Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $32-48 per hour

Belleville, Illinois

Role: Provides direct patient care as a Med Surg Registered Nurse, ensuring safety, comfort, and education for patients and families.

Posted Sep 19

Unit and setting: Med Surg · Hospital Role: Provides direct patient care as a Med Surg Registered Nurse, ensuring safety, comfort, and education for patients and families.
License: RN license Qualifications & Skills: RN license, associate's degree in nursing (bachelor's preferred), Med Surg experience preferred, BSN advantageous.
Term: Permanent

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License: RN license Qualifications & Skills: RN license, associate's degree in nursing (bachelor's preferred), Med Surg experience preferred, BSN advantageous.
Education: Associate's degree in nursing
Also asks: Ability to work safely and maintain alertness in a safety-sensitive environment Ability to work safely and maintain alertness in a safety-sensitive environment.

Preferred

Education: Bachelor's degree in nursing
Education: BSN
Experience: Med Surg experience

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What it pays

Against similar roles: Below most Illinois staff postingsIllinois staff postings that state pay run $32/hr to $51/hr, the middle half $36/hr to $46/hr, across 1391 postings.
Tuition assistance: Offered
Pay reviews: Pay increases through nurse career ladder Opportunity for career advancement through a structured nurse career ladder that promotes professional growth and pay increases.advancement through a structured nurse career ladder

Benefits

BenefitsMedical coverageBenefits & Additional Info: Offers benefits including medical and dental coverage, retirement plans, tuition assistance, paid time off, and flexible spending accounts.
BenefitsDental coverage
BenefitsRetirement plans
BenefitsTuition assistance
BenefitsPaid time off
BenefitsFlexible spending accounts

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medical and dental coverage

The role and schedule

Day to day: Develops, implements, and documents individualized care plans
Day to day: Assesses physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs
Day to day: Promotes patient safety and quality compliance
Day to day: Educates patients on illness management and post-care needs
Day to day: Collaborates with healthcare team
Day to day: Ensures effective communication across care continuum
Day to day: Uses critical nursing skills and evaluates patient preferences, values, and barriers to involvement in care Uses critical nursing skills and evaluates patient preferences, values, and barriers to involvement in care.
Details: Magnet-recognized hospital setting This role is based on a 24-hour unit providing comprehensive medical and surgical services in a Magnet-recognized hospital setting.

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Role: Provides direct patient care as a Med Surg Registered Nurse, ensuring safety, comfort, and education for patients and families.

Responsibilities

Develops, implements, and documents individualized care plans; assesses physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs; promotes patient safety and quality compliance; educates patients on illness management and post-care needs; collaborates with healthcare team; ensures effective communication across care continuum. Uses critical nursing skills and evaluates patient preferences, values, and barriers to involvement in care.

Qualifications & Skills

RN license, associate's degree in nursing (bachelor's preferred), Med Surg experience preferred, BSN advantageous. Ability to work safely and maintain alertness in a safety-sensitive environment. Benefits & Additional Info: Offers benefits including medical and dental coverage, retirement plans, tuition assistance, paid time off, and flexible spending accounts. Opportunity for career advancement through a structured nurse career ladder that promotes professional growth and pay increases. This role is based on a 24-hour unit providing comprehensive medical and surgical services in a Magnet-recognized hospital setting.

What's around it?

In Belleville, IL

Belleville, IL

Living costs about the same as the US average

Life in Belleville, IL

NeighborhoodsDowntown Belleville centered around the historic town square features restored brick colonials and Craftsman bungalows within walking distance of local shops and dining. Established residential neighborhoods like Canterbury Manor, Jefferson Heights, Norwood Park, and Westhaven Estates offer suburban single-family living with larger yards, while newer subdivisions border neighboring Swansea along the Illinois Route 159 corridor. Subdivisions such as Sauter Heights and Westhaven Meadows provide quiet residential blocks within a brief drive of local medical campuses.

Downtown Belleville centered around the historic town square features restored brick colonials and Craftsman bungalows within walking distance of local shops and dining. Established residential neighborhoods like Canterbury Manor, Jefferson Heights, Norwood Park, and Westhaven Estates offer suburban single-family living with larger yards, while newer subdivisions border neighboring Swansea along the Illinois Route 159 corridor.

Subdivisions such as Sauter Heights and Westhaven Meadows provide quiet residential blocks within a brief drive of local medical campuses.

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As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: sunrisemovingandpacking.com Source 3: youtube.com

Getting aroundHealthcare workers heading to Memorial Hospital benefit from central access along major arterials including West Main Street and Illinois Route 159. Drivers commuting across the Mississippi River into downtown St. Louis travel approximately twenty miles via Route 159 and Interstate 64, while Scott Air Force Base is an easy drive roughly ten to twelve miles east. Public transit riders can board the MetroLink light rail at stations like Belleville or the St. Clair Transit Plaza, connecting to downtown St. Louis in approximately forty minutes.

Healthcare workers heading to Memorial Hospital benefit from central access along major arterials including West Main Street and Illinois Route 159. Drivers commuting across the Mississippi River into downtown St. Louis travel approximately twenty miles via Route 159 and Interstate 64, while Scott Air Force Base is an easy drive roughly ten to twelve miles east. Public transit riders can board the MetroLink light rail at stations like Belleville or the St. Clair Transit Plaza, connecting to downtown St. Louis in approximately forty minutes.

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As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: sunrisemovingandpacking.com Source 3: youtube.com

OutdoorsRecreational outdoor activity is centered around Bicentennial Park, which features scenic ponds open to fishing, walking trails, public art sculptures, a playground, and disc golf courses. Just outside town, Eckert's Belleville Farm operates as a major regional agritourism destination where visitors pick seasonal produce from spring through fall and attend weekend harvest events. Municipal recreation also includes the Belleville skate park, community sports fields, and the Swansea Farmer's Market for local goods.

Recreational outdoor activity is centered around Bicentennial Park, which features scenic ponds open to fishing, walking trails, public art sculptures, a playground, and disc golf courses. Just outside town, Eckert's Belleville Farm operates as a major regional agritourism destination where visitors pick seasonal produce from spring through fall and attend weekend harvest events.

Municipal recreation also includes the Belleville skate park, community sports fields, and the Swansea Farmer's Market for local goods.

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As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: ace.aaa.com Source 3: youtube.com

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Living in Belleville

Belleville functions as the cultural and historic anchor of the Metro East, offering healthcare workers a distinct blend of small-city character and metropolitan convenience roughly twenty miles from downtown St. Louis. Memorial Hospital serves as a prominent employer within city limits, housing specialized orthopedic and neuroscience services that allow nurses to live and work locally without battling river bridges daily. Living options range from historic Craftsman bungalows and brick colonials near the brick-paved town square to mid-century ranches in Westhaven and newer subdivisions along the Swansea border. Off-shift life centers around Main Street dining, destination barbecue at BEAST Craft BBQ Co., fishing and trail walks at Bicentennial Park, and seasonal outings to Eckert's Belleville Farm. MetroLink light rail connections from the Belleville station reach St. Louis in about forty minutes, and Scott Air Force Base is an easy drive to the east. While commercial activity can feel uneven across older corridors and night-shift dining is relatively limited, Belleville rewards relocating nurses with an affordable, grounded community rich in civic pride and regional accessibility.

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As of 2026-02Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: sunrisemovingandpacking.com Source 3: explorebelleville.net Source 4: ace.aaa.com Source 5: youtube.com

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