Physician Specialist

Job description

Agency: Department of Human Services
Location: Chicago, Illinois, 60634
Opening Date: 08/14/2025
Closing Date: 09/11/2025
Salary: Anticipated Salary (Eff 7/1/25): $16,326-$22,422/mo, $195,912-$269,064/yr Prorated for part-time
Skill Option: Special License - IL License to Practice Medicine - Psychiatry & Neurology
Category: Part Time
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1

Position Overview
The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Physician Specialist Option C for the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center located in Chicago, Illinois. As a non-administrative Illinois licensed Physician, provides a full range of psychiatric/medical assessments and treatments to patients on an assigned shift. Conducts examinations, makes diagnoses and treats patients. Serves as a member of the treatment team. Answers calls for emergencies. Performs and writes psychiatric evaluations, Evaluates, prepares and attends court testimony.

Essential Functions
• As a non-administrative Illinois licensed Physician, provides a full range of psychiatric/medical assessments and treatments to patients on an assigned shift.
• Makes periodic and direct evaluation of patient’s general and psychiatric progress and response to treatment and documents same in the medical record, writes physician’s orders.
• Serves as a member of the treatment team and as a treatment team leader, coordinates the development of patient treatment plans i.e., review and evaluation of patient’s treatment, discharge planning and milieu recommendations.
• Obtains and maintains membership of the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center Medical Staff.
• Provides psychiatric guidance to non-psychiatric physicians, other clinicians and nursing staff.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications
• Requires a valid State of Illinois Physician and Surgeon License.
• Requires completion of an approved residency in psychiatry.

Preferred Qualifications
• Two (2) years of professional experience evaluating the quality of specialized medical care and treatment for patients with a mental illness.
• Two (2) years of professional experience coordinating medical services with other professional disciplines and supportive personnel.
• Two (2) years of professional experience conducting psychiatric exams of patients.
• Two (2) years of professional experience identifying most appropriate positive treatment regime and carrying out that treatment in accordance with best practices.
• Two (2) years of professional experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing.
• Two (2) years of professional experience preparing comprehensive and specialized medical records and reports.

• Psychiatry & Neurology