Assistant/Associate/Professor (Rheumatology)

Hiring Department: UICOMP-Medicine

Location: Peoria, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1036732

Posting Close Date: 9/5/2025

Salary: $310,000 to $330,000 per year

The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria seeks a talented Rheumatologist with a passion for education and scholarship to join the faculty to provide patient care and clinical instruction.

Position Summary

This position will perform patient care services to include history-physical examinations and reports, clinic visit notes and evaluations, and similar services that are customarily performed in a rheumatology clinic. Participate in undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs of the Department of Medicine.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as rheumatology attending physician in a well-established outpatient clinic.
• Perform or supervise the performance of patient care services to include history-physical examinations and reports, clinic visit notes and evaluations, and similar services that are customarily performed in a rheumatology clinic
• Participate in undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs of the Department
• Collaborate with other attending physicians and consultants
• Participate in university and/or hospital committees
• Perform duties in a manner that complies with all applicable standards, rules, policies, and regulations of the hospital,
• University of Illinois, Joint Commission, and applicable local, state, and federal regulations
• Mentor resident physicians and medical students
• Provide at least one Grand Rounds lecture yearly
• Provide lectures to residents, third and fourth year medical students
• Opportunity to participate in curriculum development with both residency program and/ or medical student curriculum
• Opportunities to perform research and scholarly work are available to the incumbent
• Opportunities to collaborate with resident physicians and medical students on research projects are available to the incumbent.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must possess MD or DO or equivalent degree.
• Must be Rheumatology Fellowship trained.
• Must be board certified or board eligible in Rheumatology.
• Must be eligible for medical licensure in the State of Illinois.
  
• Must be eligible for medical staff appointment at university-affiliated hospital.

About Peoria, Il

Peoria is one of the oldest communities in Illinois with a population of 113,150 Peoria is equal distance from Chicago and St. Louis. Here we have an enviable standard of living, exciting venues within a 15-20 minute drive from our homes, safe streets, quality and quantity shopping, our own symphony, our own ballet, Broadway Theater League, museums, art guilds, first-class medical facilities and the nation's oldest community theater.

Our vibrant riverfront showcases a multitude of festivals and celebrations that light up the summer nights much like our extraordinary Fourth of July Sky Concert fireworks show that draws well over one hundred thousand annually. Residents are flocking to live in the refurbished warehouses and lofts on Water Street that produce the perfect lifestyle for a 24/7 city.

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To be considered please submit an application by 9/5/2025.

The budgeted salary range for the position is $310,000 to $330,000 per year.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.

The University of Illinois offers a very competitive benefits portfolio. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits, https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/benefits/.

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