New Graduate Registered Nurse (RN) – General Pediatrics
Advocate Aurora Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
$38.20–$57.30/hr
About $79k–$119k/yr
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Posted Aug 30, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 31, 2026
What this means for you
Advocate Aurora Health is hiring for its own floors — no agency between you and the manager. The posted pay pencils out to roughly $79k–$119k a year. It's a night shift — quieter halls, a tighter crew, and your daylight hours back.
What the listing says
- Shift
- Nights
- Facility
- Level I trauma center · Magnet designated
About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- RN
- Nursing policy compliance
- Direct patient care
- Nursing
- Magnet hospital
- RN License
- Children's hospital
- BLS Certification
- Level I trauma center
About the employer
You’re weighing Advocate Aurora Health in the Chicago orbit—now part of Advocate Health after the Aurora and Atrium combination—where IL and WI hospitals still carry the day-to-day identity you will feel on shift. Sites range from community campuses like 132-bed…
What reviewers appreciate
- 12-month new grad residency with mentorship through the transition to practice
- Sign-on bonuses listed up to $10,000 (L&D) and $7,500 (Med-Surg)
- Education assistance $5,250/year full-time plus $1,500 continuing education
What reviewers flag
- Review themes of toxic or inconsistent management and favoritism across units
- Staffing shortages and higher workloads make work-life balance hard to sustain
- Promotions and internal mobility can stall without leadership support
Living in Charlotte, NC
Charlotte blends Southern charm with big-city energy, anchored by a bustling Uptown core and leafy enclaves like Plaza Midwood. Home to major healthcare systems including Atrium Health, it offers growing opportunities for nurses in a metro that keeps expanding without losing its laid-back Carolina character.
- Metro price level · Charlotte area
- 3% below the national average
- BEA index 97.3 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,612/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $82,068/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
Pediatrics is a specialty you move into. Families are part of every care plan.
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 differentials?
- What should I expect for 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?