Advocate Health Care

Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

Advocate Health Care$79K — $118K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Completion of an accredited nursing program
  • Registered Nurse license for the state of practice
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers

Responsibilities

  • Provide coordinated comprehensive patient care
  • Utilize evidence-based practices for safe patient environments
  • Lead initiatives to enhance the patient experience
  • Ensure adherence to established nursing standards and procedures

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits like medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits including adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Retirement plans with employer match and financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program
Full Job Description

Department:

35803 AMC Mount Pleasant - Med Surg: IU 1

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

36

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Pay Range:

$38.20 - $57.30

Where You Will Work: 

This 24-bed acute care unit specializes in medical-surgical, orthopedic, surgical, and trauma care, serving primarily surgical and orthopedic patients. Operating 24/7 year-round, the unit requires teammates to participate in holiday and weekend rotations. The average daily census is 24 patients, with an average length of stay of 3–4 days. Nurse-to-patient ratios typically run at 5:1, while nursing assistants maintain a 6:1 ratio. While prior experience in orthopedic or surgical care is a plus, it is not required. The unit values teamwork, accountability, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Known for its strong sense of camaraderie and innovation, the team functions like a family, working together to deliver high-quality care. The unit welcomes both new graduates looking to build their skill set and experienced RNs who thrive on challenges.

We’re Looking For: 

  • Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing 
  • Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices 
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association  

What You’ll Do: 

  • As a skilled and compassionate RN, you will play a pivotal role in providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.  
  • Using evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion, and skills communication while leading efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.  

About This Location:  

At Aurora Medical Center – Mount Pleasant, we’re here to offer safe, patient-centered health care for all our community. Our medical center and adjacent medical office building offer inpatient and outpatient care, trauma level IV emergency care, a variety of specialty services, and lab and pharmacy.

Inside our hospital and medical office building, you’ll find high-tech medical and communication throughout from virtual check-in at office visits to in-room digital whiteboards displaying information for your hospital stay.

When you’re within our walls for care, you’ll experience the compassionate, quality care of our dedicated teams. You’ll be part of an integrated health care system where your doctors and health records follow you across the Aurora Health Care system for a smooth transition in care.

Wherever you are on your health care journey, we’re here to provide advanced, coordinated care while treating you as a whole person. Our environment and care practices are designed for optimal health and healing.

Ready to Take the Next Step: 

Apply Now! 

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties. 

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

  • Incentive pay for select positions

  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

  • Paid Time Off programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

  • Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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