Registered Nurse, PACU Outpatient/Inpatient Surgery (36 hours, Evenings)
Boston, Massachusetts
RN · Perioperative Care · Critical 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, PACU Outpatient/Inpatient Surgery (36 hours, Evenings). Location: Menino PACU (Outpatient/Inpatient Surgery).
Schedule
36 hours, Permanent Evenings, Every 3rd Weekend. The Menino Post Anesthesia Care Unit/Pre-Operative Unit consists of 52 bays providing advanced Intensive Care monitoring and Pre-Operative care. The registered nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care, encompassing nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care.
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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
- RN License (Massachusetts)
- BLS Certification
- PALS Certification
- ACLS Certification
- Nursing Degree (Diploma, ASN, or BSN; BSN preferred, must obtain within 4 years)
- 1+ years of nursing experience
- Critical Care experience required (PACU, ED, ICU)
- Previous/Current PACU experience strongly preferred
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- 403(b)
- Flexible spending account
- Opportunities for advancement
Place
- City
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Rent against this pay
- 24% 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 $8,892 a month at $57/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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