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Shiloh, Illinois

Practicing with Purpose and Partnership: Internal Medicine/Family Medicine Physician Opening- Shiloh, IL

Family MedicineIncludes weekendsNo callNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$350k-$750k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday

Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Join Our Team

At Esse Health, we believe physicians deserve a workplace where they can practice medicine the way it’s meant to be—patient centered, collaborative, and supported by a culture that values innovation and work life balance.

If you’re looking for a place where your ideas matter and your impact is felt every day, Esse Health is where you can truly thrive.

We are seeking a compassionate, entrepreneurial-minded Internal Medicine or Family Medicine physician to join our team as a partner, playing a key role in shaping the future, growth, and direction of our organization.

What Sets Us Apart

  • Achieve a healthy work-life balance with control over your practice, schedule, staff and more
  • Collegial and supportive partners offering support, mentorship, and collaboration
  • Onboarding, business, and practice ramp up support provided
  • Resources, training on best practices, and a strong infrastructure to support patient care beyond the clinic
  • An environment free from hospital bureaucracy that allows faster decision-making and autonomy
  • 20% lower average cost of care compared to hospitals

Practice Details

  • Join a very busy, established, and well-run practice, working alongside an Internal Medicine Physician partner, two Nurse Practitioners, four Medical Assistants, an Office Manager, and additional support staff
  • Outpatient only

Clinic Hours

  • Monday - Thursday 8:20a to 4:45p
  • Friday 8:20a to 12:00p
  • Schedule: 4.5 days patient care with.5 days set aside for administrative work
  • Call: phone only, shared with Nurse Practitioners and another Esse Health clinic
  • 1:4 weekends, call is triaged first
  • 1:5 weeknights, low to no calls typically
  • See 16-20 patients per day on average
  • Ability to incorporate sub-specialty care
  • Provide evidence-based and value-based care
  • Medicare Advantage panel management is large focus of practice, with some Fee for Service/Commercial patient care
  • Lean Clinical Practice Model: Streamlines patient care, standardizing workflows, optimizing team roles, and using data-driven continuous improvement to reduce wait times, lower costs, and improve quality and patient outcomes
  • NextGen EMR

What We Offer

  • Shareholder track
  • 3-year guaranteed salary
  • No cap on earning potential: Physicians are earning between $350K-$750K
  • 4 weeks paid time off, paid holidays, and 5 paid days for CME, with even more flexibility as a shareholder
  • Profit sharing: % based on years in practice, not solely with Esse Health
  • 7% for 0-9 years, 11% for 10+ years
  • 401k with match
  • Sign-on, relocation, and CME allowance
  • Available benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Long/Short Term Disability, Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account, Fraud Protection, Legal, Pet and other miscellaneous

About Shiloh and the Surrounding Communities

  • Community: A growing suburban area offering a family-friendly, community-oriented lifestyle with local events, historic districts, and easy access to St. Louis amenities
  • Education: Served by multiple public and private school districts with strong options at the elementary and secondary levels, along with nearby colleges and vocational programs
  • Recreation: Abundant parks, trails, sports complexes, golf courses, festivals, and cultural attractions, plus quick access to regional outdoor and entertainment options
  • Travel & Access: Conveniently located along I-64 with straightforward commutes to downtown St. Louis, Scott Air Force Base, and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
  • Cost of Living: Affordable housing and overall cost of living below the national average, offering strong value compared to larger metro areas

Requirements

  • MD or DO
  • Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible with plans to certify (AB or AOA)
  • Illinois licensed or eligible to obtain licensure in Illinois

To Learn More, Contact

Kathy Berry

KBERRY@ESSEHEALTH.COM

314-851-1033

Key Responsibilities

The physician will join an established outpatient practice, working alongside partners and support staff to provide patient-centered, evidence-based, and value-based care, with a large focus on Medicare Advantage panel management. This role involves shaping the future direction of the organization while maintaining a 4.5-day patient care schedule with dedicated administrative time.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient Centered CarePractice ManagementOnboarding SupportBusiness SupportEvidence-Based Care

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Illinois, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$271k (113 salary observations; 242 listings), vs ~$264k nationally (1,901 salary observations; 6,463 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$550k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $550k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 56% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Esse Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 79/100, 32 active listings.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Practicing with Purpose and Partnership: Internal Medicine/Family Medicine Physician Opening- Shiloh, IL at Esse Health a 7.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,560 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts, flexible scheduling.

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 35 employers

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15
$350k-375k
6
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4
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
88% this job
Sign-on bonus
67% this job
CME allowance
58% this job
Relocation assistance
42% this job
Loan repayment
19%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 7.8
Better work-life than 90% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,560 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

Living in Shiloh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$289k≈ 0.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,501/mo≈ 5% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 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.