Registered Nurse ICU NE

Ascension

Chicago, Illinois

You'll care for critically ill ICU patients, building and reassessing their personalized care plans.

Posted Oct 21

Shift and hours: Nights Schedule: Night shift | Full-time
Unit and setting: ICU for critically ill individualsCritically ill ICU patients
License: RN license Registered Nurse credentialed from the Illinois Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.Illinois RN license before hire
Term: Permanent Schedule: Night shift | Full-timeFull-time

Do you qualify?

License: Illinois RN license before hire Registered Nurse credentialed from the Illinois Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Check your license
Certification: BLS provider within 30 days of hireAfter hire · obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire
Certification: BLS instructor within 30 days of hire, as an alternative to BLS providerAfter hire · obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire
Education: Diploma from an accredited nursing school, or RN licensure at hire

Preferred

Certification: Advanced Life Support certification
Experience: 1 year acute care RN experience 1 year RN acute care experience

What it pays

Against similar roles: Pays above most Chicago staff RN rolesChicago staff RN postings that state pay run $35/hr to $47/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $41/hr, across 225 postings.

The role and schedule

Day to day: Monitoring vital signs and complex physical conditions Maintain rigorous oversight of patient vital signs and complex physical conditions, executing medical orders precisely while rapidly communicating updates to the care team.
Day to day: Coordinating care with physicians, specialists and allied health staff seamlessly coordinating with physicians, specialists, and allied health professionals
Day to day: Leading discharge planning with patients and families Proactively lead holistic discharge planning efforts alongside patients, families, and healthcare team members
Hours stated: Night shift | Full-time

Support on this unit

The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.

rn_hours_per_patient_day: 22.85 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 22.85 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 22.85 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 22.85 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 1.91 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 1.91 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 98.09 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 98.09 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_turnover_rate: 33.33 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2024: 33.33 %Critical Care unit, 2024, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_vacancy_rate: 20.1 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2025: 20.10 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_hours_per_patient_day: 7.03 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 7.03 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_hours_per_patient_day: 19.67 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Mother/Baby) 2025: 19.67 hoursMother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_hours_per_patient_day: 17.87 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NICU) 2025: 17.87 hoursNICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 8.75 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 8.75 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 17.02 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Mother/Baby) 2024: 17.02 hoursMother/Baby unit, 2024, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day: 17.87 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NICU) 2025: 17.87 hoursNICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 0 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2024: 0.00 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2024, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 5.47 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Mother/Baby) 2024: 5.47 %Mother/Baby unit, 2024, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
contract_rn_hours_share: 0 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (NICU) 2025: 0.00 %NICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 100 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2024: 100.00 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2024, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 94.53 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Mother/Baby) 2024: 94.53 %Mother/Baby unit, 2024, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
employed_rn_hours_share: 100 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (NICU) 2025: 100.00 %NICU unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_turnover_rate: 22.22 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2024: 22.22 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2024, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_turnover_rate: 0 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Mother/Baby Unit 2025: 0.00 %Mother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_vacancy_rate: 0 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2026: 0.00 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
rn_vacancy_rate: 0 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Mother/Baby Unit 2026: 0.00 %Mother/Baby unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)

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Facility: Ascension Saint Joseph
Department: ICU
Schedule: Night shift | Full-time

Deliver compassionate, specialized critical care by designing, implementing, and continually reassessing personalized patient care plans for critically ill individuals. Serve as the central hub of interdisciplinary care, seamlessly coordinating with physicians, specialists, and allied health professionals to ensure cohesive, round-the-clock treatment. Maintain rigorous oversight of patient vital signs and complex physical conditions, executing medical orders precisely while rapidly communicating updates to the care team.

Proactively lead holistic discharge planning efforts alongside patients, families, and healthcare team members to support a safe, seamless transition beyond the ICU. Licensure / Certification / Registration Required Credential(s): Registered Nurse credentialed from the Illinois Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. One or more of the following: BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date.

American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Instructor specializing in Basic Life Support obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

Preferred Credential(s): Advanced Life Support. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Education Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required.

OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.

Additional Preference

1 year RN acute care experience

What's around it?

In Chicago, IL

Chicago, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 4% above the US average

Median rent: $1,440/mo
Household income: $77,902/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Chicago, IL

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals cluster on the North Side in Lake View (Wrigleyville and Boystown), Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Wicker Park—walkable, nightlife-heavy pockets with roughly 10–20 minute downtown commutes. Uptown and Edgewater sit farther north on Lake Michigan with denser rental inventory and about 10–25 minutes to the Loop; Reddit locals also float Andersonville, North Halsted, Buena Park, and Rogers Park when the commute is less of a constraint. More affordable in-city options include Bridgeport (White Sox country, four miles southwest, 10–20 minutes), Bronzeville, Humboldt Park, and lakeside Hyde Park; Gold Coast and River North are the luxury end. Families and space-seekers look at historic Beverly or inner suburbs such as Oak Park, Evanston, Naperville, Villa Park, Lombard, Des Plaines, and Northbrook for roughly 30-minute downtown access.

