Staff Nurse - PACU

NYC Health + Hospitals

New York, New York

You'll give nursing care to your assigned patients on one unit, under supervision.

Posted Aug 25

Shift and hours: 11:00 A.M to 11:30 P.M shifts 11:00 A.M - 11:30 P.M
Unit and setting: PACU · Hospital Staff Nurse - PACU
License: RN license A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York StateValid NYS RN license and registration
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

License: Valid NYS RN license and registration A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State

What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for New York staff RN rolesNew York staff RN postings that state pay run $71k/yr to $133k/yr, the middle half $94k/yr to $133k/yr, across 46 postings.

Benefits

BenefitsHealth benefits if hired for 20+ hours a weekComprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
BenefitsRetirement savings and pension plansRetirement Savings and Pension Plans
BenefitsPaid holidays and vacation set by union contractPaid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
BenefitsLoan forgiveness for eligible employeesLoan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
BenefitsCollege tuition discounts and professional developmentCollege tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
BenefitsCollege savings programCollege Savings Program

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BenefitsUnion benefits for eligible titlesUnion Benefits for eligible titles
BenefitsMultiple employee discount programsMultiple employee discounts programs
BenefitsCommuter benefits programsCommuter Benefits Programs
Paid holidays
Employee discount
Loan forgiveness
Health insurance
Union benefits
Commuter assistance
Pension plan
Pension Plans
Retirement Savings
Tuition Assistance
PTO
Commuter Benefits

The role and schedule

Union: Union benefits for eligible titles
Day to day: teaches and directs allied nursing staff in patient care Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.
Weekends: Every other weekend Biweekly weekend shifts.

The workplace

NYC Health + Hospitals

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Nursing leadership

Natalia Cineas, DNP, MSM-N, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FADLN · Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

NYC Health + Hospitals

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About NYC Health + Hospitals

Harlem Hospital Center has been a bedrock of the Harlem community since 1887. The hospital provides a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic and family support services to the residents of Central Harlem, West Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. Harlem is the largest hospital in the area, capable of treating the most seriously ill. Harlem provides over 90 specialized ambulatory care services, dentistry and oral surgery, behavioral health services, and community substance abuse treatment.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Work Shifts

11:00 A. M – 11:30 P. M

Biweekly weekend shifts.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

Under supervision, provides professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit. Diagnoses and treats responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case-finding, health teaching, health counseling and provision of care supportive to and restorative of life and well-being.

Examples of Typical Tasks

Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms. Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.

Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.

Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.

Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.

Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.

Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.

Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.

Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining and interpreting standards of nursing practice.

Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.

Participates in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to the delivery of nursing care services.

Participates in development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices and procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.

Interprets philosophy and objectives of agency and Nursing Department to patients/clients, families and other groups.

Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.

Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.

Minimum Qualifications

A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State; and

Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

Special Note

For assignments in Post-Acute Care ONLY, individuals meeting the following criteria may also be considered for appointment: Graduation from a nursing education program registered by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) as licensure qualifying for Registered Professional Nurse (RN) and has applied for licensure as an RN. These unlicensed individuals may be employed to practice under the immediate and personal supervision of a NYS licensed, currently registered, RN for up to 90 days immediately following graduation pending receipt of a limited permit, which selected candidates must apply for and receive within the same 90-day period. Once a limited permit is received, individuals can practice nursing, under the immediate and personal supervision of a NYS licensed, currently registered, RN at a NYC Health + Hospitals health care setting for up to one (1) year from the date of issuance of the limited permit.

In addition, must hold or obtain through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

Benefits

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week

Retirement Savings and Pension Plans

Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts

Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees

College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities

College Savings Program

Union Benefits for eligible titles

Multiple employee discounts programs

Commuter Benefits Programs

How To Apply

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What's around it?

In New York, NY

New York, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 13% above the US average

Median rent: $1,821/mo
Household income: $80,483/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in New York, NY

NeighborhoodsNurses and other young professionals commonly rent in Upper Manhattan—Washington Heights, Inwood, and Hamilton Heights—plus Astoria in Queens and Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Bed-Stuy, where listed average rents run about $2,150–$3,000 versus a much higher Manhattan core. Washington Heights and Inwood sit on the Hudson with Dominican heritage, Art Deco stock, and roughly 30-minute trains to Midtown; Hamilton Heights’ A/D express from 125th Street reaches Columbus Circle in about 20 minutes. Astoria offers a livelier, still-cheaper street scene with East River access; Bay Ridge and Bayside feel more suburban; Sunset Park mixes 8th Avenue Chinatown and 5th Avenue Latin American life. If city rents still bite, Jersey City (PATH), Newark, Yonkers, Great Neck, Stamford, Bronxville, and Rye are the named 28–60 minute backups, with Hudson Valley Putnam/Dutchess towns under about 90 minutes to Grand Central.

Nurses and other young professionals commonly rent in Upper Manhattan—Washington Heights, Inwood, and Hamilton Heights—plus Astoria in Queens and Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Bed-Stuy, where listed average rents run about $2,150–$3,000 versus a much higher Manhattan core. Washington Heights and Inwood sit on the Hudson with Dominican heritage, Art Deco stock, and roughly 30-minute trains to Midtown; Hamilton Heights’ A/D express from 125th Street reaches Columbus Circle in about 20 minutes.

Astoria offers a livelier, still-cheaper street scene with East River access; Bay Ridge and Bayside feel more suburban; Sunset Park mixes 8th Avenue Chinatown and 5th Avenue Latin American life. If city rents still bite, Jersey City (PATH), Newark, Yonkers, Great Neck, Stamford, Bronxville, and Rye are the named 28–60 minute backups, with Hudson Valley Putnam/Dutchess towns under about 90 minutes to Grand Central.

