Registered Nurse - Stepdown / Critical Care
St. Louis, Missouri
- Eligibility
- RN
- Unit
- Critical Care
Posted Sep 12
What the listing says
Role
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- Similar MO ICU roles post $46/hr to $51/hr
MO ICU postings that state pay run $40/hr to $53/hr, the middle half $46/hr to $51/hr, across 33 postings.
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About this role
Job Id R199281 Night Shift
Sourced from DePaul Hospital - St. Louis’ careers page.
Place
- City
- St. Louis, Missouri
- State price level
- 9% below the national average
Missouri index 90.8, where 100 is the national average.
In St. Louis, a nursing paycheck stretches far: median homes near $224,000, rents around $1,390, housing about 23% below the national norm. Live in Central West End beside 1,300-acre Forest Park, or Soulard's brick rowhouses near the farmers market. Free zoo and Art Museum. Pick your block carefully—here, neighborhood matters more than the metro brand.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
How this role fits you
About the employer
You would come into a Nurse Residency Program that already graduated a 2026 class here, with a Med Surg new-grad residency posted. You would work on a campus listed as a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center and a Level II…
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through 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?

