AdCare Hospital Registered Nurse (RN) 7p-7a

American Addiction Centers

Worcester, Massachusetts

American Addiction Centers is a specialty hospital.

Posted Jul 14

Shift and hours: Nights
Unit and setting: Hospital
License: RN license

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Against similar roles: Top of Worcester staff RN payWorcester staff RN postings that state pay run $34/hr to $48/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $40/hr, across 50 postings.

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American Addiction Centers

Specialty Hospital

American Addiction Centers (AAC) is a national behavioral healthcare provider focused on addiction treatment and rehabilitation, with facilities across the United States. The Worcester, Massachusetts location operates as AdCare Hospital, a substance abuse disorder treatment facility where nurses provide professional…

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Registered Nurse position at AdCare Hospital, a substance abuse disorder treatment facility in Worcester, MA. Provides professional nursing care to patients, conducts assessments for safe detox using COWS & CIWAS, coordinates with medical providers on care plans, administers medications, oversees nursing staff on assigned shifts, and ensures compliance with State Board of Nursing standards. Night shift 7p-7a.

What's around it?

In Worcester, MA

Worcester, MAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $1,487/mo
Household income: $70,102/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Worcester, MA

NeighborhoodsNurses and other young professionals typically look at Downtown and the Canal District—a revitalized dining, shopping, and entertainment pocket beside Canal District baseball—or along Shrewsbury Street (Restaurant Row). West of the center, historic districts and shaded suburbs hold more single-family homes; the east side is more modest single-family stock, and classic triple-deckers still house many renters alongside newer apartments. For a quieter drive to UMass Memorial Health / UMass Chan jobs, locals repeatedly name Holden, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Millbury, and Northbridge rather than a Boston-suburb commute.

Nurses and other young professionals typically look at Downtown and the Canal District—a revitalized dining, shopping, and entertainment pocket beside Canal District baseball—or along Shrewsbury Street (Restaurant Row). West of the center, historic districts and shaded suburbs hold more single-family homes; the east side is more modest single-family stock, and classic triple-deckers still house many renters alongside newer apartments.

For a quieter drive to UMass Memorial Health / UMass Chan jobs, locals repeatedly name Holden, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Millbury, and Northbridge rather than a Boston-suburb commute.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: pods.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: pods.com

Getting aroundThe citywide average commute is about 25 minutes, but a car is the default: Worcester’s transit score is 34, and WRTA buses reach the suburbs without replacing driving. I-290 is the main spine and links to the Massachusetts Turnpike for the roughly 50-mile run to Boston; Union Station trains take about an hour and a half. Expect highway congestion and winter driving on hills. Worcester Regional Airport has JetBlue to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale (JFK service described as coming). In-city living or nearby Holden, Shrewsbury, or Millbury is the usual pattern for UMass Memorial Health and UMass Chan Medical School jobs versus a Boston-suburb hospital commute.

The citywide average commute is about 25 minutes, but a car is the default: Worcester’s transit score is 34, and WRTA buses reach the suburbs without replacing driving. I-290 is the main spine and links to the Massachusetts Turnpike for the roughly 50-mile run to Boston; Union Station trains take about an hour and a half.

Expect highway congestion and winter driving on hills. Worcester Regional Airport has JetBlue to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale (JFK service described as coming).

In-city living or nearby Holden, Shrewsbury, or Millbury is the usual pattern for UMass Memorial Health and UMass Chan Medical School jobs versus a Boston-suburb hospital commute.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: pods.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: apartmentguide.com Source 4: discovercentralma.org Source 5: pods.com Source 6: reddit.com

OutdoorsWorcester lists more than 60 parks: historic Elm Park for quiet walks and Green Hill Park for a petting zoo and 18-hole golf course. Lake Quinsigamond and Indian Lake handle boating and paddling; Quinsigamond hosts Eastern Sprints and U.S. Rowing in spring and summer. Mass Audubon’s Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary and the EcoTarium cover wildlife and science-outdoors time, with bike paths and hiking in the mix. Wachusett Mountain is about 30 minutes for skiing and snowboarding; Davis Farmland & Mega Maze and Southwick’s Zoo are the farther family day trips.

Worcester lists more than 60 parks: historic Elm Park for quiet walks and Green Hill Park for a petting zoo and 18-hole golf course. Lake Quinsigamond and Indian Lake handle boating and paddling; Quinsigamond hosts Eastern Sprints and U.S. Rowing in spring and summer.

Mass Audubon’s Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary and the EcoTarium cover wildlife and science-outdoors time, with bike paths and hiking in the mix. Wachusett Mountain is about 30 minutes for skiing and snowboarding; Davis Farmland & Mega Maze and Southwick’s Zoo are the farther family day trips.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: discovercentralma.org Source 2: worcesterma.gov Source 3: umassmed.edu Source 4: youtube.com

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Living in Worcester

Worcester—the Heart of the Commonwealth and New England’s second-largest city—is a roughly 210,000-person college town with 10–12 campuses and about 35,000 students, anchored by healthcare employers UMass Memorial Health and UMass Chan Medical School. For a nurse, that means hospital-scale jobs without a Boston-suburb commute: the citywide average is about 25 minutes, though you will want a car (transit score 34, WRTA buses, I-290 congestion, snowy hills). Pronounce it WUSS-ter. Daily life runs through the Canal District (Worcester Red Sox baseball, Worcester Public Market, small music rooms), Shrewsbury Street’s Restaurant Row, and downtown’s Hanover Theatre, Mechanics Hall, DCU Center (Railers hockey), Palladium, and Worcester Art Museum. Elm Park, Green Hill Park, Lake Quinsigamond rowing, Broad Meadow Brook, and a 30-minute hop to Wachusett Mountain cover the outdoors. Housing still undercuts the rest of Massachusetts—homes in the low-to-mid $400,000s, one-bedrooms near $1,850, two-bedrooms around $2,000—with triple-deckers, new apartments, and quieter Holden, Shrewsbury, or Millbury if you commute. Tradeoffs are real: limited transit, seasonal allergies, above-average though falling crime, and prices locals already call getting expensive.

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Sources

Source 1: pods.com Source 2: pods.com Source 3: livability.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: umassmed.edu Source 6: discovercentralma.org Source 7: worcesterma.gov Source 8: apartmentguide.com Source 9: reddit.com

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Worcester, MAFrom Census ACS 2024.