
Registered Nurse (RN) Same Day Surgery
Milwaukee, WIFull-time$38.2–57.3/hrPosted 5 days agoStill listed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Registered Nurse in the Same Day Surgery Center provides and coordinates comprehensive patient care using the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and clinical decision-making. The role serves elective and urgent or emergent surgical patients across specialties including orthopedics, gynecologic oncology, general surgery, and cardiac surgery. The schedule is four 10-hour shifts, with occasional Saturday work and Sunday on-call coverage.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Department:
37707 Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center - Day Surgery Center
Status:
Full time
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
40
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
4 - 10 hour shifts 1030-2100 Work 1-3 Saturdays every 3 months On call 1-3 Sundays every 3 months Closed major holidays
Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30
Registered Nurse (RN) – St Luke's Same Day Surgery Milwaukee, WI, United States
Where you will work
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Patient Rooms: 32
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Patient Population:• Elective and urgent/emergent surgical patients
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Surgeries include orthopedics, GYN ONC, general, robotic, urology, plastics, cardiac, and dental
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Culture: Collaborative, supportive, and cohesive
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Skill Mix: Experienced nurses with a variety of backgrounds; ED, Med Surg, ICU
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Staffing & Ratios:• 13-16 RNs and 5-6 CNAs per day
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, ACLS, PALS
- Having 1-2 years nursing experience; Med Surg, ED, Peri-Op Experience
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: Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is a 938-bed, quaternary acute care community hospital that provides advanced health care expertise. The organization offers leading edge oncology, cardiovascular and neurology therapies for primarily adult patients. Nursing professional governance is a particular organizational strength, with over 40 years of experience in clinical nurse shared decision making. Aurora St. Luke’s has been recognized for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program® since 2001, most recently celebrating our 6th consecutive designation in February 2024.
Be the Nurse Who Redefines Care. At Advocate Health, being a nurse means more than delivering exceptional clinical care—it means leading with purpose, compassion, and boldness. As part of our One Advocate Nurse community, you’ll join a unified team committed to lifting others up, embracing innovation, and creating inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive. You’ll be empowered to think boldly, collaborate with humility, and drive change through fearless curiosity. Whether you're at the bedside, in the community, or advancing care through research and education, you’ll help shape the future of health—because here, we’re redefining care for you, for us, for all. Your feedback matters. Every nurse’s voice is vital in shaping our culture and improving care. We value your insights and experiences because they help us grow stronger together.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday.
- Must be able to:
- lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist.
- lift up to 20 lbs. over the head.
- carry up to 40 lbs. a reasonable distance.
- Must be able to:
- push/pull with 30 lbs. of force.
- perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present.
- Position requires use of foot pedals on carts or machines.
- May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
- Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions.
- Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
Ready to Take the Next Step: Apply Now!
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
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Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
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Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
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Incentive pay for select positions
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Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits and more
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Paid Time Off programs
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Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
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Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
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Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
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Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
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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
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
How this job compares
Set against the 54,828 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$38.2–57.3/hr
- Wisconsin median$38–53/hr808 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr22,535 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $47.75/hr, is 5% above the Wisconsin median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Wisconsin.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,398 open Registered Nurse jobs in Wisconsin and 54,828 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Wisconsin
- FROEDTERT549 open
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.379 open
- Advocate Health (this employer)231 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 (26,712 postings).
- Education
- 4,442 of the 54,828 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 27, 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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