatric teaching facility for UICOMP and is a 132-bed facilitythat offers over 50 pediatric programs and services. These programsrepresent over 100 pediatric sub-specialists in 24 different disciplines,including the largest pediatric surgery program in Illinois. Children's Hospitalof Illinois is the only full-service tertiary hospital for children indownstate Illinois with a pediatric and adult congenital heart diseaseprogram, Illinois Perinatal Center, a Quaternary Care neonatal intensive careunit and is designated as a Level I trauma center. We collaborate routinelywith Jump Simulation for education, teaching, research and innovation, .

Position Summary

This Pediatric Hospitalist will primarily provide inpatientservices at the Children's Hospital of Illinois on the general and intermediatepediatric units. Other clinical work may also include the newborn nursery andpediatric sedation service. They will be responsible for teaching medicalstudents and residents. Scholarly work activity (research, quality improvement,and advocacy) is expected but tailored to the faculty member's interests.

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Minimum Qualifications

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About University ofIllinois College of Medicine, Peoria (UICOMP) Department of Pediatrics and OSFHealthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois:

UICOMP is one ofthe three regional campuses of the University of Illinois College of Medicine,one of the largest public medical schools in the country. UICOMP's educational programs include 244medical students and 300 residents/fellows in 21 different post graduateprograms. The Department of Pediatricsis one of the largest departments at UICOMP. In collaboration with the OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital ofIllinois, the Department has 19 divisions and over 145 faculty membersproviding general pediatrics and subspecialty services to the pediatricpopulation in Central Illinois.

About Children's Hospital of Illinois

The primary teaching hospital of UICOMP is Children'sHospital of Illinois, a tertiary care facility serving a 37-county region witha population base of over two million. Children's Hospital of Illinois providescomprehensive services to children, including a Quaternary Care NICU and astate-designated Pediatric Critical Care Center. Children's Hospital ofIllinois is a major medical facility with 136 beds and a 32-bed critical careunit and the only Level 1 trauma center in Illinois outside of Chicago. There are existing resources through UICOMPand Children's Hospital of Illinois for research funding, quality and outcomesfocused academic work and innovation in health education. The current research infrastructure within theDepartment includes an office of research, a dedicated biostatistician andinternal research funding mechanism to support our faculty.

About Peoria, Il

One of the oldest communities in Illinois with apopulation of 112,936, Peoria is equal distance from Chicago and St. Louis. Here we have an enviable standard of living,exciting venues within a 15-20 minute drive from our homes, safe streets,quality and quantity of shopping, our own symphony, our own ballet, Broadwayshows coming to the Peoria Civic Center, museums, art guilds, first-classmedical facilities, the nation's oldest community theater and oldest SantaClaus parade.

Our vibrant riverfront showcases a multitude of festivalsand celebrations that light up the summer nights, much like our extraordinaryFourth of July fireworks show that draws well over 100,000 annually. Downtown Peoria is growing in popularity as adestination with refurbished warehouses and lofts on Water Street amongst newand diverse restaurants.

We have many global businesses that allow Peoria to playall over the world through their products and services. Peoria has begun to diversify its economy withinfotech industries as well. Ourbusiness community attracts some of the brightest graduates throughout thenation.

Forfullest consideration, please submit your application by 4/26/2024 at:

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