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Job Requisition ID: 53836
Opening Date: 04/23/2026
Closing Date: 05/20/2026
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: MEDICAL ADM II OPT D - 26403
Skill Option: Special License - IL License to Practice Medicine - Internal Medicine
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $24,353 - $26,353 per month ($292,236 - $316,236 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Lee
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Agency
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Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an Illinois licensed Internal Medicine medical professional to provide medical leadership and oversight of the medical services provided at the Mabley Development Center in Dixon. The Mabley Developmental Center serves a broad spectrum of individuals with behavioral and medical needs.
Essential Functions
- Serves as the Medical Director for the Mabley Developmental Center.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- Monitors and evaluates the delivery of medical, dental, and rehabilitation services.
- Serves as a consultant to staff physicians.
- Provides technical medical training and assistance to internal and external stakeholders.
- Serves as member of the Facility’s Executive Committee and other facility standing and ad hoc committees.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires an Illinois license to practice medicine and an American Board of Medical Specialties certification or its equivalent in the medical specialty of Internal Medicine.
- Requires three (3) years substantive medical administrative experience in directing, planning and evaluating a medical/clinical program.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three (3) years of professional experience working with professional health services, disciplines and program support functions which must be coordinated in administering a comprehensive medical health program.
- Three (3) years of professional experience managing and evaluating the delivery of medical care, treatment and services.
- Three (3) years of professional experience as a physician working with concepts and practices in internal medicine.
- Three (3) years of professional experience recommending changes to medical service programs.
- Three (3) years of experience providing technical medical training and assistance to internal and/or external stakeholders.
- Three (3) years of professional experience communicating with both internal and/or external stakeholders daily on medical services.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires ability to work after business hours, weekends and holidays on a rotation basis.
- Requires the ability to travel.
- Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
*The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:30pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch
Headquarter Location: 1120 Washington Ave, Dixon, Illinois, 61021
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Mabley Developmental Center
Medical Services
Work County: Lee
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Health Services; Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
- A Pension Program
- Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
- 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
- Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
- 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
- Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
- Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
- 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html
Term Appointment:
Candidates hired into a term position shall be appointed for a term of 4 years and are subject to a probationary period. The term may be renewed for successive four-year terms at the Director of the Department of Human Services’s discretion.
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Salary : $24,353 - $316,236