Critical Access
Recruitment Services
Carrie Galbraith
Director of Recruitment Services
OB/Gyn opportunity in Northern IL
20 minutes from Aurora and 1 hour from Chicago!
Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich Illinois has an opportunity for a board certified/eligible OB/Gyn. The opportunity will
offer a hospital support arrangement for the physician to join another OB/Gyn in practice. There are currently 3 OB/Gyn’s on staff at
Valley West. The hospital will consider student loan repayment for candidates needing this assistance.
Valley West Community Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, short term, critical access community hospital. Valley West Hospital is
approved by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and licensed by the state for 25 beds.
The Emergency Department is staffed around the clock with board-certified emergency medicine physicians. More than 150
physicians on the voluntary, community-based medical staff represent most every specialty. Valley West Hospital offers Labor-
Delivery-Recovery-Postpartum (LDRP) suites in the Maternity Suites: Ambulatory (day surgery) services; Medical Unit; an
intergenerational approach to patient care; Special Care Unit, which includes intensive care and coronary care; Surgical Unit;
Rehabilitative Services; accredited Cancer Care program; Employee Health Services, Employee Assistance Program, Occupational
Wellness and Occupational Medicine. Other services include Anesthesia; Cardiology Lab and Cardiac Rehab; Sleep Disorders Lab;
Pulmonary Rehab; Diabetes Education, a fully accredited Laboratory; 64-slice CT scanner; physical and occupational therapy for
adults and children; sports medicine; massage therapy; nuclear medicine; ultrasound; mammography and stereotactic breast biopsy;
and Pain Management Clinic. Cancer, Diabetes, and Caregiver. Community health education and continuing medical education are
also offered. For more information about Valley West Hospital visit http://www.valleywest.org/
Sandwich is located in Northern Illinois and is home to 7,421 residents. Located in the heartland of America, Sandwich has a diverse
economy based on business, industry, and farming. The people of Sandwich enjoy a high quality of life which is enhanced by its
schools, churches, and service organizations. Sandwich hosts the Sandwich Fair yearly and has every year since 1889. The fair is the
oldest continuing county fair in the State of Illinois! Sandwich boasts a charming downtown filled with specialty shops and great
restaurants. Visitors and residents enjoy the newly built Best Western Timber Creek Inn & Suites and Convention Center and the
largest indoor water park in the state – Waves of Fun which opened in 2010. Local entertainment can be found at the 1879 historic
Sandwich Opera House/City Hall. Sandwich is located about 20 minutes from Aurora Illinois and an hour from downtown Chicago. For
more information about Sandwich please visit http://www.sandwich.il.us/
For more information please contact:
Carrie Galbraith
Director of Recruitment Services
Critical Access Recruitment Services
Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
Phone:(217) 925-5968
Fax:(888) 741-9748
Email: cgalbraith@icahn.org
Alternate email: lllinoiscriticalaccess@yahoo.com
Practice Opportunities:
www.criticalaccessrecruitment.org