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Registered Nurse Opportunities at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon

SSM Health · IL · $31.21–$49.94 an hour · Full time

Posted Aug 27, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Good Samaritan has RN openings on days, nights, weekends and variable shifts. What kind of unit and schedule fits you best, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they know where they'd do their best work and can commit to the schedule.

Tell me about a time a patient's condition changed quickly. How did you recognize it and what did you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can spot decline early and escalate quickly, the core of safe nursing.

Tell me about a disagreement with a coworker and how you resolved it.

What they are checking: Whether they handle conflict directly and professionally to keep the team working.

Why do you want to work at a community hospital in southern Illinois?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the setting and plan to stay rather than leave after a sign-on bonus.

What would you do

How do you prioritize care when you have several patients needing you at once?

What they are checking: Whether they use a clear method, putting unstable patients and time-critical meds first.

A patient refuses a medication you believe they need. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they explore reasons, educate, respect the choice and notify the provider.

About the work

How do you prevent falls in older patients?

What they are checking: Whether they know risk assessment, bed alarms, toileting plans and rounding.

What does a safe handoff look like to you?

What they are checking: Whether they pass along key risks and pending tasks, since handoff gaps cause harm.

Your patient has a new fever and a rising heart rate after surgery. What are you thinking?

What they are checking: Whether they think of sepsis or other complications and act on it quickly.

How do you teach a patient about new medications before discharge?

What they are checking: Whether they teach in plain language and use teach-back to check understanding.

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The full job description

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It's more than a career, it's a calling IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: RN opportunities at IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon Schedule Options: Full Time and Part Time Schedule Time Options: Days, Nights, Weekend Option, and Variable Benefits : Competitive, affordable health insurance including but not limited to: • Getting paid every day! • Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year • Paid maternity & paternity coverage • Adoption assistance • Various competitive health insurance options & wellness plans • Retirement benefits including employer matching plans • Long & short-term disability • Employee assistance programs (EAP) Sign on bonus available for eligible external candidates! **sign on bonuses are for external qualified candidates. Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available** Pay Range: $31.21 - $49.94 Pay Rate Type: Hourly SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects, in good faith, to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law. Job Summary: Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES • Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family, and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. • Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate with the patient, family, and significant other(s) to facilitate the development of the care plan unique to the patient’s care needs. • Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes, determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes. • Develops assessment and management strategies based on a consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health problems. • Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential illness and each patient’s physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure status. • Utilizes leadership skills by coordinating and collaborating with the patient, family, significant other(s), communities, and members of the inter-professional team in assessing needs, setting goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating outcomes. • Utilizes effective communication to participate with the patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within the boundaries of available economic resources. • Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote comfort. • Fosters a healthy work environment within the practice setting and profession by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others. • Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service. • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. • May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures. • Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION • Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing EXPERIENCE • No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS • Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. • Constant standing and walking. • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. • Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. • Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors. • Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. • Occasional lifting/moving of patients. • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. • Occasional driving. • Rare crawling and running. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Work Shift: Variable Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 1003000046 Pat Rms 3200 CSU Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.

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