Registered Nurse- Med/Surg-Weekend Option Nights
- Nights
- Weekends
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NRP
- TNCC
- RN license
How this pay compares
This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open med-surg nurse jobs in Illinois post a median of $42.88 an hour, the middle half $41.16–$47.45, across 76 jobs that state their pay. Med-surg nurses employed in Illinois earn a median of $46.15 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, opens in a new tab).
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About the job
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Position Summary
- Responsible for providing professional nursing care for SIH patients.
Education
- Associate, Diploma, Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in Nursing
Licenses and Certification
- Current Illinois Registered Nurse license
- Current CPR/BLS Card
- Current ACLS card (within 6 months of hire)
- Intensive Care Unit: 10114, 20114
- Progressive Care Unit: 10116, 20110
- Stepdown ICU: 10118
- Cardiac Services: 10310
- Cardiac Catheterization: 10340
- Cardiac Care Decision Unit: 10342
- OP Cardiovascular Center: 10344, 20344
- Electrocardiology: 10336, 20336
- Interventional Imaging: 10367
- SDS Procedure Room: 10317, 20317, 30317, 40317
- Current ACLS & PALS card (within 6 months of hire)
- Emergency Room: 10306, 20306, 30306, 40306
- Recovery Room: 10314, 20314, 30314, 40314
- TNCC or TNS (within 1 year of hire or residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026
- ECRN (within 24 months of hire of residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026
- Emergency Room: 10306, 20306
- ACLS, Fetal Monitoring – Monitoring, & NRP (within 6 months of hire)
- Birthing Center: 10300
- NRP (within 6 months of hire)
- Mother Baby: 10154
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: 10152
- NRP & PALS (within 6 months of hire)
- Pediatrics: 10160
- ONS
- CTC-Infusion Center: 10328 (Fundamentals within first 6 months) and Chemotherapy Certificate Course (within 1 year, renewed every 2 years)
- SJ-Infusion: 40329 (Fundamentals within first 6 months, renewed every 2 years) or ONS Chemotherapy Certificate (renewed every 2 years)
- HMC - Infusion 30329 (Fundamentals within first 6 months, renewed every 2 years) or ONS Chemotherapy Certificate (renewed every 2 years)
Experience and Skills
- Technical Experience: NA
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Assess patients to determine mental, physical, and spiritual needs
- Establish a compassionate environment to provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patient and families
- Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates an individual plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team.
- Provide in health teaching and counseling to promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of patients
- Demonstrate ability to use clinical judgement in conjunction with critical thinking to recognize, act upon, and report changes in patient condition.
- Complete, accurate and timely documentation in patient medical record
- Provide input into the development of policies and procedures to support patient safety and quality of care
- Supervision and delegation responsibilities of licensed practical nurse and/or unlicensed assistant personnel
- Serve as an advocate for the patient by communicating and collaborating with other health service professionals
- Timely completion of required education, competencies, and licensure.
- Float to other SIH nursing units within competency level
Compensation (Commensurate with experience)
$31.25
To
$49.06
To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:
http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits
From Southern Illinois Healthcare's job posting, checked Oct 29, 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Southern Illinois Healthcare
Not-for-profit health system serving the southernmost 16 (source: Southern Illinois Healthcare, About Us, opens in a new tab) counties of Illinois through four hospitals, a cancer institute and more than 30 (source: Southern Illinois Healthcare, About Us, opens in a new tab) outpatient clinics. Source: Southern Illinois Healthcare, About Us
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