Employer
Boston Children's Hospital
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department - 36hrs Nights
Boston, Massachusetts
$76k–$164k/yr
Posted pay
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Posted Aug 21, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 22, 2026
What this means for you
Boston Children's Hospital is a specialty hospital, so the case mix runs deep rather than wide. It's a night shift — quieter halls, a tighter crew, and your daylight hours back.
What the listing says
- Base pay
- Pay Range $76003.20-$163678.32 Annual
- Shift
- Nights
- Weekends, holidays, call
- 36 hours nights and every other weekend.
- Facility
- Level I trauma center · Academic medical center
About this role
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Skills for this role
Requirements
- Massachusetts Registered Nurse (RN)
- Every other weekend
- Nursing
- Inpatient experience
- Surgery
- Infants
- RN License
- Children's hospital
- Trauma care
Benefits
- flexible schedules
- affordable health, vision and dental insurance
- child care and student loan subsidies
- generous levels of time off
- 403(b) Retirement Savings plan
- Pension
- Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement
- cell phone plan discounts
About the employer
Boston Children's Hospital is a 395-licensed-bed pediatric hospital located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston. The institution is dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare, advancing research, and educating future leaders in child health. Nursing professionals work within multidisciplinary…
What reviewers appreciate
- Close-knit team environment
- Empowerment of autonomous practice
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
Living in Boston, MA
Boston blends world-class medicine with deep colonial history. Compact walkable neighborhoods like Back Bay and the South End sit beside the Charles River. Winters are real and housing is costly, but nurses gain access to America's premier healthcare corridor.
- Metro price level · Boston area
- 8% above the national average
- BEA index 108.3 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $2,147/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $97,344/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
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On your path
Emergency is open from year one. Fellowships take new grads. The windows matter.
Worth asking
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- Can you walk me through the 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?