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Getting aroundHospital-bound trips inside the city mostly run on the subway: the A/D express from 125th Street to Columbus Circle is about 20 minutes, Harlem’s 116th Street station is 20–25 minutes to Midtown West and about 35 minutes to Union Square, and Inwood is roughly 30 minutes to Rockefeller Center and Times Square. PATH and NJ Transit from Jersey City take 20–60 minutes depending on neighborhood and whether you feed Hoboken or Secaucus; Newark Penn, Broad Street, and Liberty stations average 20–30 minutes by rail (driving 40–45 minutes off-peak, 1–1.5+ hours in rush). Metro-North from Bronxville is about 28 minutes to Grand Central; Rye, Harrison, Larchmont, and Mamaroneck 30–40 minutes; Stamford and Norwalk about an hour; LIRR from Bayside under 30 minutes. Driving is slower and, as of January 5, 2025, congestion-priced; the Seastreak Ferry from Atlantic Highlands/Highlands reaches lower Manhattan in about 30 minutes ($720 for a 40-trip book). Locals treat the subway as the default and a car as optional inside the five boroughs.

Hospital-bound trips inside the city mostly run on the subway: the A/D express from 125th Street to Columbus Circle is about 20 minutes, Harlem’s 116th Street station is 20–25 minutes to Midtown West and about 35 minutes to Union Square, and Inwood is roughly 30 minutes to Rockefeller Center and Times Square. PATH and NJ Transit from Jersey City take 20–60 minutes depending on neighborhood and whether you feed Hoboken or Secaucus; Newark Penn, Broad Street, and Liberty stations average 20–30 minutes by rail (driving 40–45 minutes off-peak, 1–1.5+ hours in rush).

Metro-North from Bronxville is about 28 minutes to Grand Central; Rye, Harrison, Larchmont, and Mamaroneck 30–40 minutes; Stamford and Norwalk about an hour; LIRR from Bayside under 30 minutes. Driving is slower and, as of January 5, 2025, congestion-priced; the Seastreak Ferry from Atlantic Highlands/Highlands reaches lower Manhattan in about 30 minutes ($720 for a 40-trip book).

Locals treat the subway as the default and a car as optional inside the five boroughs.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: collegehunkshaulingjunk.com Source 3: 6sqft.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: apartments.com

OutdoorsCentral Park’s 843 acres—zoo, carousel, Bethesda Fountain, reservoir, Wollman Rink pickleball and ice skating, sledding on Pilgrim Hill and Cedar Hill after six-plus inches of snow—function as the city’s default backyard. Prospect Park (summer concerts and festivals, zoo, rink, carousel) sits just north of Flatbush; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Riverside Park, Washington Square Park, the High Line, Little Island, and Governors Island are named local favorites. Riverbank State Park (28 acres atop a treatment plant) gives Hamilton Heights Hudson views; Inwood holds one of the city’s last natural forests; Sunset Park overlooks the Statue of Liberty and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Further out: Branch Brook Park in Newark, Calf Pasture Beach and the Sheffield Island Ferry in Norwalk, and Sandy Hook National Recreation Area near Red Bank. The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are standard day trips; summer thunderstorms make an umbrella standard kit.

Central Park’s 843 acres—zoo, carousel, Bethesda Fountain, reservoir, Wollman Rink pickleball and ice skating, sledding on Pilgrim Hill and Cedar Hill after six-plus inches of snow—function as the city’s default backyard. Prospect Park (summer concerts and festivals, zoo, rink, carousel) sits just north of Flatbush; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Riverside Park, Washington Square Park, the High Line, Little Island, and Governors Island are named local favorites.

Riverbank State Park (28 acres atop a treatment plant) gives Hamilton Heights Hudson views; Inwood holds one of the city’s last natural forests; Sunset Park overlooks the Statue of Liberty and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Further out: Branch Brook Park in Newark, Calf Pasture Beach and the Sheffield Island Ferry in Norwalk, and Sandy Hook National Recreation Area near Red Bank.

The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are standard day trips; summer thunderstorms make an umbrella standard kit.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: collegehunkshaulingjunk.com Source 2: apartments.com Source 3: 6sqft.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: timeout.com Source 7: travellemming.com Source 8: apartments.com

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New York is the rare U.S. city where a nurse can leave a 12-hour shift and still find bagels, Veselka’s 24-hour pierogi, or a Broadway understudy—density is the point. The tradeoff is cost and space: citywide rents run about $3,930 to over $5,000, so newcomers cluster in Washington Heights, Inwood, Hamilton Heights, Astoria, Sunset Park, Flatbush, or Bay Ridge, where $2,150–$3,000 buys pre-war walk-ups, Dominican and Caribbean streets, and 20–30 minute A/D, LIRR, or PATH rides toward Midtown hospitals. Skip the car inside the boroughs (congestion pricing started 2025); Jersey City, Newark, Bronxville, and Rye are 28–60 minute rail or Seastreak ferry backups. Central Park’s 843 acres, Prospect Park, the High Line, and Riverbank State Park are the backyard. Expect four sharp seasons, summer storms, tiny apartments, block-by-block safety, and a first-year neighborhood hop. Food, 24/7 transit, and 1,700 parks keep people; rent and noise push them out.

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New York, NYiFrom Census ACS 2024.

Life in New York, NY

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New York, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.