Per Diem Registered Nurse - Obstetrics and Gynecology Department
St. Joseph's Health
Paterson, NJ
RN
Posted Jul 30
- Hours a week
- 20
- Unit
- Ob/Gyn
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 20 hours
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in New Jersey is $43/hr, across 511 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
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St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.
Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)
- Competitive salary*
- Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
- 403b retirement plan options with company match**
- Health & Wellness*
- Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
- PTO, and paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- LTD : Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance Options
- Onsite Day care Program
*Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
**403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
Pay transparency: St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.
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St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.
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Requirements
- Academic medical center
- 403(b) matching
- Magnet hospital
- Hourly pay
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Mid-level
- Health insurance
Place
- City
- Paterson, NJ
- Rent against this pay
- 29% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $55,997/yr
- State price level
- 9% above the national average
$1,548 median rent against $5,373 a month at $62/hr for 20 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
New Jersey index 108.8, where 100 is the national average.
Paterson sits along the Passaic River about 20 miles from Manhattan, blending industrial heritage with everyday multicultural energy. The Great Falls National Historical Park anchors the city with a dramatic 77-foot waterfall right downtown. A practical North Jersey home base for nurses seeking urban convenience without New York prices.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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