Direct Primary Care Physician - Northbrook, IL in Deerfield, Illinois at Kerix

About Kerix

Kerix is a healthcare organization focused exclusively on membership-based medicine. We believe healthcare should be personal, accessible, and proactive—and that stronger relationships between clinicians and patients lead to better care and better outcomes.

Kerix operates through two business units:

KerixHealth owns and operates Direct Primary Care clinics across the country, providing patients with more time with their care teams, convenient access, and a proactive approach to their health. Our organization includes KerixHealth and AdvocateMD.

Specialdocs Consultants helps physicians transition from traditional fee-for-service medicine to concierge medicine, creating more sustainable and relationship-centered practices.

Across our organization, we are united by a shared mission: to restore healthcare by putting people back at the center of care. Our model emphasizes same- or next-day appointments, longer and more meaningful visits, direct access to care teams, preventive care, transparent pricing, and coordination throughout the healthcare journey.

Kerix is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with teams and practices located across the country. Learn more at Kerix.com.

KerixHealth is a rapidly growing, innovative direct primary care healthcare company that provides higher quality health and wellness care to patients to improve outcomes, manage medical costs, and deliver an unmatched experience for individuals and for employers who choose to incorporate direct primary care into their employer-sponsored health plan.

Since 2016, KerixHealth has served individuals and employers in its four Chicagoland locations. KerixHealth is attracting and cultivating team members who embody KerixHealth’s values and are passionate about its mission to rebuild healthcare into what it should be. Our mission at KerixHealth is to provide medical care that keeps pace with best clinical practices and the cutting edge of medical research and to provide quality customer service to all our patients without the time constraints that surround traditional primary care.

We’re currently hiring a Family Medicine or Med-Peds physician for our suburban Chicago office in Northbrook, Illinois, starting late 2026/early 2027. Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience post-residency.

Responsibilities:

• Live KerixHealth’s mission to fix primary care
• Care for a panel of no more than 600 patients
• Be available via phone app for your own patient panel 24/7 (for emergencies only) except when on vacation
• Partner with other members of the KerixHealth team, including medical assistants, population health managers, third party administrators, benefit consultants, health plan sponsors, other KerixHealth physicians, and associates
• Participate in KerixHealth’s case conferences and continuing medical education conferences

Generous benefits package includes:

• Guaranteed salary unconnected to productivity (RVUs)
• Generous bonus structure tied to Net Promoter Score and other SMART metrics (NOT patient volume)
• Company-paid health care
• Generous 401K package
• Robust paid time off allowance
• CME and licensure reimbursement
• Other miscellaneous fringe benefits
• Medical malpractice coverage based on a tail
• Awesome people to work with and for!

If you're tired of having to see 20-24 patients per day and feel like you're continuously running on a treadmill and can't ever quite catch up, the direct primary care model is for you!

Requirements:
-Board certification in family medicine, or internal medicine-pediatrics
-Currently licensed or able to become licensed in the state of Illinois
-The ability to build successful relationships with both patients and team members
-A commitment to practicing evidence-based medicine
-A passion for providing superior clinical care and customer service
-Values in line with company values (customer service, quality, intellectual horsepower, persistence, and efficiency)
-Compassionate, kind, and open-minded
-Zero dollar claims medical malpractice loss history

Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm