Registered Nurse - RN - Acute Rehab
Loyola Medicine
Melrose Park, Illinois
$32.90–$59.92/hr
About $68k–$125k/yr
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Posted Aug 26, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 27, 2026
What this means for you
Loyola Medicine is an academic medical center — teaching floors, residents in the halls, and more sub-specialties to grow into. The posted pay pencils out to roughly $68k–$125k a year. The schedule rotates — ask early how far out they post it; that answer tells you a lot.
What the listing says
- Differentials
- Shift Differentials
- Weekends, holidays, call
- Shift: Rotating Shift between Days and Evenings.
- Orientation & support
- Residency program
- Facility
- Academic medical center
About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- RN
- Illinois Board of Nursing license
- Nursing
- 8 hour shift
- RN License
- Hospital
- BLS Certification
- Nursing Diploma
- Inpatient
- Caring for individuals with stroke
About the employer
You are looking at Loyola Medicine in Berwyn—MacNeal Hospital, a few hundred beds on the western edge of Chicago, inside a Trinity Health academic system that also includes Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and Gottlieb in Melrose Park. Shifts…
What reviewers appreciate
- New-grad residency with six cohorts per year and a flexible apply window around graduation
- Clinical ladder up to $5/hr extra plus charge and preceptor differentials
- Self-scheduling, 12-hour shifts, every third weekend, holidays known year-to-year
What reviewers flag
- RNs report pay low relative to workload with minimal raises over time
- Management described as inconsistent, with favoritism and uneven support
- Long-term staff note limited upward mobility despite learning opportunities
Living in Melrose Park, IL
Melrose Park is a close-knit western suburb of Chicago offering a quieter, community-focused lifestyle with easy access to the city's world-class hospitals and amenities. A practical home base for nurses who want affordable suburban living without losing proximity to metro career opportunities.
- State price level · Illinois
- about the national average
- State index 100.0 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,176/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $66,189/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the base pay range?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekend, holiday, and call?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?