Physician - Hospitalist (Nocturnist) - Long-Term Acute Care - Chicago (Downtown)

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September 04, 2024

Job Description

Location:Chicago, IL

Hospital:Rush University Medical Center

Department:Hospital Medicine

Work Type:Full Time 

Work Schedule:12 Hr

Nocturnist Hospitalist

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Rush University Medical Center, a nationally recognized clinical and academic institution located in downtown Chicago, invites applications for the position of Nocturnist Hospitalist for their Long-Term Acute Care Hospital—RUSH Specialty Hospital. The new 100-bed facility will be a combined critical illness recovery and inpatient rehabilitation hospital on the Rush University Medical Center campus. The RUSH Specialty Hospital will be outfitted with the latest technology and will feature 44 critical illness recovery and 56 inpatient rehabilitation beds. The provider in this role will work 152-night shifts per year.

This LTACH Nocturnist Hospitalist position offers unique opportunities:

  • RUSH is expanding care to critical illness recovery & inpatient rehabilitation patients in our new state of the art facility via a joint venture with Select Medical.
  • Provide overnight admissions and coverage for critical illness recovery and inpatient rehabilitation patient populations on a Hospitalist team of Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs).
  • Rush offers a competitive compensation package along with a full complement of benefits.

*Interested applicants should include a statement of interest/cover letter with their application.

The Division of Hospital Medicine is comprised of over 70 faculty members focused on clinical excellence, education, quality improvement, patient safety and clinical research. The Division sees over 85,000 patients a year with treatment teams consisting of residents, medical students and Advanced Practice Providers. The position provides a competitive market base salary as well as teaching, administrative and leadership opportunities.

Rush University System for Health (RUSH) is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

RUSH includes RUSH University Medical Center, RUSH University, RUSH Copley Medical Center and RUSH Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. RUSH University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises RUSH Medical College, the College of Nursing, the College of Health Sciences and the Graduate College.

RUSH is an elite medical community recognized yearly for excellence in patient care, medical discovery and clinical expertise. We’re proud to have received Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study, ranking second among 99 academic medical centers across the country. All three RUSH hospitals have earned the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation in the Healthcare Equality Index. Our physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and staff are the heartbeat of our health system’s ongoing success. We know how important it is to recruit and retain exceptional staff and faculty to execute our mission.

Join RUSH and become part of one of the nation’s best healthcare systems.

Interested candidates, please send your CV and cover letter to:

Joe Dauod

Recruiter, Faculty and Provider Recruitment
Faculty_Recruitment@Rush.edu

RUSH is an equal opportunity / Affirmative Action employer

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