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Carle Health
Urbana, Illinois

Functional Neurosurgery (PRN) - Physician

SurgeryIncludes callPer Diem

Listed compensation

$500 - $525/hr

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Job Description

Carle Health is seeking an additional BE/BC Neurosurgeon to join our established Neuroscience Institute in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

Opportunity Details

  • PRN position
  • Candidates must have completed a Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship
  • Join a large, vertically integrated health system with a service area of over 3.2 million in the Central and Southern Illinois regions
  • Our Neurosurgery team has 5 Daytime APPs, 3 Nocturnal APPs, outpatients APPs and excellent support staff
  • Strong referral base with little local competition
  • Single hospital with strong hospitalist and critical-care support

Dedicated Neuro-Intensivists

Carle Foundation Hospital is 1 of 4 hospitals in the U.S. with a Siemens 7T MRI Scanner available for clinical and research use

State-of-the-art equipment including Zeiss KINEVO® microscope, StealthStation™ Surgical Navigation system

Carle Neuroscience Institute (CNI) provides comprehensive medical and surgical services for our patients with brain and spine disorders and participates in several clinical trials for patients who come from all over the Central Illinois region

Our collegial team includes Neurology (adult & pediatric), Epileptology and EMU, Vascular Neurology, Neuro-interventional, Neuro-critical care, Neuro-radiology, Neuro-otology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuro-psychology, Pain management program and Sleep medicine program

Collaborative opportunities with the University of Illinois Beckman Institute for a variety of neuroscience translational research projects as well as opportunity for faculty appointment with the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the nation's first college of medicine focused on the intersection of engineering and medicine

Opportunity to teach medical students through the Carle Illinois College of Medicine

About Our Community

Globally connected, innovative and culturally rich, Champaign-Urbana is centrally located to Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis and is home to one of the world's great public research universities - the Big Ten University of Illinois. With ease of transportation, excellent schools and affordable housing options, our community features the friendliness and advantages of a smaller town while offering the dining, arts, sports, and entertainment options found in a much larger city.

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 $500 - $525/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

Key Responsibilities

Provide expert functional neurosurgical services within the Carle Neuroscience Institute. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive medical and surgical care for brain and spine disorders.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Eligible or Board Certified Neurosurgeons. Completion of a Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship is required.

Qualifications

Experience
10+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical ResearchMedical Teaching

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Functional Neurosurgery (PRN) - Physician at Carle Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 876 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 85% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 876 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

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