Hospitalist - Physician - Silvis, IL - $40K Commencement Bonus
Posted May 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me how you run discharge planning so patients leave on time and don't bounce back.
What they are checking: Whether they work actively with case management and nursing to discharge safely and keep length of stay reasonable.
You're open to internal medicine or family medicine. What in your training prepares you for the inpatient work here?
What they are checking: Whether they can show real comfort managing acutely ill adults on their own without depending on residents.
How do you work with specialists so that consults actually change the plan instead of piling up notes?
What they are checking: Whether they coordinate with specialists clearly and stay the physician in charge of the whole plan.
Tell me about a time you made a diagnostic mistake or missed something. What did you learn?
What they are checking: Whether they can talk openly about error and show a habit that prevents it from happening again.
The Quad Cities region is about two and a half hours from Chicago. What draws you to practice in this community?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real reason to settle in the region, which affects whether they will stay long term.
What would you do
A family disagrees with you about moving their loved one to comfort care. How do you handle that conversation?
What they are checking: Whether they can lead a goals-of-care talk with compassion and patience while respecting the family's role.
A nurse calls you about a patient with new chest pain while you're admitting someone else. How do you prioritize?
What they are checking: Whether they triage calls by danger and respond fast to possible emergencies, even when busy.
A nurse pushes back on one of your orders. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they listen and treat nursing input as a safety check rather than as a challenge to authority.
About the work
This is a 7 on, 7 off day hospitalist role in Silvis. How do you manage continuity when patients pass between you and your partners every week?
What they are checking: Whether their handoffs are clear and complete, since that schedule depends on safe transitions between hospitalists.
How do you decide which patients in a community hospital need transfer to a higher level of care?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the limits of a community setting and transfer at the right time, not too early or late.
How do you keep up with documentation so your notes support good care and accurate coding?
What they are checking: Whether they write timely notes that clearly show medical necessity and clinical reasoning.
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