Physician - PRN

Correctional MedicineIncludes callNo nightsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$250-$300/hr

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Job Description

  • Job Location: Pike County Jail - IL - Pittsfield, IL
  • Position Type: PRN
  • Education Level: Graduate Degree
  • Salary Range: $250.00 - $300.00Hourly
  • Travel Percentage: None
  • Job Shift: Day
  • Job Category: Physician

Summary

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments. Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.

Must document dates and times of provided site coverage by logging hours into online payroll system. Provide 24/7 on-call phone services. Provide back up call for other facilities as needed. Personally, examine patients as needed.

The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen. Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost.

When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient.

You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement. Review patient medical records, as appropriate Sign off on orders, as appropriate.

Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense.

If a determination is made that off-site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer Endeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year.

Any and all other duties as assigned.

Benefits (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status): Referral program 401(k) Health insurance Vision insurance Dental insurance Professional Development Paid Time Off Disability Insurance Qualifications: Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state in which services are to be provided is required.

Current Board Certification required. Current DEA registration required. Current collaborative agreement, if required by state. Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery required. Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle required. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training required.

Key Responsibilities

Perform individualized medical assessments and provide on-site care for patients within a correctional facility. Manage medication prescriptions, review medical records, and provide 24/7 on-call phone support as needed.

Requirements

Requires a valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, or PA) in the state of Illinois along with current board certification and DEA registration. Candidates must have experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care delivery.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Medical assessmentPatient examinationPrescribing medicationMedical record reviewCorrectional healthcareClinical documentationOn-call supportTreatment planning

Correctional Medicine — Physician Career Context

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$572k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $572k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score4.8 / 10 · above average in correctional medicineranked against 77 Correctional Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$520k–$624kPhysician median $294k (middle half $275k–$312k)56 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$572k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All physician listings in Illinois993 active22,495 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois physician listings (all specialties): 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 26% offer loan repayment993 active listings, Nov 2026
Correctional Medicine hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 36 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 21 postings, 33 closed
New Correctional Medicine listings63 in the last 30 days45 the 30 days before (+40%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend (all specialties)−2.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (77 Correctional Medicine listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Illinois figures use all physicians: too few Illinois Correctional Medicine postings state pay.

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.6this job 4.8
Better work-life than 60% of Correctional Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 77 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes call
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About Advanced Correctional Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Referral Program
401(k)
Health Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Professional Development
Paid Time Off
Disability Insurance

Living in Pittsfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$150k
Median resident rent
$705/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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