ER opportunity in Western Illinois
Family Oriented Community, great outdoor activities, & great schools!
Location: Pittsfield, Illinois (population 4,200)
Employer: Blessing Corporate Services, Inc.
Initial contract Term: Two years (negotiable), and renewable
Compensation:
• $85/hour
• Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Assistance included
• Eligibility for Annual Productivity Incentive Bonuses
Benefits: Health, life, vision, dental, disability, and AD&D insurance, malpractice coverage, 403(b) pension plan plus 45 7(b) tax-
deferred investment option, six weeks of annual paid time off plus one week of CME time, and $5,000 annual allowance for
professional expenses.
Health System: The Blessing Health System is the largest healthcare provider in the Tri-State Region composed of West Central
Illinois, Northeast Missouri, and Southeast Iowa, and includes two hospitals and a 40-member physician group. Financially it is a
very strong organization with substantial operating reserves and a bond rating from Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s. The
System is seeking a fourth full-time physician to staff the Emergency Department at Illini Community Hospital, a federally-
approved Critical Access Hospital, located in Pittsfield, Illinois which is experiencing about 6,000 ER visits annually and
increasing. Ideal candidates will be Boarded in a primary care specialty such as Family Medicine, and experienced in the delivery
of emergency care. The physician is expected to live in Pike County, Illinois, and to take a leadership position in the community
and with the Hospital’s Medical Staff. The Hospital has a full-time medical staff of nine, with 23 other physicians from
neighboring communities conducting part-time consulting clinics in their specialties. As a Critical Access facility, Illini
Community Hospital maintains a highly coordinated and cooperative relationship with the System’s flagship hospital, Blessing
Hospital, a 426-bed regional referral center 45- miles away in Quincy, Illinois. Blessing Hospital operates a 50,000 annual visit
Level II Trauma Center with its own medical helicopter service. Full laboratory, radiology, and other support departments are on
hand, and imaging technology includes a new 64-slice CT machine.
Community: Pike County, Illinois, of which Pittsfield is the County Seat, is bordered on the East and West by the Illinois and
Mississippi Rivers, respectively, and is rated as the number one deer hunting county in the U.S. It is an outdoorsman’s paradise
with extraordinary hunting and fishing opportunities. Pittsfield, population 4,200, is a clean, friendly, safe, and progressive
community with a robust town square, balanced by a west end commercial strip that includes major retailers such as Wal-Mart,
Pizza Hut, Sears, and McDonalds. The public schools are sound and above the Midwest average in quality, and the town boasts
an outstanding public library and branch campus for the regional public community college. Quality homes are available across
the financial spectrum, ranging from historic Victorian Era mansions along Washington Street to contemporary new
construction at the City’s fringes. Pittsfield is steeped in the history of Abraham Lincoln who was a frequent visitor and tried
numerous cases there, and who tapped two local products to serve in his inner-circle as America’s 16th President.
For more information, contact:
Carrie Galbraith
Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
Critical Access Recruitment Service
Phone: 217-925-5968
Email: illinoiscriticalaccess@yahoo.com
web: www.criticalaccessrecruitment.org
Critical Access
Recruitment Services
Carrie Galbraith
Director of Recruitment Services