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Riverside Healthcare
Kankakee, Illinois

Inpatient Child Psychiatry Physician

PsychiatryIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$361/hour

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

The Physician will join Riverside Medical Group (RMG), a division of Riverside Healthcare, a strong network of primary care and specialty providers including more than 150 physicians and advanced practice providers who are dedicated to providing remarkable healthcare experiences, while upholding our mission and core values.

Essential Duties

  • Collect, record and maintain patient information such as medical histories, reports and examination results.
  • Manage and treat patients within scope of practice.
  • Analyze records, reports, test results or examination information to diagnose patients medical conditions.
  • Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment within scope of practice.
  • Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments to patients.
  • Monitor patients conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.

Expertise providing reliable, high value and evidence-based medicine that is supported by education and research.

Ability to use electronic medical records to keep track of patient visits and information related to the physician/patient encounter.

  • Expertise performing Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding for Physicians.
  • Ability to work a full-time schedule of at least 40 hours of direct patient care.
  • Participate in on-call during the week and on weekends (not all specialties will require on-call duties)

Responsibilities

  • Required Licensure/Education
  • MD or DO Degree
  • Valid Illinois Medical License (or ability to obtain IL Medical License)
  • Valid Illinois Controlled Substances License (or ability to obtain IL License
  • Board eligible or Board Certified
  • Employee Health Requirements

Exposure/Sensory Requirements

Exposure To

  • Chemicals: N/A
  • Video Display Terminals: Average
  • Blood and Body Fluids: None
  • TB or Airborne Pathogens: None.
  • Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
  • Speech: Training/presentations, telephone communication, facilitating meetings.
  • Vision: Read computer screens and printouts, memos, communications, documentation, and literature.
  • Smell: Sensitivity and recognition of odors derived from various cleaning processes, odors generated from malfunctioning equipment.
  • Hearing: Telephone communications, meetings, and equipment operating characteristics.

Touch:. Writing and computer entry, filing.

Activity/Lifting Requirements

  • Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
  • Sit: 55%
  • Twist: 0%
  • Stand: 20%
  • Crawl: 0%
  • Walk: 20%
  • Kneel: 0%
  • Lift: 0%
  • Drive: 5%
  • Squat: 0%
  • Climb: 0%
  • Bend: 0%
  • Reach above shoulders: 0%
  • The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
  • Up to 10 lbs: Occasionally
  • Up to 20 lbs: Not Required
  • Up to 35 lbs: Not Required
  • Up to 50 lbs: Not Required
  • Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
  • Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
  • Over 100 lbs: Not Required
  • Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):
  • None
  • Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
  • Sit: 240
  • Twist: 0
  • Stand: 20
  • Crawl: 0
  • Walk: 10
  • Kneel: 0
  • Lift: 0
  • Drive: 5
  • Squat: 0
  • Climb: 0
  • Bend: 0
  • Reach above shoulders: 0

Repetitive Use of Hands (Frequency Indicated)

Simple grasp up to 10 lbs.

Pushing &Pulling Normal Weight

  • Fine Manipulation: Computer keyboard and mouse.
  • Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: None

Environmental Factors & Special Hazards

Environmental Factors (Time Spent)

  • Inside hours: 8
  • Outside hours: 0
  • Temperature: Normal Range
  • Lighting: Average
  • Noise levels: Average
  • Humidity: Normal Range

Atmosphere

Special Hazards

Protective Clothing Required: None

Pay Range

USD $96.15 - USD $360.58 /Hr

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and possess a valid Illinois medical license or the ability to obtain one. Board eligibility or certification in psychiatry is required to provide high-value, evidence-based medical care.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient assessmentMedical diagnosisTreatment planningClinical documentationPatient monitoringMedical history taking

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 72% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 13 employers

401k / retirement match
91%
Sign-on bonus
74%
CME allowance
31%
Loan repayment
11%
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 4.2
Better work-life than 30% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,872 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Kankakee

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$183k
Typical market rent
$1,266/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.4
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 · Kankakee, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Riverside Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Kankakee, IL
1,001-5,000 employees

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