Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
St. Louis, Missouri
- Eligibility
- RN
Posted Sep 11
What the listing says
Role
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- Similar MO staff roles post $33/hr to $44/hr
MO staff postings that state pay run $27/hr to $53/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $44/hr, across 247 postings.
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About this role
Job Id R198681 Day Shift
Sourced from DePaul Hospital’s careers page.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse
Benefits
- Not specified
Place
- City
- St. Louis, Missouri
- State price level
- 9% below the national average
Missouri index 90.8, where 100 is the national average.
In St. Louis, a nursing paycheck stretches far: median homes near $224,000, rents around $1,390, housing about 23% below the national norm. Live in Central West End beside 1,300-acre Forest Park, or Soulard's brick rowhouses near the farmers market. Free zoo and Art Museum. Pick your block carefully—here, neighborhood matters more than the metro brand.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
How this role fits you
About the employer
Nurses talk about the city for historic neighborhoods, festivals, outdoor time, and a lower cost of living.
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, 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?

