Inpatient Psychiatry (Days) Physician
Northwestern Medicine · Winfield, IL
Posted October 17, 2026
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield) · 25 N Winfield Rd, Winfield, IL, US, 60190
- Pay: $265,000 – $340,000 per year
- Employment: Full-Time (Days)
- Location: Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield)
- Northwestern Medicine Job ID: REF91160B
Description
Northwestern Medicine is seeking a full-time, board-eligible or board-certified adult psychiatrist to join the inpatient behavioral health team at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois.
This position offers the opportunity to practice within a growing, physician-led behavioral health service supported by the resources of a nationally recognized health system. The ideal candidate values high-quality acute psychiatric care, interdisciplinary collaboration, a predictable daytime schedule, and the opportunity to help shape clinical quality and program development.
Position Highlights
- Full-time, employed adult inpatient psychiatry position
- Primary clinical assignment to the adult inpatient psychiatric service
- Monday–Friday daytime schedule
- Equitably shared weekend rounding rotation
- Weekend schedules established in advance
- Behavioral health program with 48 inpatient beds across separate adult, geriatric, and child/adolescent services
- Strong interdisciplinary support from psychiatrists, behavioral health nurses, social workers, therapists and medical consultants
- Close collaboration with emergency psychiatry, consult-liaison psychiatry, addiction medicine, PHP/IOP, and outpatient behavioral health services
- Opportunities to participate in quality improvement, patient safety, clinical operations, and behavioral health program development
- Epic electronic health record used throughout Northwestern Medicine
- Collegial and collaborative environment
- Welcoming opportunity for both experienced psychiatrists and graduating residents or fellows
Clinical Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and treatment for adults receiving inpatient psychiatric care
- Lead daily interdisciplinary treatment-planning rounds
- Develop and oversee individualized, evidence-based treatment plans
- Provide psychopharmacologic management, risk assessment, crisis stabilization, and discharge planning
- Collaborate with nursing, social work, therapy, hospital medicine, pharmacy, and other consulting services
- Coordinate safe and timely transitions of care with emergency, outpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and community-based services
- Participate in initiatives focused on patient safety, clinical quality, length of stay, patient experience, and continuity of care
- Contribute to a respectful, accountable, and collaborative team culture
Qualifications
- MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
- Board eligible or board certified in Psychiatry
- Eligible for unrestricted medical licensure in Illinois
- Eligible for medical staff appointment at Northwestern Medicine
- Current or eligible DEA registration
- Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and commitment to interdisciplinary teamwork
- Commitment to evidence-based, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and patient-centered care
Background Check
Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
Benefits
In addition to competitive compensation, we offer an excellent benefits package. This includes a continuing medical education allowance, paid time off, well-being fund, 401k, paid parental leave, malpractice insurance and much more. Moreover, we will provide financial stability and administrative support so you can focus on your passion – practicing medicine. *Benefits Eligibility is based on classification please note that Casual / Per Diem/Moonlighter classifications are not benefits eligible.
Qualifications
- MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
- Board eligible or board certified in Psychiatry
- Eligible for unrestricted medical licensure in Illinois
- Eligible for medical staff appointment at Northwestern Medicine
- Current or eligible DEA registration
- Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and commitment to interdisciplinary teamwork
- Commitment to evidence-based, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and patient-centered care
Employer
Northwestern Medicine
Northwestern Medicine is an integrated academic health system serving Chicago and its suburbs, from the Streeterville flagship to the north, west, northwest and south suburbs. Its mission is Patients First, and it partners with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on research and education.
The Northwestern Medicine system:
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago, the academic medical center, consistently ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report
- Central DuPage (Winfield), Delnor (Geneva), Lake Forest, Palos, Huntley, McHenry, Woodstock, Kishwaukee (DeKalb) and Valley West (Sandwich) hospitals, plus Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital (Wheaton)
- Northwestern Medical Group and regional medical groups, with outpatient centers, cancer centers and Immediate Care clinics across the region
Why physicians and advanced practice providers choose Northwestern Medicine:
- Work alongside some of the nation's best clinical talent, leading in medical innovation and breakthrough research
- Teaching, research and faculty opportunities through Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- A culture of physician leadership and involvement
- Published pay ranges on every position, plus a CME allowance, paid time off, a well-being fund, 401(k), paid parental leave and malpractice insurance