The Clinician Recruitment and Workforce Development Service is dedicated to improving health care access in medically underserved areas. We assist mission-driven clinicians in finding permanent placements within community health centers located throughout rural and urban areas of Illinois. IPHCA can help clinicians find a practice that meets both their personal and professional needs. IPHCA has worked with over 3,000 clinicians in the past 10 years.
Our Services
Taking applicants' preferences into consideration, we perform an initial screening and match applicants to community health center sites. Applicants will receive detailed practice opportunity profiles, including relevant information about the position and practice so that they can make an informed decision. We then forward the applicants CV to the sites in which they have expressed interest. IPHCA will never send a candidates CV to a health center without the applicants consent.
Our Clinician Recruitment Services team is dedicated to helping clinicians find an opportunity and will contact them as we learn of new opportunities that meet their interests and qualifications.
Eligible Clinicians
IPHCA actively recruits the following clinicians for vacant positions, please select a profession below to view more information on availability:
Note: J-1 and H1-B visa physicians are welcome to apply, however, we cannot guarantee availability in all locations. Please check with us regarding availability of these positions.
Clinician Benefits
By providing care to Illinois' medically underserved, clinicians receive a wealth of benefits. Service at most CHCs will provide you with the following:
- Competitive compensation
- Federal and state loan repayment eligibility
- Malpractice insurance
- CME benefits/payment
- Regular schedule/hours
- Paid vacations and holidays
Federal and State Loan Repayment
In response to health professional shortages experienced by communities nationwide, the National Health Service Corps and the Illinois Department of Public Health offer loan repayment as an incentive to fully trained clinicians.
To be eligible, the clinician must agree to a minimum of two years of service in a federally designated health professional shortage area. If desired, they may extend the commitment beyond the required two years, one year at a time, to complete the payment of authorized loans. Furthermore, candidates must be United States citizen with a valid, unrestricted license and/or certificate in the state that they intend to practice.
The specialties eligible for loan repayment include:
- Physicians (M.D. or D.O.)
- Family Medicine
- General Pediatrics
- Obstetrics/Gynecology
- General Internal Medicine
- General Psychiatry
- Primary Care Nurse Practitioners
- Certified Nurse Midwives
- Primary Care Physician Assistants
- Dentists
- Dental Hygienists
- Various Mental Health Professionals
For federal loan repayment, qualified educational loans are repaid at a maximum of $60,000 for the initial two-year contract period. For state loan repayment qualified educational loans are repaid at a maximum of $50,000 for the initial two-year contract. Federal loan repayment offers full and part time loan repayment programs. Please visit the National Health Service Corps website at http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov or call (800) 221-9393 for an application. For information about the IDPH loan repayment program please visit http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/rural_health/rural_home.htm or call The Center for Rural Health at (217) 782-4977.
Disclaimer: IPHCA’s Clinical Recruitment Services are offered to health centers and candidates for employment as an administrative service only to further IPHCA’s mission of improving healthcare access in Medically Underserved Areas. IPHCA assumes no responsibility for the use or dissemination of any information or documents provided to it by any candidate, or for any disclosures made by IPHCA to any health centers or third parties in connection with IPHCA’S investigation of the qualifications of any candidate. IPHCA makes no warranties as to any candidate’s suitability for any available position, or any other representations or warranties in connection with its services. IPHCA shall have no responsibility for any employment decision made by any health center, nor the job performance of any candidate. By participating in this program, all health centers and candidates agree to the forgoing terms and further agree that in no event shall IPHCA be liable for any consequential, special or incidental damages.