Registered Nurse - Cardiology Clinic
Good Samaritan Hosp-Mt. Vernon
Mount Vernon, Illinois
Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Good Samaritan Hosp-Mt. Vernon is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
Posted Sep 22 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm · Day shift Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Day Shift (United States of America)5 shifts · 40 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Medical Group Cardiology Clinic, Good Samaritan Hospital · Clinic Medical Group Cardiology Clinic- Good Samaritan Hospital
- License
- RN license Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed No experience required
- License
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN), Illinois IDFPR Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Check your license
- Certification
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP), American Heart Association Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Education
- graduate of accredited nursing school or education equivalency for licensing Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
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
- Bonus
- sign-on bonus eligibility Ask your recruiter about sign-on bonus eligibility
- Pay reviews
- pay based on experience, labor market and other qualifications Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- implements and monitors care plans Implements and monitors patient care plans.
- Day to day
- monitors, records and communicates patient condition Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
- Day to day
- primary coordinator of all disciplines Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
- Day to day
- carries out physician and nursing orders Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
- Day to day
- assesses and coordinates discharge planning with the healthcare team Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
- Day to day
- may round with physician in inpatient setting May round with physician in an inpatient setting.
- Day to day
- works in a constant state of alertness Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Details
- constant standing and walking Constant standing and walking.
- Details
- occasional lifting and moving of patients Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Details
- occasional driving Occasional driving.
The workplace
You would be coming in where the only public pay figure is a 13-week nights PCU travel contract at $2,189 a week, not a staff RN rate.
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for 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?
On your path
Cardiac has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
Posted on Good Samaritan Hosp-Mt. Vernon’s careers page.
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It's more than a career, it's a calling IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. Department: Medical Group Cardiology Clinic- Good Samaritan Hospital
Schedule
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Sign-On Bonus : Ask your recruiter about sign-on bonus eligibility Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, everyday. Pay Range: $20.11 - $45.28 Pay Rate Type: Hourly SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects, in good faith, to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law. Job
Summary
Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Job Responsibilities and
Requirements
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders. Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. May round with physician in an inpatient setting.
Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service. As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing EXPERIENCE No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
Constant standing and walking. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors. Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Occasional lifting/moving of patients. Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. Occasional driving.
Rare crawling and running. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) State of Work Location: Missouri Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State State of Work Location: Oklahoma Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) State of Work Location: Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 6110000046 MTV MOP - Cardiology Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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What's around it?
Mount Vernon, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $910/mo
- Household income
- $55,357/yr, all local households, not nurse pay