Employer
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
Registered Nurse - Med Surg
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Posted Aug 20, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 21, 2026
What this means for you
Roxborough Memorial Hospital is a community hospital, the kind of building where you learn every name fast. It's a day shift — the busiest hours, the fullest crew, and your evenings back.
What the listing says
- Shift
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About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- rn license
- Patient condition reporting
- Patient treatment planning
- Care plan evaluation
- Nursing
- Inpatient experience
- RN License
- Hospital
- Bachelor of Science
About the employer
You are weighing Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia’s 19128 zip—a smaller community hospital setting where one RN with more than three years on staff describes a relaxed pace and coworkers you actually get to know. Hiring posts call out a…
What reviewers appreciate
- Relaxed small community hospital feel where staff get to know each other quickly
- $1.50 shift differential for 3 pm–11 pm
- Sign-on and relocation pay mentioned in hiring posts
What reviewers flag
- Pay described as not competitive versus other hospitals
- Frequent short-staffing reported in reviews
- Glassdoor recommend rate around 42% with culture/values at 2.9
Living in Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia pairs world-class medical institutions with deep American history and a genuine, every-neighborhood-has-personality grit. You can eat your way through the Italian Market, catch a game in South Philly, or stroll along the Schuylkill River Trail. The City of Brotherly Love blends big-city clinical opportunity with a surprisingly livable, down-to-earth feel for traveling nurses.
- Metro price level · Philadelphia area
- 3% above the national average
- BEA index 102.6 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,397/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $61,953/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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?