RWJ New Brunswick
Hospital · New Brunswick, NJ
- 8
- open roles, live count
- $100k–$151k/yr
- posted pay across 8 roles
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 5 · Nights 2 · Evenings 1
What stands out
New graduates
You enter through a one-year New Graduate RN Residency that is PTAP Accredited with Distinction by ANCC, with four cohort starts each year in March, June, September, and December.
New graduates
You can aim for tracks in Med/Surg, Telemetry, ICU, ED, L&D, OR, NICU, Pediatrics, Mother/Baby, or Behavioral Health rather than a single default floor.
New graduates
You are paired with a staff RN preceptor, and mentorship plus group meetings continue across the full year.
As of 2026Source: rwjbarnabashealthcareers.org
More about working here
New graduates
Residency postings for the system, including New Brunswick sites, list base hourly pay commonly around $48.29–$49.53, with some alternate ranges posted lower and higher.
Experienced nurses
On this campus you can work units such as 7 Tower Medical Surgical Neuroscience (29 beds for stroke, epilepsy, and neurosurgery), Medical Unit III, or an ED that sees trauma, neuro, cardio, ortho, and oncology.
Experienced nurses
The hospital is union, and nurses previously struck and then approved a contract that included staffing-standard gains.
Moving here
Day-shift examples run 7am–7:30pm at 36 hours a week, residency offers day or night, and system benefits list health eligibility within 30 days, PTO, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.
Travel nurses
Travel nurses have long noted frequent travel-contract postings and thin staffing at this New Brunswick campus.
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
RWJBarnabas Health New Graduate RN Residency Program · PTAP Accredited with Distinction by ANCC · 4 cohorts per year · Applications: Cohorts March, June, September, December; variable Day or Night shifts
- Preceptors and orientation
Residents assigned a staff RN preceptor; mentorship and group meetings continue throughout the one-year program
As of 2026Source: rwjbarnabashealthcareers.org- Tuition support
Tuition reimbursement listed among RWJBarnabas Health RN benefits
As of 2026Source: indeed.com
Pay and benefits
- Hourly pay
$48.29/hr
RN Residency Program (RN) RWJBarnabas Health Care System, various NJ locations including system facilities
As of 2026Source: rwjbarnabashealthcareers.org- Hourly pay
RN Residency Program pay range upper bound, various NJ locations
- Hourly pay
New Graduate RN Residency Program alternate posted range, multiple NJ locations
As of 2026Source: bebee.com- Hourly pay
New Graduate RN Residency Program alternate posted range upper bound
As of 2026Source: bebee.com
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- Hourly pay
$48.29/hr
RN Crisis Receiving Stabilization at Monmouth Medical Center (RWJBarnabas Health affiliate), day shift full-time
As of 2026-05-14Source: glassdoor.com- Hourly pay
RN Crisis Receiving Stabilization upper range, Monmouth Medical Center RWJBarnabas
As of 2026-05-14Source: glassdoor.com- Hourly pay
$46.90/hr
RWJBarnabas Health RN posting Lakewood NJ full-time
As of 2026Source: indeed.com- Hourly pay
RWJBarnabas Health RN posting Lakewood NJ upper range
As of 2026Source: indeed.com- Hourly pay
$46.90/hr
RN Resident Med Surg at RWJ Somerset (system affiliate)
As of 2026Source: simplyhired.com- Hourly pay
$45.55/hr
RN Resident Oncology at RWJ Somerset (system affiliate)
As of 2026Source: simplyhired.com
Working conditions
- Union representation
Union roles reported
- Scheduling
Day shift examples 7am-7:30pm, 36 hours/week; residency offers variable Day or Night; every other weekend noted on some system RN postings
The city
Living in New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, known as "The Healthcare City," sits along the Raritan River and is home to Rutgers University and major medical institutions. This diverse college town offers a lively downtown, cultural venues, and strong nursing career opportunities all within a compact, transit-connected hub.
Browse roles in New Brunswick- State price level · New Jersey
- 9% above the national average
- State index 108.8 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,814/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $65,810/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
If you are new to practice, you join a one-year residency that is PTAP Accredited with Distinction by ANCC, with cohorts in March, June, September, and December on day or night shifts. You get a staff RN preceptor, and mentorship and group meetings run the full year.
- Hospital · New Brunswick
- Hiring days & nights & evenings
More about RWJ New Brunswick
Tracks include Med/Surg, Telemetry, ICU, ED, L&D, OR, NICU, Pediatrics, Mother/Baby, and Behavioral Health. On the floors you might land a 29-bed Medical Surgical Neuroscience unit (7 Tower) for strokes, epilepsy, and neurosurgery on a 7am–7:30pm, 36-hour week pattern, Medical Unit III, or an ED that cares for trauma, neurology, cardiology, orthopedics, and oncology. System residency postings commonly list base pay around $48.29–$49.53 an hour, with other new-grad and RN ranges posted somewhat lower or higher depending on site and role. Benefits language includes health eligibility within 30 days, PTO, retirement, tuition reimbursement, and related coverage. The hospital is union. In 2023 nurses struck for months over staffing and contract terms before members approved a contract that included staffing-standard gains. Travel nurses still describe frequent travel contracts and thin staffing, so you should weigh that history against the residency structure and unit options when you decide whether to apply.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- chronic travel nurse openings / staffing
- Travel nurses note the facility frequently posts many travel contracts and describe thin staffing.
- strike and union pay during walkout
- Commenters said a multi-month strike occurred and union strike pay was lacking.
- As of 2024Source: reddit.com
- staffing and safety demands
- Public discussion framed nurses seeking safer staffing rather than extreme demands.
- As of 2023Source: reddit.com
What to weigh
In 2023 about 1,700 nurses walked out and the strike ran into a third month over staffing and contract terms; travel nurses still describe frequent travel openings and thin staffing.
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 4, 2026
Weighing a first job here?
The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- ERDays 1 · Nights 12 open
- Med-SurgDays 22 open
- EndoscopyDays 11 open
- NICUDays 11 open
- OREvenings 11 open
- SurgicalNights 11 open
Medical Surgical Neuroscience (7 Tower)
29-bed neurology unit for strokes, epilepsy, and neurosurgeries; day shift 36 hrs/week 7am-7:30pm.
Source location unconfirmedSource: rwjbarnabashealthcareers.orgMedical Unit III
Medical Unit III RN role at New Brunswick campus within Nurse Practice Act scope; interdisciplinary care.
Source location unconfirmedSource: rwjbarnabashealthcareers.orgEmergency Department
ED RNs care for trauma, neurology, cardiology, orthopedics, and oncology patients at New Brunswick campus.
Source location unconfirmedSource: rwjbarnabashealthcareers.orgResidency specialty tracks
Available tracks include Med/Surg, Telemetry, ICU, ED, L&D, OR, NICU, Pediatrics, Mother/Baby, Behavioral Health.
Source location unconfirmedSource: rwjbarnabashealthcareers.org
Open roles
Current openings at RWJ New Brunswick
Refreshed throughout the day.
Registered Nurse (RN), Neonatal ICU
$61/hr
$49–$72/hr
New Brunswick, NJ · Posted last week
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