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BJC HealthCare
Belleville, Illinois

Hospitalist - 25 minutes from St. Louis, Missouri

Hospital MedicineIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$315k–$335k

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Job Description

Additional Information About the Role

BJC Medical Group is seeking BE/BC Internal or Family Medicine Physician to join our friendly and experienced Hospitalist team in Belleville, IL

Located just 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis. Memorial Hospital Belleville is a 212-bed acute care Magnet-designated hospital offering emergency and critical care services as well as medical and surgical along with a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services

Position Highlights

  • 7 on / 7 off schedule
  • 7 AM to 7PM
  • Full-time requirement of 182-shifts per year with opportunity to pick up additional shifts, if interested
  • ICU with 24/7 Intensivist coverage at main campus
  • Substantial APP support and expansion
  • No procedures, but option if desired
  • Not able to sposor J-1

Compensation & Benefits

  • $315,000 Base Salary
  • Up to $20,000 Quality bonus per year
  • $12,000 tenure bonus starting year three
  • $30,000 Sign-on bonus
  • Quarterly RVU's paid for productivity achieved over the 65th percentile
  • Relocation assistance
  • Health, pharmacy, dental, vision, long-term disability, life, and malpractice insurance offered
  • CME Allowance

Community Description

Belleville, conveniently located just 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis, provides a safe, suburban feel close to the big city. Some highlights include:

Great Professional sports including 2019 Stanley Cup winning Blues and the multi-year World Series winning Cardinals

  • Ample fine-dining with vegan friendly restaurants, wineries, and microbreweries
  • Low cost-of-living with a healthy and balanced real estate market in a major metropolitan area
  • Numerous public and private schools
  • Family-friendly communities: safe, inviting, and great for kids
  • Direct access to Lambert International Airport via public transportation
  • For questions and further details, please reach out to Amy Taylor at amy.taylor@bjc.org

Overview

BJC Medical Group is the multi-specialty physician organization of BJC HealthCare and includes over 600 doctors and advanced practice providers who are affiliated with the top-ranked hospitals in the area.

Since 1994, BJC Medical Group has provided access to the world’s best medicine through caring people and integrated systems. The providers are nationally recognized for excellent patient satisfaction and quality health care.

BJC Medical Group physicians are trained and certified in over 25 medical specialties and serve patients in more than 125 locations in the greater St. Louis, mid-Missouri and southern Illinois areas.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The physician will provide professional medical services within the practicing Specialty to the best of physician’s ability through direct patient care and spend additional time as necessary to perform other related duties such as completing medical records, providing MyChart consultations and inbasket management, conducting patient-specific education and collaborating with advanced practice providers and care team members.

Responsibilities

Manages the medical care of patient panel by providing or otherwise arranging for inpatient hospital care of physician’s patients, either through regular hospital rounds, making arrangements with one or more hospitalist(s) or other qualified physician to provide coverage for physician’s hospitalized patients consistent with Medical Staff requirements.

Collaborates with patients, families, and members of the care team to ensure excellent patient care outcomes at the clinic location(s) designated by BJC and any other BJC clinical outreach location to which physician may be assigned as patient care demands.

Performs and documents medical histories and physicals in the patient’s medical record as required by hospital medical staff bylaws.

Provides or arranges for call coverage for clinic patients and inpatient call coverage in a manner acceptable to BJC and in accordance with Medical Staff bylaws, while observing and following all BJC policies and procedures and all applicable legal, ethical and professional standards.

Collaborates and teaches advanced practice providers, support staff or any care team member assigned in the care of physician’s patient panel.

BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Doctorate

  • Medicine

Experience

<2 years

  • Supervisor Experience
  • No Experience
  • Licenses & Certifications

Board Eligible or Board

Licensed Physician

Preferred Requirements

  • Experience
  • 2-5 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance
  • To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Doctorate in Medicine and be Board Eligible or Board Certified in Internal or Family Medicine. The position requires the ability to work in a safety-sensitive environment with a focus on inpatient hospital care.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Internal medicineInpatient carePatient roundsMedical documentationClinical collaborationPatient educationDiagnostic servicesTreatment planningMyChart managementTeam leadership

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Illinois, the Hospital Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$365k (52 salary observations; 106 listings), vs ~$306k nationally (556 salary observations; 3,232 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 49 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 45% require no weekends.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Top Hospital Medicine Jobs

27 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution27 jobs · 11 employers

4
<$300k
17
$300k-350k
6
$350k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 11 employers

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
12% this job
Loan repayment
8%
CME allowance
8% this job
PSLF eligible
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 5.1
Better work-life than 80% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,196 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Belleville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$184k≈ 0.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,077/mo≈ 4% 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.

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About BJC HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
St Louis, Missouri
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$315,000 Base Salary
Up to $20,000 Quality bonus per year
$12,000 tenure bonus starting year three
$30,000 Sign-on bonus
Quarterly RVU's paid for productivity over 65th percentile
Relocation assistance
Health, pharmacy, dental, vision, long-term disability, life, and malpractice insurance
CME Allowance