Hospitalist Job at Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers in Morris, IL

Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers in Morris, Illinois offers a well-established, employed 24/7 hospitalist service-line with access to a multitude of specialists for you and the inpatients you’ll help care for, along with the rest of the team.  Be part of a Primary Stroke Center, and a non-profit hospital.  We have a genuine need for another highly motivated full-time BC/BE Internal Medicine physician with strong work ethic to join our team daytime as the Hospitalist Medical Director. 

Currently, our three daytime Hospitalists care for a 30-32 census (together), which includes about 6-8 admissions daily.   

Hospitalist Program Details

• 24/7 in-house Hospitalist service line takes care of 95% of inpatients
• 3 physicians present during the day, 1 overnight 
• Work 7on/7off (Mon-Sun), holidays rotated evenly between FT hospitalists; 7am-7pm, 12hr shifts
• Meditech Expanse EMR; Dragon dictation available, plus dedicated hospitalist coder reviews all charts
• Hospitalist Program has been well-established and successful for patients & physicians since 2009
• Be comfortable rounding in an open, all-encompassing ICU, e.g. Neuro, Cardio, Pulm consults available
• Awesome Case Management/Social Work & RN support; Morning Multi-Disciplinary Rounds are done on every patient (including open-ICU)
• Hospitalists should be comfortable running codes, if needed; no intubations required.
• BLS/ACLS certification required through American Heart Association
• Daytime consults by Ortho/Spine, Pod, GI, GS, Rheum, Endo, Neph (inpt Dialysis), 24/7 STEMI, ID, Pain, plus we have an in-house core laboratory, pathology, and our own blood bank.

Full-time Hospitalist 

• Fixed-Based Salary
• Full Medical Education Loan Repayment, if applicable
• Fixed quality-based incentive; 100% achieved by staff hospitalists over the last few years
• Extra hourly stipend for picking up shifts >7on/7off schedule (added benefit, not requirement)
• CME and General Expense Reimbursement
• Great Health/Vision/Dental/Life/Disability insurance
• Paid malpractice, no tail responsibilities

Community Information

• Beautiful, safe neighborhoods & unique properties – some with backyard accessible waterfronts
• Highly rated schools plus easy commute to Illinois’ most prestigious colleges & universities
• 61 miles to Chicago and a short drive to the Chicago suburbs
• Diverse foodie experiences from local shops to made-from-scratch fine dining to cultural cuisine
• Our service area includes close-knit communities with excellent employment opportunities for the family.  Come discover why physicians who could work anywhere work here!