Registered Nurse, Pre-Op/PACU (36 hours, Evenings)
Boston, Massachusetts
RN · Critical Care · Perioperative Care
Posted Jul 13 · Not open to new grads
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- PACU
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every third weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Massachusetts is $40/hr, across 426 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Registered Nurse position in the Menino Post Anesthesia Care Unit/Pre-Operative Unit at Boston Medical Center. 52-bay unit providing advanced Intensive Care monitoring and Pre-Operative care. Functions as a holding area for procedural patients requiring specialized cardiac and interventional care, and as a high acuity recovery area stabilizing patients directly from the OR/Procedural areas after surgery. The RN is responsible for nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care.
Schedule
36 hours, Evenings, Every 3rd Weekend.
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“EXPERIENCE: 1 + years of nursing experience required Critical Care experience required (PACU, ED, ICU) Previous/Current PACU experience strongly preferred Bosto” · from this posting
Requirements
- Licensed to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Current BLS certification
- PALS certification
- ACLS certification
- Nursing Degree (Diploma, ASN, or BSN; BSN preferred, must obtain within 4 years if not currently held)
- 1+ years of nursing experience
- Critical Care experience required (PACU, ED, or ICU)
- Previous/Current PACU experience strongly preferred
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Pharmacy benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Opportunities for advancement
Place
- City
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Rent against this pay
- 36% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $97,344/yr
- Metro price level
- 8% above the national average
- Address
- 1 BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER PLACE, BOSTON, MA, 02118
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 442
$2,147 median rent against $5,928 a month at $38/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Boston area index 108.3, where 100 is the national average.
Boston blends world-class medicine with deep colonial history. Compact walkable neighborhoods like Back Bay and the South End sit beside the Charles River. Winters are real and housing is costly, but nurses gain access to America's premier healthcare corridor.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a healthcare institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The unit provides advanced Intensive Care monitoring, pre-operative care, and serves as a holding area for procedural patients requiring specialized cardiac and interventional care. It also functions as…
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