Assistant/Associate/Professor- Med/Peds (Academic Hospitalist)

The position is as Assistant/Associate Professor or Professor. The ideal candidate will have completed 4 years of Med-Peds residency and be BC/BE in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. The position includes teaching medicalstudents and residents in the Internal Medicine and Pediatric department on inpatient teaching rounds along with provide clinical services for patients hospitalized in the Children’s Hospital of Illinois (CHOI) and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (SFMC); organize and conduct research and QI programs as desired; and perform other duties of a University faculty member including committee assignments, curriculum development and administration.  As a Med-Peds Hospitalist, opportunities are available for curriculum development, quality improvement, and education and clinical leadership roles in both the Internal Medicine and Pediatric Departments.

The candidate will join the Med-Peds group at UICOMP as core faculty for the UICOMP Med-Peds residency program. The Peoria Med-Peds program is one of the largest and most established in the country with 8 residents per year, and is known for combining innovative, state of the art clinical and educational programs with a resident-first, family friendly environment.  The program is seeking a Clinician Educator with an equal passion for high value, patient-centered clinical care and dynamic, evidence based resident education.  The Med-Peds Hospital Medicine group at UICOMP is a dynamic education-based group of faculty who serve on the inpatient services for the Internal Medicine and Pediatric departments. 

Members of the group serve in various academic and clinical leadership positions for both departments, and there are ample opportunities for scholarship, leadership, and academic advancement within the group, as well as within both departments in which we serve.

The primary teaching hospitals for the residency and student programs at UICOMP are the OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI) and Saint Francis Medical Center (SFMC).  OSF is UICOMP's main clinical partner.  CHOI and SFMC serve a 37 county region with a population base of over two million; provide comprehensive services to children and adults respectively as full service tertiary care referral centers.

In addition to tertiary care clinical services, applicants will have access to the Jump Trading Simulation Education Center, a state of the art simulation facility with over 40,000 square feet of space for faculty and other resources.  JUMP is a joint venture between UICOMP and CHOI and is located on the OSF campus.  It is utilized for simulation-based education for UME and GME, and interested applicants are able to design curriculum or participate in simulation education for UME and GME as desired.