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UI Health - Staff Nurse I - 5SE Stepdown (90% Part-Time, Flex Days)

University of Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Eligibility
RNPCUTelemetry
Shift
12-hour days
Hours a week
36 hrs a week
Unit
Stepdown

Posted Jul 23 · New grads welcomed

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What the listing says

Role

Schedule
12-hour days · 3 a week · 36 hours
Term
Permanent
On the floor
Precepting expected
Practice
Union position
Setting
Hospital
Accepts
RN
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Experience
New graduates

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
Below most IL staff postings

IL staff postings that state pay run $33/hr to $52/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $47/hr, across 949 postings.

About this role

The Staff Nurse I provides direct patient care and takes the initiative to improve patient outcomes by integrating Shared Leadership, Evidence Based Practice, Relationship Based Care, and standards of nursing excellence into clinical practice. This position integrates professional practice model, current standards of practice and clinical experience to provide quality patient care as measured by established nursing quality standards and other governing/accrediting health care bodies. The Staff Nurse I engages and obtains information from patient and/or family to advocate for the patient, develops an appropriate patient educational plan, and responds to patient's changing needs while sharing information and collaborating with other members of the health care team to promote effective patient care.

Sourced from a public job board.

Excellent attendance, interpersonal skills, and work history. NEW GRADUATE NURSES ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. NEW GRAD NURSES MUST HAVE COMPLETED THEIR RN PROGRAM AND HAVE SAT AND PASSED THE NCLEX EXAM TO MEET THE LICENSURE REQ· from this posting

Requirements

  • RN
  • RN License
  • CPR Certification
  • BLS Certification
  • ACLS Certification
  • Telemetry
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  • Electronic health records (EHR) management
  • Computer skills
  • Communication skills

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Paid time off
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  • Tuition waivers for employees and dependents

Place

City
Chicago, Illinois
Rent against this pay
26% of monthly gross
This role$1,440/mo rent
Monthly gross$5,616/mo

$1,440 median rent against $5,616 a month at $36/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.

Local household income
$77,902/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
4% above the national average

Chicago area index 103.6, where 100 is the national average.

Chicago sits about 4% above the national cost-of-living average — a premium that buys sunrise runs on the 18-mile Lakefront Trail, post-shift Italian beef in Pilsen, and bedside-window views of Lake Michigan from Streeterville's hospital corridors, where Northwestern and Rush anchor a world-class medical district.

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Approximate location in Chicago, IL. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

How this role fits you

About the employer

University of Illinois
Academic Medical Center

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) is the clinical enterprise of the University of Illinois Chicago, part of the broader University of Illinois System — the state's largest institution of higher education and a premier…

On your path

Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.

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