Excellent Opportunity for a Rheumatologist to join our award-winning fully integrated health care system! J1 waiver supported! Close to Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison!

Excellent Opportunity for a Rheumatologist to join our award-winning fully integrated health care system in Rockford IL!

Mercyhealth is a multi-regional, integrated health system comprising of 7 hospitals, more than 900 employed physicians, over 80 outpatient clinics and other service sites that provide care to residents in more than 55 communities throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. We provide over 125 specialty and sub-specialty services, including adult and pediatric critical care, neonatal intensive care, neurosurgery, heart and vascular care, cancer care, plastic and reconstructive surgery, Da Vinci robotic surgery, Watchman, and much more!

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital is located just off I90 in Rockford IL.; is a Comprehensive Stroke Center and an ACS designated Level I Adult Trauma Center, Level III NICU, with advanced operating and surgery suites, including hybrid operating suites that provide physicians with real-time radiographic capabilities while performing surgery all-in-one surgical suite.

Opportunity:

• Join an established clinic seeking a collaborative partner!
• Bring your ideas and craft YOUR practice.
• See a wide variety of cases, mainly adult patients.
• Epic electronic medical record is used throughout the entire organization.
• Friendly, collegial, and stable environment
• Call is very minimal.
• Schedule can be flexible.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Highly competitive compensation model, with guarantee period (based on MGMA)
• Paid licensing/DEA/board certification.
• Paid CME 
• Generous PTO during guarantee period
• Two professional associations per year and state medical society memberships
• Paid relocation (up to $10,000)
• Paid malpractice insurance & paid tail insurance.
• Non-profit student loan repayment options
• Robust and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, disability, life and retirement plans.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid caregiver leave.
• Day one 403(b) match!

Mercyhealth is a regional health system with over 700 employed physician partners, seven hospitals and 85 primary and specialty care locations throughout 50 northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin communities. We are committed to being a top integrated health care provider and continuously work to make life better for the people, families and communities we serve.

As an integrated health care provider, we provide exceptional, coordinated health care that spans four core service divisions: hospital-based services, clinic-based services, post-acute care and retail services, and a wholly owned insurance company. These four core service divisions make up our comprehensive, vertically integrated delivery system, and integrated delivery is what makes Mercyhealth unique in serving the full range of health care needs for our patients.

Mercyhealth offers over 85 specialty and subspecialty services, including orthopedic surgery, prehospital emergency services and training, neurosurgery, heart and vascular services, cancer care, plastic and reconstructive surgery and much more. When time is of the essence, our trauma centers are equipped with the latest technology and highly trained staff to provide immediate, life-saving care. We are a leader in obstetric, neonatal and pediatric services, offering the highest level of care available at our neonatal intensive care unit, caring for the most fragile preemies in the region’s only Small Baby Unit, and serving as a State of Illinois-designated Perinatal Center for an 11-county region.

Rockford is the third largest city in the state of Illinois. Settled on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is notable for its economic diversification into automotive, aerospace, and healthcare industries, as well as the undertaking of various tourism and downtown revitalization efforts.

Rockford is known for various venues of cultural or historical significance, including Anderson Japanese Gardens, Klehm Arboretum, the Coronado Theatre, and the Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford has been recognized as one of the most affordable housing markets in the nation less than an hour and a half drive from downtown Chicago and Milwaukee and less than an hour from Madison, Wisconsin.