Welcome

Choose a career where you can Make a Difference!                                                                             

For a half century, Chestnut Health Systems, a not-for-profit agency, has been meeting people where they are in their health journey. Whole-person

care at Chestnut includes primary health care for people of all ages, treatment for adults and adolescents living with substance use disorders, mental health counseling, prevention education, and housing. Chestnut's Lighthouse Institute leads the way in researching treatment best practices.

There is a place for you at Chestnut whether you have a high school diploma, a Ph.D., or something in between; whether you want to work in a clinical or administrative area; whether you want to work full-time, part-time, or PRN; and whether you want to work at one of our sites, remotely, or a hybrid schedule.

Pay and Benefits

We strive to be an employer of choice. We know that competitive pay is important. In 2023, Chestnut is investing an additional $6.2 million in salaries and hourly pay for its employees. 

Chestnut offers recruitment and retention bonuses, referral bonuses, and premium pay for hours worked evenings, overnight, or on weekends. 

Employees in a variety of behavioral health and nursing roles and employees at certain Chestnut locations are eligible for student loan reimbursement through

the National Health Service Corps. Thinking about becoming a nurse or about furthering your nursing education? You may qualify for tuition assistance.

Generous benefits include the following:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield* (the agency pays up to 85% of employees' premiums) 
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flex spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Generous paid time off
• Nine paid holidays per year
• Sign-on and retention bonuses 
• Tuition assistance 
• Agency-paid expenses for licensure and credentialing 
• Thousands of free online courses and trainings, including many that qualify for professional continuing education credit
• Agency-paid attendance at approved professional conferences
• Employee Assistance Program

Chestnut welcomes applications from qualified individuals with recovery experience. Chestnut is an EOE employer – minorities/females/vets/disabled.

*BCBS creates and publishes machine-readable files on behalf of our self-funded health plan. To link to the files, please click on the URL provided:https://www.bcbsil.com/asomrf?EIN=370964629

Featured Job Openings

These are just a few current opportunities at Chestnut. Use the search boxes below to find others.

Clinicians

Granite City, IL

Clinicians

Belleville, IL

Nurses 

Granite City, IL 

Nurses

Bloomington, IL

Administrative/Clerical

Bloomington, IL

Medical Assistants

Granite City, IL and Bloomington, IL