Young professionals cluster on the North Side in Lake View (Wrigleyville and Boystown), Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Wicker Park—walkable, nightlife-heavy pockets with roughly 10–20 minute downtown commutes. Uptown and Edgewater sit farther north on Lake Michigan with denser rental inventory and about 10–25 minutes to the Loop; Reddit locals also float Andersonville, North Halsted, Buena Park, and Rogers Park when the commute is less of a constraint.

More affordable in-city options include Bridgeport (White Sox country, four miles southwest, 10–20 minutes), Bronzeville, Humboldt Park, and lakeside Hyde Park; Gold Coast and River North are the luxury end. Families and space-seekers look at historic Beverly or inner suburbs such as Oak Park, Evanston, Naperville, Villa Park, Lombard, Des Plaines, and Northbrook for roughly 30-minute downtown access.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: zillow.com Source 4: hireahelper.com Source 5: facebook.com

Getting aroundSources map commutes to downtown and the Loop, not named hospital campuses: Bridgeport and Bucktown about 10–20 minutes, East Garfield Park 15–25 minutes on the CTA Blue and Green Lines plus I-290, Brighton Park 15–30 minutes with I-55, buses, subway, and Midway four miles away, Uptown 10–25 minutes eight miles north. Locals tell newcomers to live on a CTA train or bus line and not rely on driving; Metra’s 11 lines and Pace cover the suburbs, with Divvy bikes and river water taxis as extras. Chicago ranked worst in the U.S. for congestion in 2025 (112 hours lost per driver), expressways need at least 30 minutes of padding, and parking and parallel-parking hunts are a standing complaint.

Sources map commutes to downtown and the Loop, not named hospital campuses: Bridgeport and Bucktown about 10–20 minutes, East Garfield Park 15–25 minutes on the CTA Blue and Green Lines plus I-290, Brighton Park 15–30 minutes with I-55, buses, subway, and Midway four miles away, Uptown 10–25 minutes eight miles north. Locals tell newcomers to live on a CTA train or bus line and not rely on driving; Metra’s 11 lines and Pace cover the suburbs, with Divvy bikes and river water taxis as extras.

Chicago ranked worst in the U.S. for congestion in 2025 (112 hours lost per driver), expressways need at least 30 minutes of padding, and parking and parallel-parking hunts are a standing complaint.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: thehonestlocal.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: travelonthereg.com Source 5: facebook.com

OutdoorsLake Michigan is the backyard: Oak Street Beach, Edgewater’s miles of shoreline and beaches, and Promontory Point in Hyde Park for picnics. Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the oldest free zoos in the U.S.; the Chicago Riverwalk is the downtown pedestrian spine; Humboldt Park’s 200 acres include a lagoon, boathouse, and trails; Brighton Park sits by sprawling McKinley Park; Navy Pier is the tourist-and-local hybrid. Warm-weather patio season starts in the mid-50s; Divvy bikes cover short hops; Starved Rock is the go-to day trip for Midwest rock formations.

Lake Michigan is the backyard: Oak Street Beach, Edgewater’s miles of shoreline and beaches, and Promontory Point in Hyde Park for picnics. Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the oldest free zoos in the U.S.; the Chicago Riverwalk is the downtown pedestrian spine; Humboldt Park’s 200 acres include a lagoon, boathouse, and trails; Brighton Park sits by sprawling McKinley Park; Navy Pier is the tourist-and-local hybrid.

Warm-weather patio season starts in the mid-50s; Divvy bikes cover short hops; Starved Rock is the go-to day trip for Midwest rock formations.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: zillow.com Source 3: tripadvisor.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: hireahelper.com Source 6: blog.resy.com

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Living in Chicago

Chicago is less one city than 77 community areas, and that is the real choice a relocating nurse makes. Healthcare is among the city’s top industries. Young professionals live on the North Side lakefront—Lake View (Wrigleyville and Boystown), Lincoln Park, Edgewater, Uptown—and in Bucktown, Wicker Park, and Logan Square, where the L beats the car and downtown is 10–25 minutes. Hyde Park and Bridgeport trade nightlife for greystones, lake or White Sox proximity, and lower prices; Gold Coast is the luxury tier. Live on a CTA line: drivers lost 112 hours to congestion in 2025, worst in the country. The payoff is Lake Michigan, a free Lincoln Park Zoo, the Riverwalk, Humboldt Park’s lagoon, and food from The Duck Inn and Longman & Eagle to pierogi and deep-dish. The Art Institute, Field Museum, Wrigley Field, Lollapalooza, and Blues Festival are everyday civic life. Winters are long, gray, and snowy; summers are why people stay. Typical rents sit near $1,900–$2,100 and climbing; property-tax bills keep rising. Crime is neighborhood-specific even after 2025 homicides fell to a 60-year low.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: hireahelper.com Source 2: apartments.com Source 3: zillow.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: extraspace.com Source 6: blog.resy.com Source 7: choosechicago.com Source 8: travelonthereg.com

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Chicago, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.