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Carle Health
Urbana, Illinois

Cross Cover Hospitalist - Advanced Practice Provider

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$60.72–$78.94 /hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Carle Health is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) to join our Hospital Medicine team in a dedicated Nocturnist Cross-Cover APP role.

This position is designed for a highly skilled, autonomous clinician who excels in acute inpatient care, clinical decision-making, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Nocturnist Cross-Cover APP will work with hospitalist physicians and bedside teams to manage overnight patient needs, identify and respond to clinical deterioration, triage urgent medical concerns, and facilitate timely interventions that promote patient safety and optimal outcomes. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong independent judgment, adaptability in a fast-paced environment, and confidence in managing complex clinical situations.

Opportunity Details

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide overnight cross-cover support for hospitalized patients across designated inpatient units.
  • Identify early signs of patient deterioration and initiate timely interventions to prevent adverse outcomes.
  • Triage and manage urgent and emergent clinical situations in collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Respond to nursing concerns, changes in patient condition, and abnormal diagnostic findings
  • Communicate effectively with hospitalist physicians, specialists, nursing staff, patients, and families to coordinate care.
  • Opportunity Details
  • 12 hour shifts, 7 pm-7am
  • 4 weekend shifts per 4 week blocks
  • 3 holidays per year

Qualifications/Education

Master's degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.

Experience

  • Minimum of two years of Advanced Practice Provider experience required.
  • Prior hospital medicine, critical care, emergency medicine, or acute care experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and make sound clinical decisions in high-acuity situations.

Licensure & Certifications

  • Current Illinois NP or PA licensure.
  • BLS and ACLS certifications required.

Must satisfactorily complete all continuing education including NIH Stroke Scale certification regarding the care of acute stroke patients and DEA eligible

About Our Community

Champaign-Urbana has been defined as a micro-urban community, meaning we have many of the amenities of a much bigger city, with the feel of a smaller town. Almost equidistant to Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis for fun weekends away, the area offers excellent schools, a great downtown scene, the University of Illinois, Big 10 sports and an exciting college town atmosphere, including Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

About Us

Find it here. Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities.

Find it all at Carle Health. Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers.

We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College.

Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care.

We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $60.72 - $78.94/hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health.

The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program and possess at least two years of relevant experience. Current Illinois licensure, BLS, and ACLS certifications are required for the role.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Patient triageClinical deterioration identificationCare coordination

Hospital Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 49 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 55% have no call, 61% require no weekends.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$145k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $145k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Hospital Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 302 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Urbana

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$220k
Typical market rent
$1,232/mo
Residents’ average commute
14 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.7
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Champaign-Urbana, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Carle Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Urbana, IL
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package
Health insurance
Dental
Vision
Retirement plan
Malpractice coverage