RN PACU
Precision Scans INC
Chicago, Illinois
$41–$43/hr
Posted pay
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Posted Aug 8, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 9, 2026
What the posting states
- Base pay
- Pay Rate: $41-$43 per hour
About this role
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Requirements
- Current RN License – Active, unrestricted state RN license
- BLS Certification – American Heart Association (AHA) required
- ACLS Certification – AHA required
- PALS Certification – Preferred or required based on facility
- Certified NIHSS
- PACU/Perioperative Experience – Minimum 1-2 years of recent PACU experience preferred
- Critical Care Experience – ICU, ER, or other critical-care experience may be accepted depending on facility requirements
- Epic experience a must
About the employer
You are looking at Precision Scans INC, a healthcare staffing agency headquartered in La Palma that places nurses and allied clinicians into hospitals and outpatient sites across California and Nevada. The work you would actually do sits inside those client…
What reviewers appreciate
- LA-area Telemetry and ICU local-contract rates commonly posted around $50–$55/hr
- Clear 13-week local-contract pattern at 36 hrs/wk with 12-hour day and NOC shifts
- Per-diem ICU options alongside contracts
What reviewers flag
- Small staffing agency (about 11–50 employees), not a hospital system with on-site nurse residency
- Posted CA hourly rates vary widely, including an ICU local contract at $39/hr
- Float to units of competency required on some ICU per-diem postings
Living in Chicago, IL
Chicago delivers big-city energy with lakefront charm along Lake Michigan, world-class medical centers, and neighborhoods like Lincoln Park and Wicker Park that blend dining, culture, and community. Nurses relocating here will find a metro area rich in career opportunity, transit access, and Midwestern character.
- Metro price level · Chicago area
- 103.6
- 4% above the national average
- Median gross rent
- $1,440/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a first-year unit lane. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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