MPS PHYSICIAN - Infectious Disease Physician (10200)
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a hospitalist or surgeon about antibiotic choice. How did you resolve it?
What they are checking: Whether they can change a colleague's mind with evidence and respect while keeping the patient's outcome at the center.
What draws you to a community health system in central Illinois?
What they are checking: Real fit with the setting, which affects how long a physician stays.
What would you do
This practice has two ID physicians and an APP and is described as very busy. How would you help grow the service line?
What they are checking: Whether they have concrete ideas for building the program and not just joining it.
How do you balance inpatient consults, outpatient clinic and call coverage across a week?
What they are checking: Realistic workload planning for a schedule built with physician input.
How do you work with primary care referrers so they know when to send patients to you?
What they are checking: Building relationships with the strong primary care base the posting describes.
How would you partner with infection prevention during an outbreak in the hospital?
What they are checking: Whether they can work hand in hand with infection prevention and keep administration informed during a fast-moving event.
How would you work with the APP on the team?
What they are checking: Whether they are comfortable sharing work with an APP and giving the supervision and support that team needs.
About the work
Tell me about your experience leading or supporting an antimicrobial stewardship program.
What they are checking: Stewardship leadership, which community hospitals often expect from their ID physicians.
Walk me through how you manage a complicated outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy patient after discharge.
What they are checking: OPAT knowledge, including lab monitoring and coordination with home health.
How do you approach HIV or hepatitis C care in a community that may have limited specialist access?
What they are checking: Whether they can serve the long-term infectious disease needs of a community that has few other specialists nearby.
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