St. Mary's General Hospital
Community Hospital · Passaic, NJ
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 3 · Nights 1
Benefits
Tuition reimbursement (Total Rewards and RN union contract Article 31); shift differentials and weekend provisions in the union contract; PTO per contract; $15,000 sign-on for qualified full-time nights ICU RN candidates (terms apply).
What stands out
Experienced nurses
Full-time nights ICU RN roles list a $15,000 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates, with eligibility and payout terms applying.
As of 2025Source: indeed.com
Experienced nurses
Posted RN ranges start around $41.24/hr, including ICU and Newborn Nursery openings up to $53.47/hr.
As of 2025Source: indeed.com
New graduates
Tuition reimbursement sits in Total Rewards and in the RN union contract, so continuing education has a written path.
As of 2025 · 2023Source 1: indeed.comSource 2: jneso.orgSource 3: smh-nj.com
Experienced nurses
The hospital holds recent patient-safety marks, including a 2026 Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award and a string of Leapfrog A grades.
As of 2026-03-12 · 2024 · 2023Source 1: smh-nj.comSource 2: smh-nj.com
More about working here
Travel nurses
OR postings have sought contract nurses on 8- and 10-hour shifts for 40 hours weekly over 13 weeks.
As of 2025Source 1: facebook.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: jneso.org
Moving here
You would be at the only hospital in Passaic, a community tertiary center with cardiovascular, cancer, and maternal-child services.
New graduates
Peers often describe a family-like, supportive floor culture, and the careers side emphasizes growing leaders from within.
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: smh-nj.comSource 4: instagram.com
Experienced nurses
RNs are union-represented, with the contract covering wages, shift differentials, weekend work, tuition, and PTO.
As of 2025 · 2023Source 1: jneso.orgSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: facebook.com
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Flexible shift options noted by employees; ICU full-time nights; OR 8- and 10-hour shifts; weekend work and shift differentials in union contract
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: jneso.orgSource 3: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Registered Nurse - Newborn Nursery posted range $41.24-$53.47/hr
As of 2025Source: indeed.com
- Pay and benefits
- $15,000 sign-on bonus for qualified Full-time Nights ICU RN candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply
As of 2025Source: indeed.com
Starting out and growing here
- Preceptors and orientation
- Instagram post describes education-oriented setting with team devoted to new nurse success
As of 2025Source: instagram.com
- Career development
- Prime Healthcare promotes leadership from within; growth emphasized on careers site
As of 2025Source: smh-nj.com
- Tuition support
- Tuition reimbursement offered as part of Total Rewards; also covered in RN union contract Article 31
As of 2025Source 1: indeed.comSource 2: jneso.orgSource 3: smh-nj.com
The city
Living in Passaic, NJ
Passaic offers densely populated, working-class neighborhoods in northern New Jersey, just west of New York City. The city's tight blocks around Main Avenue mix international markets and local eateries. Commuter rail connects residents to Manhattan quickly.
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- State price level · New Jersey
- 9% above the national average
- State index 108.8 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,465/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $55,371/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would step into St. Mary's General Hospital in Passaic, the only hospital in the city and a community tertiary center inside Prime Healthcare. Floors cover adult and geriatric ICU, newborn nursery, OR, cardiovascular and cancer services, and a maternal-child health center of excellence.
- Community Hospital · Passaic
- Hiring days & nights
- Sign-on bonus · 2 roles
More about St. Mary's General Hospital
Posted RN pay has started near $41.24/hr, with Newborn Nursery ranges listed to $53.47/hr, and qualified full-time nights ICU candidates have seen a $15,000 sign-on with terms attached. RNs are union-represented; the contract speaks to wages, differentials, tuition reimbursement, and PTO. Scheduling notes include flexible shift options, ICU nights, and OR 8- and 10-hour patterns. Safety awards show up often—Leapfrog A grades in a row and Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence, including a 2026 top-10% national nod—while coworkers often sound close-knit. Reviews also flag understaffing, heavy loads, and thin upper-management support, so the day-to-day depends heavily on your unit and charge team.
Patient-safety focus reflected in repeated Leapfrog A grades and Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence recognition; Prime Healthcare emphasizes promoting leadership from within.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Supportive coworkers, family-like culture
- Employees often describe strong camaraderie and a supportive, family-oriented atmosphere among peers.
- Poor management support
- Recurring complaints about disorganized, unsupportive upper management and dismissive directors.
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: indeed.comSource 3: glassdoor.com
- Understaffing and burnout
- Chronic understaffing cited as driving heavy workloads, long hours, and poor work-life balance.
More review themes
- Pay concerns
- Reviewers report low or stagnant pay and feeling undercompensated; Indeed RN review said pay is low.
- Overall ratings split by Glassdoor entity
- One Glassdoor page shows 3.7/64 reviews and 51% recommend; NJ-specific page shows 2.3 with 3% recommend.
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: glassdoor.com
- Indeed overall rating
- Indeed overall 3.3/5 from 28 reviews; pay/benefits 3.0, management 2.9; likes learning and flexibility.
As of 2025Source: indeed.com
What to weigh
Nurses repeatedly flag chronic understaffing, heavy workloads, and thin upper-management support.
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: indeed.comSource 3: glassdoor.comSource 4: allnurses.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 3, 2026
- Website
- smh-nj.com ↗
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- Cath-LabDays 11 open
- ICU1 open
Full-time nights ICU RN role caring for adult and geriatric critical care patients; CCRN and critical care course preferred.
- Med-SurgDays 11 open
- NurseryNights 11 open
- RadiologyDays 11 open
Newborn Nursery
Posted RN - Newborn Nursery opening at $41.24-$53.47/hr in Passaic.
Operating Room
Seeking 2 OR Nurses for 8-hour and 10-hour shifts, 40 hours weekly, 13-week contract.
Hospital-wide staffing
CMS Grade C staffing; RN per bed 0.84; HPPD nursing 14.2; 241 RN staff.
- Reported ratio
- 0.84 RN per bed
Open roles
Current openings at St. Mary's General Hospital
Refreshed throughout the day.
Registered Nurse - Radiology Diagnostic
$41.24–$53.47
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