NI-Physician, Gastroenterology Hospitalist

About the role

UW Health Northern Illinois seeks a BE/BC Gastroenterologist to join their community practice in Rockford, Ill. Help build a leading digestive health program to support a growing community with a primary market of a population of 350,000 and a secondary market of more than 750,000.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and manage hospitalized patients with gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic diseases.
• Provide timely consultation services to hospitalists, surgeons, and other specialists.
• Perform inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, such as: Upper endoscopy (EGD), Colonoscopy, ERCP (if trained), Sigmoidoscopy, Paracentesis, PEG tube placement.
• Manage urgent GI conditions such as: GI bleeding, Acute pancreatitis, Severe inflammatory bowel disease flares, Biliary obstruction, Hepatic encephalopathy.
• Coordinate post-discharge GI care and ensure smooth transition to outpatient follow-up.
• Accurately document consults, procedures, and patient progress in the electronic medical record.
• Ensure adherence to hospital policies, infection control standards, and procedural protocols.
• Provide GI coverage during nights, weekends, or holidays as part of a call rotation.

Requirements

MD or DO; BC or BE in Gastroenterology
Active Illinois medical license and DEA license, or ability to secure these prior to hire.

Qualifications

• Competitive salary range (based on experience)
• Generous vacation and CME benefits
• Potential opportunity for additional compensation
• Professional society dues, credentialing expenses & hospital dues covered
• Interview and relocation expenses paid
• Flexible insurance package with health, dental, vision, disability and life
• Retirement Plan match and contribution
• Malpractice with tail coverage
• Grossly generous provider referral bonus

Benefits

• SwedishAmerican offers a highly competitive salary guarantee with wRVU production and other incentives.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

• Quaternary support in patient care from UW Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., with the ability to participate in weekly tumor boards and clinical trials
• UW Health Northern Illinois employs more than 310 providers.
• Within our medical group, there are 100 primary care providers who provide care to more than 132,000 unique patient lives.
• Work in collaboration with our comprehensive interdisciplinary cancer team at the UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center Rockford, which has more than 70% of the market share
• Local teaching opportunities of rotating GI residents and fellows, as well as medical students

Contact information

To learn more about this opportunity or to apply, please contact Abbe Castrogiovanni at acastrogiovanni@uwhealth.org.