Employer
Penn State Health
Registered Nurse - Progressive Care
Reading, Pennsylvania
+$5/hr
Shift differential · base rate not posted
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Posted Aug 27, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 28, 2026
What this means for you
It's a night shift — quieter halls, a tighter crew, and your daylight hours back. Twelve-hour shifts compress the week — three days on, four days yours.
What the listing says
- Differentials
- Shift Differential: $5.00/hour · shift differential pay based on the terms outlined in company policy or union contract.
- Shift
- Nights · 12-hour
- Orientation & support
- AHA BLS prior to end of orientation period
- EHR & union
- Union position
- Facility
- Academic medical center
About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- RN
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Parental leave
- Gym membership
Living in Reading, PA
Reading sits in southeastern Pennsylvania's Berks County, where rolling farmland meets small-city grit. The former railroad and steel hub retains a blue-collar heartbeat with a growing Latino community shaping local markets and restaurants. Nearby Hawk Mountain offers weekend escapes for outdoor-minded nurses swapping bigger-city paychecks for a quieter, affordable Pennsylvania base.
- Metro price level · Reading area
- 3% below the national average
- BEA index 97.1 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,067/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $44,091/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the base pay range and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for 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?