Physician: Neurological Critical Care - Palos Heights, IL
Listed compensation
$345k-$390k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Northwestern Memorial Healthcare as a Neurocritical Care Intensivist – $345K-$390K, No Call in Palos Heights, Illinois, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $345K - $390K
- Malpractice insurance covered.
- CME Allowance
- Paid Time Off
- Well-Being Fund
- 401k
- Paid Parental Leave
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No call required.
- Day shift only - no nights.
This position offers no call requirements, day shifts only, competitive compensation. Work with Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Palos Heights, Illinois, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The physician will provide specialized neurological critical care within the neurosciences program at Palos Hospital. They will be responsible for delivering high-quality, individualized patient care as part of the Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Eligible or Board Certified (BE/BC) in Neurological Critical Care. The role requires the ability to obtain hospital privileges at NM Palos Hospital.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Critical Care Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 73% have no call, 48% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$368k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $368k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Critical Care Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician: Neurological Critical Care - Palos Heights, IL at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 5% in Critical Care Medicine — ranked against 206 active Critical Care Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.
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- No call
- No nights
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