General Staff Nurse
Valhalla, New York
RN
Still listed, seen 2 weeks ago · Posted Aug 26
- Shift
- Days
- Unit
- Ambulatory Surgery
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Days · 7 a week
- Term
- Per Diem
- Practice
- Union position
- Setting
- Ambulatory Surgery
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in New York is $40/hr, across 879 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
- Job Title: General Staff Nurse
- Company: Westchester Medical Center
- City/State: Valhalla, NY
- Category: Nursing/Nursing Management
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- Department: Ambulatory Surg Pre & Post OP
- Union: Yes
- Union Name: NYSNA
- Position: Per Diem
- Hours: Variable
- Shift: Day
Req #: 49506
Posted Date: Aug 26, 2026 Hiring Range: $74.63/hr.
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Job Details
Summary
Under the general supervision of an Assistant Nurse Manager, Head Nurse, Nurse Manager, or other higher-level nurse or health care professional, incumbents of this class provide professional nursing care in an assigned clinical area. Incumbents are expected to provide direct nursing care by assessing patients' needs and administering treatments, medications and general care according to nursing and medical orders. Work is subject to shift assignment over a 24-hour, 7 days per week period.
Supervision is not a regular responsibility of this class. However, partial supervision may be exercised over paraprofessional and ancillary staff in the delegation of some components of the nursing regimen. Does related work as required
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. License, Certification, and Registration: Current license in New York State as a Registered Professional Nurse. Certified in Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.
About Us
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York’s Hudson Valley. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 895-bed academic hospital in Valhalla, NY, provides local residents with acute-care services — Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures and more — found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other Hudson Valley hospitals and serves as a lifeline for more than 3 million.
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Requirements
- RN
- Academic medical center
- Direct patient care
- Nursing
- Staff supervision
- RN License
- Hourly pay
- BLS Certification
- Level I trauma center
Place
- City
- Valhalla, New York
- Median rent
- $3,167/mo
- Local household income
- $134,037/yr
- State price level
- 8% above the national average
- Address
- 100 WOODS RD, VALHALLA, NY, 10595
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
New York index 107.9, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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On the floor you would step into tertiary care that includes a trauma center and an organ transplant program, with specialized heart, cancer, and stroke work in the mix. The hospital is academic and affiliated with New York Medical College;…
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