Surgical RN
POSITION SUMMARY: Protects, promotes and restores health and wellness by practicing at the highest level of the Registered Nurse licensure; collaborating with providers and multidisciplinary care team members to provide care coordination across the continuum.
- Eligibility
- Unit and setting
- Operating Room and Recovery Room · Hospital At OSF HealthCare, our Operating Room and Recovery Room is where skill meets purpose.
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse licensure by the State Board of Nursing in Illinois or Michigan
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed (New Grads: $8k, 1+ Years of Experience: $16k)
- License
- Registered Nurse licensure by the State Board of Nursing in Illinois or Michigan
- Certification
- American Heart Association HealthCare Provider BLS
Preferred
- Education
- BSN Education: BSN
- Experience
- RN experience in a healthcare environment Experience: Experience as an RN in a healthcare environment
- Also asks
- Electronic Medical Record and Microsoft application basic proficiency Other skills/knowledge: Electronic Medical Record and Microsoft application basic proficiency
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Illinois staff rolesIllinois staff postings that state pay run $33/hr to $51/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $48/hr, across 1,652 postings.
- Sign-on bonus
- $16,000
- Bonus
- $8k sign-on bonusNew Grads
- Bonus
- $16k sign-on bonus1+ Years of Experience
- Pay reviews
- Actual pay based on years of licensure Actual pay is based on years of licensure.
Benefits
- Benefits24 hours of frontloaded Vacation and Holiday time for candidates with 5+ years of direct experienceCandidates with 5+ years of direct experience will receive 24 hours of frontloaded Vacation and Holiday time
- Sign-On Bonus
- Vacation and Holiday time
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses
- Day to day
- perform cases including orthopedics, general surgery, podiatry, gynecology, endoscopy, and robotic procedures We perform a wide range of cases - from orthopedics and general surgery to podiatry, gynecology, endoscopy, and advanced robotic procedures.
- Day to day
- collaborate with providers and multidisciplinary care team members for care coordination across the continuum
- Day to day
- assess and support physical symptoms
- Day to day
- provide psychological support to patients, friends, and families
- Day to day
- promote best practices and maintain professional disposition
- Travel
- Travel to Holy Family Medical Center (Monmouth, IL) There will be travel to Holy Family Medical Center (Monmouth, IL)
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base 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?
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Your fit
On your path
Operating Room has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
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Pay range for this position is $37.05 - $54.54/hour. Actual pay is based on years of licensure. This is an Hourly position.
There will be travel to Holy Family Medical Center (Monmouth, IL)
$8k-16k Sign-On Bonus
(New Grads: $8k, 1+ Years of
Experience
$16k)
OSF will invest in YOU on Day 1!
Candidates with 5+ years of direct experience will receive 24 hours of frontloaded Vacation and Holiday time
At OSF HealthCare, our Operating Room and Recovery Room is where skill meets purpose. We perform a wide range of cases — from orthopedics and general surgery to podiatry, gynecology, endoscopy, and advanced robotic procedures. Every day, our engaged team lives the OSF Mission by serving patients with excellence, compassion, and innovation.
We collaborate across disciplines, support one another, and celebrate growth in a fast-paced environment that values both precision and heart. If you’re looking to join a team that’s as committed to each other as we are to our patients, the OR at OSF is the place to be.
Overview
Position summary
Protects, promotes and restores health and wellness by practicing at the highest level of the Registered Nurse licensure; collaborating with providers and multidisciplinary care team members to provide care coordination across the continuum. Assesses and supports physical symptoms, provides psychological support to patients, friends, and families, mentors assigned team members, promotes best practices, and maintains professional disposition at all times.
Qualifications
Required
Qualifications
License/
Certifications
Current Registered Nurse licensure by the State Board of Nursing in appropriate state (Illinois or Michigan), Current American Heart Association HealthCare Provider BLS is required prior to start date of employment.
Preferred Qualifications
Education
BSN
Experience
Experience as an RN in a healthcare environment Other skills/knowledge: Electronic Medical Record and Microsoft application basic proficiency
OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
What's around it?
Monmouth, IL
Living costs about the same as the US average