Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU
Worcester, Massachusetts
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 23
- Unit and setting
- ICU
- License
- RN license Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy
- Also asks
- Graduated from a state approved school of nursing or an accredited school.
- Also asks
- CPR
Preferred
- Education
- Academic degree in nursing (bachelor's or master's degree). Preferred: Academic degree in nursing (bachelor's or master's degree).
- Also asks
- #LI-RI1 Preferred: #LI-RI1
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Worcester staff RN median is $40/hrWorcester staff RN postings that state pay run $34/hr to $48/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $40/hr, across 50 postings. This posting's $34/hr to $71/hr is wider than that, so where you land depends on the offer.
- Sign-on bonus
- $20,000
The workplace
You’re weighing Saint Vincent Hospital on Summer Street in Worcester—a Tenet hospital that has cared for central Massachusetts for more than 125 years. On the RN-ICU side, posted wages run $34.37–$70.88 an hour, and eligible nurses can see a sign-on…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
Original listing
Posted on Saint Vincent Hospital’s careers page.
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Up to $20,000 Sign-on Bonus Based on Eligibility This role provides direct clinical patient care. The role will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and unit level. The role is responsible for supervision of staff to which appropriate care is delegated.
The role is accountable to support CNO to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care. The RN provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients. The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process.
The RN directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided. Assumes responsibility for coordination and planning of patient care within the prescribed medical regime. Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster.
Responsible for knowing the Hospital’s emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code. Performs related duties as required
Required
Education
Graduated from a state approved school of nursing or an accredited school.
Certification
Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy CPR
Preferred
Education
Academic degree in nursing (bachelor's or master's degree). #LI-RI1
What's around it?
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