Full-Time Registered Nurse - Nightshift

ST. Charles Surgical Hospital

New Orleans, Louisiana

Posted Jun 1 · 3 years of experience

Shift and hours: Nights
Unit and setting: Med-Surg · Hospital
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

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Certification: BLS Certification (Required)RN (Required)Work Location: In person

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Health insurance
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401(k)
Paid time off
Vision insurance
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ST. Charles Surgical Hospital

Hospital: ST Charles Surgical Hospital
Address: 1717 ST CHARLES AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70130
Beds: 39

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A different kind of hospital - uniquely designed to meet the medical and emotional needs of our patients. One patient at a time, we make a difference in our patients’ lives and in our own. The setting is small, the work is vital, the rewards are immeasurable.

Help us to rebuild lives by making us a part of yours. Medical Surgical (Med Surg) RN, provide patient care in accordance to established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization, with the highest professional standard while promoting nursing excellence. Job RequirementsSuccessful candidates for the Registered Nurse (Medical Surgical (Med/Surg) RN) must have excellent communication skills as well as a commitment to providing quality patient care.

Additional requirements of the Registered Nurse (Medical Surgical (Med/Surg) RN) include:Graduate from an accredited program for professional nursing education2-3+ years recent Medical Surgical (Med Surg) hospital experience, a mustBLS and ACLS certification requiredWe are currently looking for Full time

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401(k)401(k) matchingDental insuranceHealth insuranceLife insurancePaid time offVision insuranceMedical Specialty:Medical-SurgicalPhysical Setting:HospitalApplication Question(s):Do you have Med/Surg hospital experience? License/

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BLS Certification (Required)RN (Required)Work Location: In person

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ST Charles Surgical Hospital · New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Median rent: $1,251/mo
Household income: $56,631/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in New Orleans, LA

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals and medical trainees (apartment guides explicitly mention PGYs) cluster in the walkable Central Business District—bordered by the French Quarter and the Mississippi—and Uptown near Audubon Park, the Garden District, and Magazine Street for historic streets with less Quarter chaos. Reddit locals with flexible budgets also recommend Fairgrounds/Bayou St. John. Safer residential in-city options are Lakeview and West End (safer than 93% and 94% of neighborhoods) plus budget-minded Gentilly Terrace and Old Aurora. Facebook and Niche add Jefferson and Northshore suburbs: Metairie, Harahan (2026 #1 metro suburb, population 8,904), Mandeville, Covington, and Hammond.

Young professionals and medical trainees (apartment guides explicitly mention PGYs) cluster in the walkable Central Business District—bordered by the French Quarter and the Mississippi—and Uptown near Audubon Park, the Garden District, and Magazine Street for historic streets with less Quarter chaos. Reddit locals with flexible budgets also recommend Fairgrounds/Bayou St. John.

Safer residential in-city options are Lakeview and West End (safer than 93% and 94% of neighborhoods) plus budget-minded Gentilly Terrace and Old Aurora. Facebook and Niche add Jefferson and Northshore suburbs: Metairie, Harahan (2026 #1 metro suburb, population 8,904), Mandeville, Covington, and Hammond.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: bgpmnola.com Source 5: niche.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 24 minutes. The CBD is repeatedly described as walkable and job-rich, with Rampart-St. Claude and Riverfront streetcar lines and easy walking toward the French Quarter; a travel guide recommends the CBD over the Quarter as a calmer base for getting around the city. Metairie sits in the middle of the metro, but residents say transit is tricky without a car if you live far from a bus stop. Sources do not name hospital campuses, shift-parking rules, or specific medical-center drives, so nurses still need to map their facility against car vs. streetcar.

Citywide average commute is about 24 minutes. The CBD is repeatedly described as walkable and job-rich, with Rampart-St. Claude and Riverfront streetcar lines and easy walking toward the French Quarter; a travel guide recommends the CBD over the Quarter as a calmer base for getting around the city.

Metairie sits in the middle of the metro, but residents say transit is tricky without a car if you live far from a bus stop. Sources do not name hospital campuses, shift-parking rules, or specific medical-center drives, so nurses still need to map their facility against car vs. streetcar.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: bgpmnola.com Source 4: niche.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsCity Park is the everyday backyard: centuries-old live oaks, sculpture and botanical gardens, Storyland, Carousel Gardens, Big Lake rentals (bike, kayak, gondola, pedal-boat), City Putt, disc golf, tennis, trails, and beignets. Uptown, Audubon Park has shaded jogging and biking loops under moss-draped oaks; Audubon Zoo adds Cool Zoo in summer. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Madere Marsh Boardwalk sit minutes from downtown, and Jean Lafitte airboat swamp tours put wildlife on the weekend map. Harahan's levee is a walking spot; Lafreniere Park is Metairie's go-to.

City Park is the everyday backyard: centuries-old live oaks, sculpture and botanical gardens, Storyland, Carousel Gardens, Big Lake rentals (bike, kayak, gondola, pedal-boat), City Putt, disc golf, tennis, trails, and beignets. Uptown, Audubon Park has shaded jogging and biking loops under moss-draped oaks; Audubon Zoo adds Cool Zoo in summer.

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Madere Marsh Boardwalk sit minutes from downtown, and Jean Lafitte airboat swamp tours put wildlife on the weekend map. Harahan's levee is a walking spot; Lafreniere Park is Metairie's go-to.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: neworleans.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: niche.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: facebook.com

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New Orleans is a low-rise, porch-hello city whose identity is food, brass-band jazz, and festivals—not skyline or ease. Average commute is about 24 minutes, but Metairie is hard without a car and safety is block-by-block. The draw is City Park oaks, Frenchmen Street and the Spotted Cat, Commander's Palace, legal go-cups, and Mardi Gras as civic religion. The tradeoffs are August humidity, hurricanes and flooding, pests, tourist noise, weak city schools, and insurance that is not vacation-cheap. Locals who stay are obsessed; do not come if you only know Bourbon Street in February.

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As of 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: bgpmnola.com Source 3: niche.com Source 4: gardenandgun.com Source 5: neworleans.com Source 6: thehonestlocal.com Source 7: beneworleans.com Source 8: extraspace.com Source 9: reddit.com Source 10: facebook.com

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