Emergency Medicine Nocturnist Opportunity in Quincy, IL

Blessing Health System employs almost 300 physicians and advanced practice providers.  Blessing is the largest medical provider serving a 300,000+ population region composed of West Central Illinois, Northeast Missouri, and Southeast Iowa.  The System operates Blessing Hospital, a 347-bed regional referral center in Quincy, Illinois, (population 45,000) and Illini Community Hospital, a 25-bed critical access facility in Pittsfield, Illinois, (population 4,200). 

Blessing’s Emergency Department is a Level II Trauma Center registering approximately 40,000 visits annually. The Emergency Department physicians are employees of the Hospital and reside in the community. Emergency medicine residency training and ABEM/AOBEM certification required.
Emergency Department is looking to fill a Nocturnist roll;
1504 hours per year
10p-8a shift
Four days on and four days off for a 32-day cycle followed by eight days off.

The Emergency Department is supported by attending physicians in all major specialty and sub-specialty fields. There is an onsite helicopter service. Blessing is also the Emergency Resource Hospital for five surrounding counties. The Emergency Department is a Certified Chest Pain Center and Stroke Center with door-to-cath time under 30 minutes.

Income potential is above the 90^th percentile.  Blessing Hospital was named one of 2011’s “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine, and it ranks among the Nation’s top eight percent “Most Wired” hospitals.

Compensation and Benefits: 

• Health, life, vision, dental, disability, and AD & D insurance
• Malpractice coverage with tail
• 403(b) pension plan plus 457(b) tax-deferral option 
• Employee child care center. 
• $5,000 professional expense allowance
• $320,000 Base Salary for 1,504 scheduled clinical hours of work (32 hours per week)
• Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Assistance included
• Eligibility for production-based annual bonus
• Educational debt forgiveness loan, if applicable

Blessing Hospital, headquartered in Quincy, Illinois, is located on high limestone bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River near the westernmost point of Illinois.  Quincy is renowned for its natural beauty, preservation of its exceptional stock of Victorian Era homes, and its highly developed programs in the arts.  It has a highly diverse economic and employment base, and consistently has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Illinois.  It has been cited as one of the 50 top small arts communities in the U.S. and recently ranked in the top 10 best hometowns in America. 

The community also offers excellent public and parochial schools, a public 2-year community college, a private 4-year university, fine dining, expansive and well-developed parks, and abundant recreational facilities.

Quincy is located two hours from St. Louis, three and a half hours from Kansas City, and four hours from Chicago.  Daily flights connect Quincy’s Baldwin Field with Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Lambert International in St. Louis and Amtrak provides two round trips daily to Chicago.