Vascular Surgery Opening in Quincy, Illinois

Blessing Health System seeks to grow a Vascular Surgery Department by adding additional physicians at its modern, main clinic building in Quincy.  Sub-specialty support is available in virtually every field. Lab, x-ray, 3T MRI, and extremity CT are present in the clinic building’s diagnostic center.  Board Certification is an expectation of all of our physicians.  Base salary is at or above the MGMA median, and all physicians are eligible for a productivity incentive bonus plan based on work production as measured by WRVU’s.

Board Certification is an expectation of all physicians working for the Blessing Health System. 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
• Six weeks annual paid time off
• One week of CME 
• $5,000 professional expense allowance
• Direct from Training: $575,000/year plus productivity incentive bonus plan.
• With 3 or More Years of Practice Experience: $600,000/year plus productivity incentive bonus plan
• Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Assistance included.
• Educational debt forgiveness loan, if applicable.

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 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.