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Hospital Sisters Health System
Edwardsville, Illinois

Physician - Primary Care

Primary CareNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

Pay Range: $320K–$391K

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

If You Have Additional Questions, Contact Recruiter At

Brittany.Ranos@hshs.org

HSHS Medical Group is recruiting a BC/BE Primary Care Physician (FM or IM training) to help grow our primary care team in Edwardsville, IL. Edwardsville is a safe, family friendly suburb of St. Louis with a great school district and it's own university. Enjoy the slower pace of suburban living while still having easy access to everything St. Louis has to offer.

HSHS Medical Group is a multispecialty medical group made up of over 350 providers across 60 clinics throughout central and southern Illinois inclusive of HSHS Medical Group is an affiliate of Hospital Sisters Health System, which is a Catholic, non-profit integrated healthcare delivery system comprised of 13 hospitals across Illinois and Wisconsin guided by our mission and grounded in modern best practices.

Why Join the HSHS Edwardsville Primary Care Team

  • 2-year salary guarantee
  • Eligible employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness program participation
  • Up to $150,000 in student loan assistance
  • $2,000 monthly residency stipend starting upon signed contract for eligible candidates.

Some Restrictions Apply to Determine Eligibility

  • Sign-on bonus
  • Paid relocation and housing incentive
  • Comprehensive benefit package including a robust retirement plan with match options
  • Dedicated marketing to help build your practice
  • Robust referral team to assist with specialty care referrals and prior authorizations

Position Details

  • Well established, growing practice.
  • Monday-Friday weekly schedule with an option of a 4 or 5 day work week
  • 100% Outpatient Practice
  • Dedicated support staff
  • EPIC EMR with DAX Copilot to assist with documentation and support work-life balance
  • J1 & H-1B sponsorship available

Position Requirements

  • Unrestrictive Illinois license prior to start
  • Board Certified or Board Eligibility through ABFM or ABIM

Compensation Package Details

  • Pay Range: $320,106-$390,656
  • Sign on bonus
  • Relocation funds
  • Housing Incentive
  • CME Funds and day per year
  • Annual quality bonus eligibility

Core Function: Provider

Education Qualifications

Clinical doctorate is required.

Experience Qualifications

  • Competence in delivery of healthcare services for adolescents, adults and geriatric patients is required.
  • Certifications, Licenses and Registrations
  • Licensed physician in the state of practice is required.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
  • Maintain a Controlled Substance license for the state and Federal DEA, when applicable to their specialty.
  • Must have successfully completed, or in the process of completing, an accredited residency program.
  • Must be board certified or board eligible.

Job Description

Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 13 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 13,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.

Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.

Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.

  • HSHS requires COVID-19 vaccines or an approved medical or religious exemption for all colleagues.
  • HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
  • HSHS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

Benefits

HSHS provides a benefits package designed to support the overall well-being of our colleagues including their physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and work health. Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for HSHS benefits.

  • Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.
  • Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions.
  • Education Assistance benefits include up to $5,250 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period
  • Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!
  • Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more!

A successful candidate's actual pay rate will be based on several factors including relevant experience, skills, training, certifications and education.

Notice Regarding Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process

Hospital Sisters may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence or machine-learning technologies, to assist with certain administrative aspects of the recruitment process. These tools may help our recruiting team organize applications, search for resumes, identify qualifications reflected in application materials, and facilitate communications or scheduling with applicants.

Information used by these tools may include materials you provide during the application process, such as your resume, work history, education, qualifications, and responses to application questions.

These tools are used only to support our recruiting process. Hiring decisions are made by HSHS personnel, and automated tools do not make employment decisions on behalf of HSHS.

Applicants who have questions about this notice or who require a reasonable accommodation or alternative evaluation method may contact HSHS Human Resources at Contact@hshs.org

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide primary care services in a 100% outpatient setting for adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. Responsibilities include managing a growing practice with dedicated support staff and utilizing modern documentation tools to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a clinical doctorate and possess an unrestrictive Illinois medical license. Applicants are required to be Board Certified or Board Eligible through ABFM or ABIM and maintain current BLS certification.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Family medicineInternal medicinePatient careClinical documentationGeriatric careAdolescent careMedical practice management

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 54% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$355k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $355k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - Primary Care at Hospital Sisters Health System a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care — ranked against 1,314 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Primary Care Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 35 employers

17
<$325k
7
$325k-350k
16
$350k-375k
6
$375k-400k
4
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks44 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
Sign-on bonus
66% this job
CME allowance
64% this job
Relocation assistance
41% this job
Loan repayment
25% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.9
Better work-life than 90% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,314 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in Edwardsville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$292k≈ 0.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,537/mo≈ 6% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Hospital Sisters Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Springfield, Illinois
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

2-year salary guarantee
Up to $150,000 in student loan assistance
$2,000 monthly residency stipend
Sign-on bonus
Paid relocation and housing incentive
Comprehensive benefit package
Robust retirement plan with match
CME funds and days