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Urbana, Illinois

Pediatric Surgery - Physician

SurgeryNo callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$560k-$564k

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Job Description

Carle Health is seeking an additional BE/BC Pediatric Surgeon to join our expanding Pediatric Surgery Department at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.

Opportunity Details

Practice Opportunity Details Include

  • 0.8 FTE position
  • Join an established, full-spectrum program with two additional BC Pediatric Surgeons, dedicated Pediatric Surgery NP and full Pediatric Anesthesiology coverage
  • Large built-in referral base with growing primary care and pediatric subspecialty physician base
  • Block surgical time with clinic located adjacent to the hospital
  • Comprehensive support services to optimize surgical care across the continuum including daVinci XI system for robotic cases
  • Wide variety of cases – excludes transplants, burns, oncology, trauma and pediatric hearts

Inpatient specialty support on site includes; Neonatologists, Pediatric Intensivists and Pediatric Hospitalist service. Additional outpatient pediatric specialties such as Maternal Fetal Medicine, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Cardiology, Radiology, Psychology, Urology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Sleep, Genetics, and Endocrinology

Opportunity to teach General Surgery residents at our ACGME accredited residency program at Carle Foundation Hospital

Teaching and research opportunities available at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the nation’s first medical school focused at the intersection of healthcare and engineering

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 $560,000 - $564,000. 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

The Pediatric Surgeon will provide full-spectrum surgical care as part of an established department and participate in teaching General Surgery residents. The role involves performing a wide variety of surgical cases and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of pediatric subspecialists.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Eligible or Board Certified in Pediatric Surgery. The role requires the ability to work in a collaborative hospital environment and support the academic mission of the institution.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Robotic SurgeryClinical PracticeCollaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatric Surgery - 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 1,276 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 95% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 15.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Surgery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · above average in surgeryranked against 1,276 Surgery listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$560k–$564kSurgery median $650k (middle half $538k–$825k)19 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$562k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Illinois37 active1,283 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 95% no call · 73% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 24% offer loan repayment992 active listings, Oct 2026
Surgery pay trend−15.6% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,276 Surgery listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
66%
Sign-on bonus
44%
Relocation assistance
25%
CME allowance
6%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.1
Better work-life than 60% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,276 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Urbana

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$216k≈ 0.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,348/mo≈ 3% of gross pay
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 (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

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