Registered Nurse (RN) - New Graduate Days/Nights
Select Specialty Hospital - Mckeesport
Mckeesport, Pennsylvania
You'll care for chronic, critically ill patients in inpatient post-ICU recovery. Select Specialty Hospital - Mckeesport is a specialty hospital.
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Aug 6 · Applications close Oct 27, 2027 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 7a-7p (12 hours) · Day shift, no rotating shifts Schedule: 7a-7p, Day Shift (No rotating shifts!)
- Unit and setting
- Rehab providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recoverychronic, critically ill patients
- License
- RN license Applicants may apply before being licensed however must have license upon start date.Valid state RN license, needed by start date (may apply before licensed)
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - New Graduate
- License
- Valid state RN license, needed by start date (may apply before licensed) Applicants may apply before being licensed however must have license upon start date.
- Certification
- BLS at hire BLS required at hire.
- Education
- Graduate of an accredited RN program Graduate of accredited program for registered nursing.
- Also asks
- Flexible scheduling to complete program requirements Must have flexibility of scheduling to complete the requirements of the program
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Pennsylvania staff rolesPennsylvania staff postings that state pay run $23/hr to $50/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $44/hr, across 921 postings.
- Also stated
- $41/hr
- Weekend differential
- $40.70 per hour, plus shift differentials for weekends $40.70 per hour, plus shift differentials for weekends
- Sign-on bonus
- $15,000
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Extra pay
- Shift differentials for weekends plus shift differentials for weekendsWorking weekend shifts
- Bonus
- $15,000 sign-on bonus Sign-on bonus: $15,000 Sign On Bonus
- Eligibility
- Health, vision and dental plans start for full-time staffFull-time team member
Benefits
- Benefits100% company-paid BSN scholarship100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
- BenefitsTuition reimbursement and continuing education
- BenefitsClinical ladder programs and PCCN/CCRN certification supportClinical ladder programs and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN.
- BenefitsStudent debt benefit programStudent debt benefit program.
- BenefitsGenerous PTO for full-time staffGenerous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
- BenefitsMedical, Rx, vision and dental plans for full-time staffComprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
More benefits (12)
- BenefitsCompany-matching 401(k)Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
- BenefitsLife and disability protection for full-time stafflife and disability protection for full-time team members
- Extensive new graduate orientation with dedicated preceptor
- 100% company-paid scholarship (BSN)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Continuing education
- Clinical ladder programs
- PTO for full-time team members
- Medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plans for full-time team members
- Company-matching 401(k) for full-time team members
- Life and disability protection for full-time team members
- Free parking
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- care plans with short and long-term goals and discharge planning
- Day to day
- rehabilitation goals with the interdisciplinary team Participating as a productive member of the interdisciplinary team in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of rehabilitation goals.
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Details
- Inside UPMC McKeesport Location: Select Specialty Hospital - McKeesport (located inside UPMC McKeesport)
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- 10–13 week orientation Start Strong : Extensive 10- 13-week structured new graduate orientation program with a dedicated preceptor.
- Your preceptor
- A preceptor is assigned to you Extensive 10- 13-week structured new graduate orientation program with a dedicated preceptor.
The workplace
- Parking
- Free parking Additional Perks: Free parking
Postings here cover the whole floor team — RNs, nursing assistants, student nurse techs, and respiratory therapists — with hourly ranges named outright rather than left to negotiation. You are twelve miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh where the Monongahela and…
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, and call?
- What ongoing unit support is included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Original listing
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- Overview
- Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - New Graduate
- Location: Select Specialty Hospital - McKeesport (located inside UPMC McKeesport)
Schedule
7a-7p, Day Shift (No rotating shifts!)
Compensation
$39.38 per hour, plus
- shift differentials for weekends
Sign-on bonus: $15,000 Sign On Bonus Additional Perks: Free parking Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Registered Nurses (RNs) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
We support your career growth and personal well-being
Start Strong : Extensive 10- 13-week structured new graduate orientation program with a dedicated preceptor. Invest in Your Future : 100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education. Elevate Your
Skills
Clinical ladder programs and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN. Ease the Burden : Student debt benefit program. Recharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care Applicants may apply before being licensed however must have license upon start date.
Responsibilities In collaboration with the physician and their preceptor, you will assure implementation of the assessment plan, evaluation, and follow-up of the plan of care for the patient population. Initiating an ongoing systematic assessment of the physical, emotional, social, educational and functional needs of the patients/families. Interpreting assessment data and information to develop a nursing care plan which contains problem identification, nursing diagnosis, nursing orders, approaches, interventions, short/long term goals and discharge planning.
Participating as a productive member of the interdisciplinary team in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of rehabilitation goals. Assuring that documents in the medical record are complete, factual, accurate and timely. Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Graduate of accredited program for registered nursing. Valid State RN License required. BLS required at hire. Must have flexibility of scheduling to complete the requirements of the program Additional Data Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
What's around it?
McKeesport, PA
Living costs about 2% below the US average