Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)

Registered NurseFull-Time

Listed compensation

$160k-$180k

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Job Description

  • Position: Chief Nursing Officer
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Compensation: Annual Salary $160,000-$180,000 plus annual bonus incentives
  • Sign on bonus: $15,000
  • Added Perks: Company Paid Parking

RUSH Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

We Support Your Career Growth and Personal Well-being

  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting
  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.

Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program. Company Paid Parking.

Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance

Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members

Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members

Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient car

Responsibilities

We are looking for a valued employee who will be a Champion of the Select Medical Way, which includes putting the patient first, helping to improve quality of life for the community in which you live and work, continuing to develop and explore new ideas, providing high-quality care and doing well by doing what is right.

As the clinical leader for your facility, you will collaborate with your CEO and your Human Resources leader to tackle problems and enhance both the employee and patient experience. You will learn high standard leadership skills, work with respiratory and rehabilitation departments, and lead a highly skilled clinical team.

  • Resolve staffing ratios and work with the senior nursing staff to improve the quality of care.
  • Engage with your regional leaders on staffing initiatives, including leading educational programs for new graduates and re-entry nurses.
  • Have fiscal responsibility to ensure that budgets are met and that costs are controlled within the hospital.

Treat others as they would like to be treated and aim to create a supportive and engaging culture for your employees.

Minimum Requirements

  • BSN required. MSN or equivalent Masters in Healthcare or enrollment in a Master's program required. Exceptions approved by SVP, Clinical Operations.
  • Three to Five years of hospital nursing experience required. Three or more years' experience in a managerial or supervisory capacity preferred.
  • Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse required
  • BLS required
  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire

Preferred Qualifications That Will Make You Successful

Having experience with vents, hemodynamics, critical drips, ET Tubes and wounds.

Additional Data

Rush Specialty Hospital, a partnership between Select Medical and RUSH, is a 100-bed facility that combines a critical illness recovery hospital and an acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital.

Our team is committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery as well as exceptional rehabilitation services to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

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

Certifications

BLS (preferred)ACLS (preferred)

Key Skills

Clinical leadershipStaffing managementBudgetingQuality of care improvementNursing supervisionCritical care nursingVentilator managementWound careRegulatory complianceTeam developmentStrategic planning

Nursing Leadership — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 40 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 25% are remote, 57% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$170k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $170k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Nursing Leadership RN by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$160k–$180kNursing Leadership RN median $87k (middle half $81k–$98k)12 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$170k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nursing Leadership listings in Illinois6 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All nursing leadership listings in Illinois193 active5,868 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 25% remote · 57% no call · 68% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$15k sign-onIllinois registered nurse listings (all specialties): 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 11% offer loan repayment193 active listings, Nov 2026
New Nursing Leadership RN listings165 in the last 30 days174 the 30 days before (−5%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Illinois figures use all nursing leaderships: too few Illinois Nursing Leadership postings state pay.

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About RUSH Specialty Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation

Hospitals and Health Care
Chicago, Illinois
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Annual bonus incentives
$15,000 sign-on bonus
Company paid parking
Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Generous PTO

Living in Chicago

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$354k≈ 2.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,311/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
33 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.