Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Unit
Monmouth Medical Center - Southern Campus
Lakewood, New Jersey
RN · Med surg · Telemetry · Geriatrics
Posted Jul 23
- Unit
- Med-Surg
What the listing says
Role
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- $9/hr below the median
The median for Medical-Surgical in New Jersey is $56/hr, across 23 postings.
About this role
Registered Nurse (RN) – RWJBarnabas Health. At RWJBarnabas Health, Registered Nurses become part of a purpose driven environment where teamwork, belonging, and clinical excellence shape meaningful patient experiences. This RN role offers growth, supportive teamwork, and a culture committed to safety and continuous improvement. As a Registered Nurse, you will help advance patient care and strengthen the experience of individuals and families across our organization.
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Requirements
- Active New Jersey Registered Nurse license in good standing
- Current American Heart Association BLS certification
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing (strongly preferred)
- Prior patient care experience
- Comfort with electronic medical record systems (EMR) like EPIC
- Acute care experience
- Hospital rounding experience
- Cardiac rhythm analysis
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Flexible spending account
Place
- City
- Lakewood, New Jersey
- Median rent
- $1,718/mo
- Local household income
- $56,968/yr
- State price level
- 9% above the national average
- Address
- 600 RIVER AVE, LAKEWOOD, NJ, 08701
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 201
- RN residency
- ANCC-accredited: Rwjbarnabas Health Graduate RN Residency Program at Monmouth Med Ctr Southern, through Jul 2029
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
New Jersey index 108.8, where 100 is the national average.
Lakewood sits in Ocean County within reach of the Jersey Shore's beaches. The township blends quiet residential blocks with a bustling downtown anchored by one of the world's largest yeshivas. Nurses here serve a tight-knit, fast-growing community where suburban convenience meets coastal New Jersey living.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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The building runs all-private inpatient rooms and serves Ocean and Monmouth counties, with a geriatrics institute, senior membership programming, expanded cancer services, and a Lantern Award–recognized ED. On the floor you might land med-surg telemetry with postoperative surgical patients, the…
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Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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