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General Surgery Nurse Practitioner | Surgical Team Opportunity | Cherry Valley, Illinois

Nurse PractitionerNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

  • Posting Title: General Surgery Nurse Practitioner | Surgical Team Opportunity | Cherry Valley, Illinois
  • Location: Cherry Valley, Illinois
  • Specialty: General Surgery
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Type(s): Full-time, Permanent

Work Schedule

  • Full-time; exact schedule to be confirmed
  • Call Schedule: Call expectations to be confirmed
  • Compensation: Competitive compensation based on current MGMA Nurse Practitioner benchmarks, experience and scheduled hours
  • New Grads/Practicing: Relevant specialty experience preferred; new-graduate eligibility reviewed individually
  • Visa Sponsorship(s): No visa sponsorship at this time

Description

Healthcare United is seeking a General Surgery Nurse Practitioner for a full-time, permanent general surgery practice in northern Illinois, near Cherry Valley. This opportunity focuses on general surgery care within a multidisciplinary healthcare environment.

Clinical responsibilities include Provide general surgery assessment and patient care within licensed scope; Coordinate treatment and follow-up with the specialty team; Educate patients and families and maintain clinical documentation. The provider will coordinate patient care with clinical colleagues and practice within their licensed and credentialed scope.

Qualified applicants should bring appropriate specialty training and credentials and a collaborative approach to patient care. Master’s degree from an accredited advanced practice nursing program Illinois APRN licensure and appropriate national certification. Specific practice expectations and onboarding needs will be reviewed with qualified applicants.

Competitive compensation based on current MGMA Nurse Practitioner benchmarks, experience and scheduled hours. Final compensation will be confirmed by the employer. The role includes full-time; exact schedule to be confirmed. Call expectations to be confirmed.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree from an accredited advanced practice nursing program
  • Illinois APRN licensure and appropriate national certification
  • Current Illinois RN licensure
  • Adult, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care or Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP certification
  • Maintain required CPR certification
  • Active DEA registration or ability to obtain before hire
  • No visa sponsorship at this time

Benefits

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Key Responsibilities

Provide general surgery assessments and patient care within the provider’s licensed scope. Coordinate treatment and follow-up with the specialty team, educate patients and families, and maintain clinical documentation.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Treatment CoordinationFollow-Up CarePatient and Family EducationCollaborative CareCare Coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates General Surgery Nurse Practitioner | Surgical Team Opportunity | Cherry Valley, Illinois at Healthcare United a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery (NP) — ranked against 324 active Surgery (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 22% are remote, 60% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% 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)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution46 jobs · 43 employers

13
<$130k
4
$130k-150k
19
$150k-170k
9
$170k-190k
1
$200k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs

401k / retirement match
81%
CME allowance
62%
Sign-on bonus
43%
Loan repayment
16%
PSLF eligible
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 324 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Cherry Valley

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$294k
Median resident rent
$1,024/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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