Practicing with Purpose and Partnership: Internal Medicine/Family Medicine Physician Opening- Shiloh, IL
Listed compensation
$350k-$750k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday
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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
Key Skills
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.
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