Assistant​/Associate​/Professor of Pediatrics; Neonatology

Hiring Department
: UICOMP-Pediatrics

Location
: Peoria, IL USA

Requisition : 1039107

Posting Close Date
: 4/6/2026

Budgeted Salary Range
: $250,000 to $300,000 per year

• Quaternary Care NICU:
  As a regional referral center, our 64-bed unit manages various neonatal pathologies. We cater to approximately 700 ICU admissions per year and support over 2,300 deliveries annually.
• Level IV NICU:
  The Level IV NICU manages complex neonates, offering ECMO, high-frequency ventilation, therapeutic hyperthermia, and complex cardiac and neonatal surgical care.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Our neonatologists work alongside a full multidisciplinary pediatric team, including Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs), Neonatal-Perinatal Fellows, and Residents.
• Education Focus:
  As a regional campus of one of the nation’s largest public medical schools, we prioritize high-quality educational opportunities for students and faculty. There are also ample teaching opportunities to provide education/mentorship to our resident trainees (Pediatric and Medicine-Pediatric) and our Neonatology Fellows.
• Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC):
  Our NICU actively participates in the CHNC Database Network, contributing to outcomes-based research, clinical trials, and quality improvement projects.

Join the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria as a full-time Neonatologist. We are searching for a Board-certified or Board-eligible Neonatologist interested in providing clinical care and teaching in an academic setting. You will be part of a physician team at a busy 64-bed Level IV care NICU in Illinois's 3rd largest Children's Hospital.

• Proven acute and ongoing consultative care to neonatal children with problems in the hospital and outpatient setting.
• Participate in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs of the Department of Pediatrics.
• Participate in collaborative research and scholarly quality improvement activities within the Neonatology Division and Pediatrics Department.
• Perform other duties of a University faculty member, including committee assignments, curriculum development, student counseling, and mentoring.

• MD/DO or equivalent degree
• 3 years residency and 3 years neonatal-perinatal in an ACGME-accredited fellowship
• Board certification in Pediatrics is required.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Neonatology.
• Eligible for licensure in Illinois.
• Enthusiasm to provide clinical care and teaching in an academic setting.

About University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria (UICOMP) Department of Pediatrics and OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois:

UICOMP is one of the three regional campuses of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest public medical schools in the country. UICOMP’s educational programs include 262 medical students and 300 residents/fellows in 29 different post graduate programs, 23 which are accredited by ACGME. The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments  collaboration with the OSF Health Care Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the Department has 19 divisions and over 145 faculty members providing general pediatrics and subspecialty services to the pediatric population in Central Illinois.

The current research infrastructure within the Department includes an office of research, a dedicated biostatistician and an internal research funding mechanism to support our faculty.

Located in Peoria, OSF Health Care Children’s Hospital of Illinois is the third largest pediatric hospital in Illinois and the most comprehensive hospital for kids downstate. With 136 beds and more than 140 pediatric subspecialists, OSF Children’s Hospital cares for more children in Illinois than any hospital outside of Chicago. Formally established as a pediatric hospital within the walls of OSF Health Care Saint Francis Medical Center in 1990, OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois has more than 7,000 inpatient admissions, 75,000 outpatient specialty visits, 2,400 newborn deliveries, and 18,000 emergency department visits each year.

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