ST. Rose ICU pay rate

guest769224 · Oct 11, 2020

It would pay > $50/hr.

Marcus0918 · Oct 12, 2020

23 hours ago, ICUman said:

It would pay > $50/hr.

Oh wow thank you. Any idea on how UMC pays. I’m choosing between the two or if you have any suggestion considering pay and benefits. Please let me know .. thank you.

guest769224 · Oct 15, 2020

On 10/12/2020 at 9:37 AM, Marcus0918 said:

Oh wow thank you. Any idea on how UMC pays. I’m choosing between the two or if you have any suggestion considering pay and benefits. Please let me know .. thank you.

UMC posts their rates publicly on the job boards. Both have good benefits. Both have unions for RN's.

Marcus0918 · Oct 19, 2020

On 10/14/2020 at 6:41 PM, ICUman said:

UMC posts their rates publicly on the job boards. Both have good benefits. Both have unions for RN's.

I currently work for LA County and I’m happy with them. I guess UMC is a better option?? But the $50 /hr pay is tempting ?

Orca, ADN, ASN, RN · Oct 21, 2020

UMC is run by Clark County. The nurses there are enrolled in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). I don't know what St. Rose offers in that area.

Marcus0918 · Oct 22, 2020

10 hours ago, Orca said:

UMC is run by Clark County. The nurses there are enrolled in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). I don't know what St. Rose offers in that area.

Is that good compared to benefits offered by private hospitals?

Orca, ADN, ASN, RN · Oct 23, 2020

The main difference is that the employer contributes to the retirement fund, and you aren't dealing with a 401K which is generally all employee contribution or else you get nothing. There are two options. One is employee/employer contribution, in which both the employer and employee contribute. There is also an employer-only option, which can have tax benefits because the gross pay is lower (you accept a reduced salary in exchange for not having to contribute to retirement).

I don't work at UMC, but I am enrolled in PERS as a state employee. I have chosen the employer-only option because I don't plan to leave state service or withdraw my contribution, and it reduces my taxable income for income tax purposes. Retirement is vested after five years. If a person either resigns before vesting (meaning that they must withdraw) or decides to withdraw even though vested at the time of resignation, the employee only gets what he or she has put in. The state's contribution (or in UMC's case, the county's) is lost in this case.

I don't know the specifics of St. Rose's benefits, but a lot of hospitals have essentially washed their hands of the retirement business other than offering 401Ks. There is also the issue of hospitals changing the companies that offer their 401Ks, which frequently happens. The employee then either has to roll over previous contributions into another 401K, or leave it where it is and have multiple accounts with different companies.

There is also the security of knowing that your employer isn't going to be bought out, taken over or shut down.

Orca, ADN, ASN, RN · Oct 23, 2020

Just looked it up. St. Rose doesn't offer a retirement plan per se. They offer a 403 (b), which is similar to a 401K but it is funded with pre-tax dollars. It is voluntary, and the hospital contributes nothing.

St. Rose employment benefits

guest769224 · Oct 25, 2020

On 10/23/2020 at 10:43 AM, Orca said:

Just looked it up. St. Rose doesn't offer a retirement plan per se. They offer a 403 (b), which is similar to a 401K but it is funded with pre-tax dollars. It is voluntary, and the hospital contributes nothing.

St. Rose employment benefits

That isn't the correct link to St. Rose Domincan Hospitals, Dignity Health, in Southern Nevada. The local St. Rose hospitals do contribute and match to their employees 403 (b) plans.

Orca, ADN, ASN, RN · Oct 26, 2020

OK - thanks for the correction. I just went where a Google search took me.