Physiatry - Clinical Faculty

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Rush University Medical Center, a nationally recognized clinical and academic institution located in downtown Chicago, invites applications for the position of an Inpatient Physiatrist at Rush Specialty Hospital. The new 100-bed facility is a combined critical illness recovery and inpatient rehabilitation hospital on the Rush University Medical Center campus. The hospital opened in April 2024 and features 44 critical illness recovery and 56 inpatient rehabilitation beds.

This Inpatient Physiatry position offers unique opportunities:

• RUSH is expanding care to critical illness recovery & inpatient rehabilitation patients in our new state of the art facility via a joint venture with Select Medical
• Provide direct care to inpatient rehabilitation patient populations and consultative services to critical illness recovery patient populations on a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, working collaboratively to optimize patient outcomes
• Rush offers a competitive compensation package along with a full complement of benefits

The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation seeks a BE/BC Physiatrist with strong interpersonal skills to join the expanding PM&R team. The position will assist in growth of the inpatient service line including consultation services. This is a hybrid role that consists of inpatient service at the downtown Rush University Medical Center campus. This position includes research, community engagement, and teaching opportunities. The Department is part of the Rush Neurosciences Service Line and collaborates with nationally and internationally renowned neurosurgeons, transplant surgeons, cancer providers and other specialists.

This individual would join a robust team of expert faculty who treat thousands of adults and children with disabilities secondary to a variety of conditions including acute and chronic neurological and complex medical conditions, deconditioning, spine pain, osteoarthritis and peripheral joint disease, osteoporosis and general outpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation care. This position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits and an academic appointment commensurate with experience.

Rush University System for Health (Rush) is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Rush includes Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. Rush University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, and the College of Health Sciences.

Rush is an elite medical community recognized yearly for excellence in patient care, medical discovery and clinical expertise. Our continued pursuits have earned Rush University Medical Center the distinction of being on U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2024-2025. This places the Medical Center amongst the top 50 of the more than 5,000 hospitals evaluated. U.S. News & World Report has also recognized eleven Rush programs amongst the nation's best, including top ten national rankings for neurology and neurosurgery and orthopedics. Rush University Medical Center has received Vizient's Quality Leadership Award, ranking second among 99 academic medical centers across the country. All three Rush hospitals have earned the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation in the Healthcare Equality Index. Our physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and staff are the heartbeat of our health system's ongoing success. We know how important it is to recruit and retain exceptional staff and faculty to execute our mission.

We're passionate about health equity: for the communities we serve, for our patients and for our employees. We know that the South and West Sides of Chicago have historically been underserved. As a result, there is a 16-year gap in the life expectancy of someone in Chicago's Loop versus someone in Chicago's West Side. As the largest employer on Chicago's West Side, we take it seriously that our institution can change this. Rush has built a strong Office of Community Health Equity and Engagement, and we founded the RUSH BMO Institute of Health Equity. As part of our Anchor Mission strategy, we hire, invest, buy and source, and volunteer locally. We've invested more than $6 million on the West Side since 2018, and that number continues to grow every year. And, of course, we continue to provide excellent patient care for everyone who comes to Rush.

Join Rush and become part of one of the nation's best healthcare systems.