Critical Access Recruitment Services

Critical Access Recruitment Services is a unique recruitment program offered by the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network. The program was created to help address the healthcare workforce needs of Illinois' critical access hospitals and their communities. The Critical Access Recruitment program was a concept developed by a committee of critical access hospital CEOs and partner organizations, including the Illinois Department of Public Health Center for Rural Health, Rural Medical Education Development Program, and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. 

Critical Access Recruitment Services helps match Illinois' critical access hospitals with qualified medical professionals who are committed to practicing in rural communities in Illinois.

Healthcare Providers

Whether you are looking for community close to an urban area or a rural community in Illinois, the Critical Access Recruitment program has the unique capability to fit healthcare providers' personal and professional needs by offering a variety of choices.

Provider Benefit

  • Rural Illinois recruitment focus
  • Practice opportunities in all regions of the state of Illinois
  • Access to ICAHN hospital opportunities through one recruiter employed by the network
  • Knowledge of Illinois financial assistance/loan repayment programs
  • Recruiter with local knowledge of Illinois communities 

To view our practice opportunities, visit www.criticalaccessrecruitment.org.

Critical Access Hospital Employers

Critical Access Recruitment Services is a unique recruitment support program operated exclusively for the members of the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network.

The Director of Recruitment, Carrie Galbraith, provides a recruitment marketing program that targets providers seeking rural Illinois. Carrie understands rural life and was born, raised and lives in rural Illinois. She uses that experience, along with her 10 years of rural physician recruitment experience, to convey CAH employers' message to medical professionals.

Hospital Benefit

  • Cost-saving recruitment marketing program for critical access hospitals
  • Recruitment support services, such as opportunity development, candidate follow-up, prescreening, newsletter, ListServ and other education resources 
  • Committed exclusively to rural Illinois critical access hospital recruitment
  • Recruiter with an understanding of the rural marketplace
  • Partnerships and direct contact with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Rural Medical Education Development Program, Illinois Department of Public Health Center for Rural Health

For more information on Critical Access Recruitment, visit: www.criticalaccessrecruitment.org