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Urbana, Illinois

Critical Care Nocturnist (Part-Time) - Physician

Critical Care MedicineNo callPart-Time

Pay as listed: $300k–$315k · no call · part-time · Urbana, Illinois · pays below the median of 14 Critical Care Medicine listings (25th percentile).

Listed compensation

$300k–$315k

The week · per this posting

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Job Description

Carle Health is seeking a BE/BC Critical Care Physician Nocturnist to join our expanding Critical Care team in Urbana, Illinois.

Opportunity Details

  • Join an established Critical Care team of 16 physicians and 8 Advanced Practice Providers
  • Part-time (0.5 FTE) position working 7 – 8 shifts per month
  • Nocturnist schedule of 5P to 7A or 9P to 7A
  • Practice at Carle Foundation Hospital, a 509-bed Level I Trauma Center with a closed ICU (40 beds)

Opportunity for academic, teaching, and research involvement through the nation's first engineering-based medical school focused on the intersection of healthcare and engineering

Excellent benefits package: health/dental/life insurance, 403-B plan with employer match, LTD, relocation allowance, CME allowance, and paid malpractice insurance with tail insurance coverage.

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 $300,000-$315,000. 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

Provide critical care services as a nocturnist at a Level I Trauma Center, working 7-8 shifts per month. Participate in academic, teaching, and research activities through the affiliated medical school.

Requirements

Must be a Board Eligible or Board Certified Critical Care Physician. Candidates must be available for night shifts and rotation requirements.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Critical care medicineNocturnist servicesTrauma center operationsICU managementClinical teachingMedical researchAdvanced practice provider collaboration

Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Critical Care Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 90% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$308k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $308k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Critical Care Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 10.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Critical Care Nocturnist (Part-Time) - Physician at Carle Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Critical Care Medicine — ranked against 229 active Critical Care Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Top Critical Care Medicine Jobs

29 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution29 jobs · 6 employers

3
<$315k
0
$315k-330k
1
$338k
23
$350k
2
$360k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 6 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
7% this job
Sign-on bonus
3%
Loan repayment
3%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$375k-$415k
#2

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$295k-$368k
#3

Emergency Medicine Physician - Waldorf, MD

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.1
Better work-life than 90% of Critical Care Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 229 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Urbana

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$220k≈ 0.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,232/mo≈ 5% 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 (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.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. 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

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
403-B plan with employer match
LTD
Relocation Allowance
CME Allowance
Paid Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage