Registered Nurse - Surgery
Elgin, ILContract$43/hrPosted 4 days agoStill listed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Registered Nurse delivers direct and indirect peri-operative patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation for patients across age groups. The role coordinates care with surgeons and anesthesiologists, guides OR technicians and other personnel, and collaborates with departments and coworkers to support continuity and quality of care, efficient patient flow, and unit organization. The nurse also participates in performance improvement activities, meetings, and in-services.
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Responsibilities
Staff RN is directly accountable to the OR Charge Nurse and the Director of Surgical Services, and indirectly to the House Supervisor. The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of direct and indirect patient care in the peri-operative setting through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation for neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, adults and older adults. The Registered Nurse coordinates the care of the patient with the surgeon and anesthesiologist, directs and guides the OR Technician and other personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing. Works with other departments to provide a continuum of care and co-workers to provide continuous, quality patient care, efficient patient flow and unit maintenance and organization. Responsible for adherence to regulations, standards and hospital or unit policies and procedures. Responsible for participation in Performance Improvement activities, unit meetings and in-services. Acts as a resource for other personnel as appropriate.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
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Current and valid state RN License.
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Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
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Current ACLS (AHA) certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
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Current PALS (AHA) certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
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Minimum of one year previous Perioperative experience or on the job training
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Certified Nurse OR (CNOR) Certification (AORN) preferred
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs. Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being. Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/
Pay Transparency
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $43.00. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.
Employment Status Per Diem Shift Days Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
How this job compares
Set against the 58,704 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$43/hr
- Illinois median$36–57/hr1,365 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,495 hourly ranges
This rate, $43/hr, is 6% below the Illinois median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,742 open Registered Nurse jobs in Illinois and 58,704 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Advocate Health240 open
- Trinity Health169 open
- Prime Healthcare166 open
- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (28,539 postings).
- Education
- 4,517 of the 58,704 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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