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General Information

Location
Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster St
Park Ridge, Illinois
Care Delivery Brand
Advocate Health Care
Compensation
Annual salary range $214,008 - $214,008, plus a sign on bonus

Description & Requirements

Join Advocate Health Care as a Pediatric Hospitalist Physician in the Chicagoland area —part of Advocate Health, one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the country. 

At Advocate Health, we’re committed to being a Best Place to Care—where physicians are empowered, heard, and equipped to do their best work. You’ll be part of a leading integrated system with a shared commitment to innovation, well-being, and the communities we serve. Whether you're seeking professional growth, meaningful impact, or a team that lifts you up—this is where it starts.

Highlights
We are seeking a Full-Time Pediatric Hospitalist to join our Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine (PHM) Division in the Chicago suburbs through our unique community hospitalist track. This role offers a mixture of academic and community practice, with approximately 50% of clinical time spent at a teaching hospital and the remaining 50% at affiliated community hospitals.

About Advocate Children’s Hospital
Advocate Children’s Hospital (ACH), part of Advocate Health, is the largest network provider of pediatric services in Illinois and among the top 10 in the nation. We are recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Children’s Hospitals for cardiology, heart surgery, and neonatology.

Locations with Current Needs
  • Advocate Children’s Hospital – Park Ridge, IL 
  • Advocate Sherman Hospital – Elgin, IL
  • Advocate Condell Medical Center – Libertyville, IL
  • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital – Barrington, IL
Position Highlights
Advocate Children’s Hospital (50% of clinical time)
    • This position will entail coverage of our 46-bed Inpatient Unit (both resident-covered teaching and uncovered service), 10-bed Observation Unit (uncovered service), as well as our Nursery (resident-covered teaching service, no delivery) at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital / Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge
    • The PHM Attending schedule is composed of available day, swing, and overnight shifts. Personal and professional requests along with divisional needs are taken into account to ensure an equitable split of these teaching and non-teaching shifts.
    • Moonlighting opportunities within the division frequently exist. Individual schedules are done on a quarterly basis; allowing for enhanced scheduling flexibility.
    • Once a member of our team, opportunities to be involved administratively (QI projects, Quality + Safety initiatives, pathway development, student/resident/PHM fellow education, etc.) will be available and required.
    • PHM fellowship or PHM board certification is not required at this time
    • Support medical education of pediatric residents and students
Community Hospitals – Sherman, Condell, Good Shepherd (50% of clinical time)
  • Staffed as 24-hour shifts with responsibilities include:
    • Coverage of unassigned healthy newborns in Level 1 nursery
    • Coverage of Level 2 nursery with neonatology on consult
    • Newborn readmission for phototherapy or feeding difficulty into the nursery
    • Attendance of high-risk deliveries with neonatology backup (delivery clinical competency and skill training provided)
    • ED consultations for pediatric patients as needed
    • Co-manage low volume adolescent post-surgical procedure patients (appendectomy, minor orthopedic surgery, tonsillectomy) with no comorbidities
    • At Advocate Good Shepherd – provide telehealth consultation for other Advocate Emergency Departments without PHM faculty on site
    • At Advocate Condell and Good Shepherd – supervise and educate MS-3 student from Rosalind Franklin University / Chicago Medical School on their core pediatric clerkship rotation
    • EMR
    • Be part of an integrated nationally recognized organization with physician-led medical group and embedded service line
    • Leverage access to DAX Copilot, an AI-powered clinical documentation tool integrated with Epic, streamlining clinical workflows by generating draft patient notes for efficient review, editing, and signature
    • Experience an environment that provides safe and equitable care for all patients
Training and/or Experience Required
  • MD/DO
  • BC/BE
Benefits
  • Paid Time Off programs available for eligible positions
  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
  • Retirement benefits, including 401(k) options with employer contributions and access to financial wellness resources
  • Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family support benefits, which may include parental leave, adoption assistance, and surrogacy support
  • Educational assistance and professional development programs
  • Paid medical liability insurance 
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowances
  • Relocation assistance
About Park Ridge, Illinois
Park Ridge is a picturesque suburb located 14 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, convenient to O'Hare Airport, major expressways, CTA and Metra trains allowing for an easy commute into the city while enjoying peaceful suburban living. Park Ridge is a prime residential community that retains its distinctive, small-town charm where community is a big part of this suburban town. The city's vibrant Uptown shopping area includes the Metra station, Public Library and several parks featuring live musical concerts and special events are held in the summer. Throughout the city, quiet tree-lined streets, pleasing architecture, excellent schools, centrally located library and ample parks help make Park Ridge one of the most desirable family communities in the Chicago area.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the United States, providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. With Wake Forest University School of Medicine as our academic core, we are shaping the future of health care through innovation, research, education and compassionate care.

When you join Advocate Health, you’re joining a team that’s committed to being a Best Place to Care—where clinicians are heard, supported and empowered to focus on what matters most: caring for patients. This enterprise-wide initiative is grounded in listening to care teams, removing barriers to excellent care, and fostering well-being and connection. It reflects our purpose—from discovery to everyday moments, we’re redefining care - for you, for us, for all—and lives through our values: lifting each other up, leading with purpose, thinking boldly together and embracing change with optimism. Here, you’ll find not just a job, but a career with meaning, growth and impact—for all.

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