RN Behavioral Health
Downers Grove, Illinois
Posted Jul 24
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- $2/hr below the median
The median for Behavioral Health in Illinois is $46/hr, across 6 postings.
About this role
The Ambulatory and Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN), a member of Advocate Health Nursing Professional Governance community, provides high-quality, patient-centered care through evidence-based practice, clinical expertise, and compassionate care delivery in an ambulatory care setting. The RN collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, advocates for patient needs, and upholds professional practice standards to promote optimal health outcomes. Aurora Medical Group (AMG) is part of Advocate Health, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health systems.
With more than 350 locations across Illinois and Wisconsin, AMG offers a wide range of specialties and services, including primary care, medical and surgical care, pediatrics, women's health, behavioral health, and more. Office
Schedule
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. As a skilled and compassionate RN, you will play a pivotal role in providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. Using evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion, and skills communication while leading efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.
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Requirements
- RN
- Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing
- Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association
- Minimum of 1 year of RN experience is preferred
- Nursing policy compliance
- Direct patient care
- Ambulatory care
- Individual crisis management
Place
- City
- Downers Grove, Illinois
- Median rent
- $1,656/mo
- Local household income
- $115,114/yr
- State price level
- about the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Illinois index 100.0, where 100 is the national average.
Downers Grove is a leafy western suburb of Chicago in DuPage County with a classic Midwestern small-town feel. Its downtown area offers local shops and community events. Metra rail access connects residents to the city, making it a convenient home base for nurses working across the greater Chicago area.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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You’re weighing Advocate Aurora Health in the Chicago orbit—now part of Advocate Health after the Aurora and Atrium combination—where IL and WI hospitals still carry the day-to-day identity you will feel on shift. Sites range from community campuses like 132-bed…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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