Registered Nurse - AMs and Nights
Forest Park, Illinois
Your unit is Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health.
- Eligibility
- Registered Nurse - Behavioral HealthRegistered Nurse (RN)
Posted Feb 11, 2025 · Closing date Feb 11 has passed · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour nights
- License
- RN licenseCurrent license to practice nursing in Illinois (or eligible to receive or renew).
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, residency program
- License
- Current license to practice nursing in Illinois (or eligible to receive or renew). Check your license
- Certification
- Current CPR or BLS certification.
- Experience
- Experience/Requirements
Preferred
- Experience
- Preferred one year of experience working in a psychiatric inpatient setting with patients aged 5-65yrs+.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Pays above most Illinois staff rolesIllinois staff postings that state pay run $30/hr to $55/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $48/hr, across 2,223 postings.
Benefits
- Psychiatric Nurse Residency Transition-to-Practice Program
- Partnership with Chamberlain University for tuition savings
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- Residency program
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Original listing
Posted on UHS’ careers page.
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Responsibilities
Benefits for Registered Nurse (RN) include
- Starting pay at $40.00/hr
- Full Time and Part Time shifts available
- 12hr shifts available
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Psychiatric Nurse Residency Transition-to-Practice Program (Could earn 20 CEUs)
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Partnership with Chamberlain University
- 30% tuition savings on RN-BSN, MSN, MPH, and MSW degree and certificate programs
- 20% tuition savings on the DNP program
- Waived application fee
If you would like to learn more about the Registered Nurse (RN) position before applying, please contact Krystle Borjas , Human Resources Manager at krystle.borjas@uhsinc.com and by phone at (708) 209-4184.
Riveredge Hospital is a 210-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Forest Park, IL. Riveredge Hospital features individual units for children, adolescents, adults, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. On average, over 10,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Riveredge Hospital.
We strive to foster an environment that demonstrates compassion and caring with timely and effective communication through comprehensive, clinically excellent behavioral health care services. Our goal is to be a leading provider of quality behavioral health services for children, adolescents and adults, exceeding the expectation of our customers. We're dedicated to delivering care of the highest level to each individual who comes through our doors.
What do our current nurses value at Riveredge Hospital & UHS?
An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Registered Nurse (RN) is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership. You are never alone, as you are part of a large network of peer nurses and nursing leaders that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the industry. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement as a Registered Nurse (RN) with UHS.
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $10.77 billion in 2018. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 87,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 327 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U. S. states, Washington, D. C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
Under the direction of the Nursing Coordinator and/or the ADON, provides clinical care as prescribed by the Department of Nursing, internal and external regulatory bodies, and standards of nursing practice. Maintains adherence to internal hospital policies, procedures, external regulatory, governmental agencies, and the Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice.
Qualifications
Experience/Requirements
- Current license to practice nursing in Illinois (or eligible to receive or renew).
- Current CPR or BLS certification.
- Preferred one year of experience working in a psychiatric inpatient setting with patients aged 5-65yrs+.
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
What's around it?
Forest Park, IL
Living costs about the same as the US average