
CMA/LPN/RN - Primary Care Float (Full-Time)
West Des Moines and Ankeny and Waukee and Urbandale and Johnston and Indianola and Altoona, IAFull-timeSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Iowa Clinic is hiring a CMA, LPN, or RN for a Primary Care Float role serving multiple Central Iowa facilities. The position provides professional nursing services during standard Monday–Friday clinic hours, with no night shifts. The role includes patient assessments, rooming and vitals, triage support, care planning, and patient calls. Required credentials are an Iowa RN license, CMA (AAMA), or LPN license.
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CMA/LPN/RN - Primary Care Float (Full-Time)
Nursing and Certified Medical Assistant West Des Moines and Ankeny and Waukee and Urbandale and Johnston and Indianola and Altoona, Iowa
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Description
Looking for a career where you love what you do and who you do it with? You're in the right place! Healthcare here is different – we’re locally owned and led by our physicians, and all decisions are always made right here in Central Iowa.
By working at The Iowa Clinic, you’ll get to make a difference while seeing a difference in our workplace. Because as one clinic dedicated to exceptional care, we’re committed to exceeding expectations, showing compassion and collaborating to provide the kind of care most of us got into this business to deliver in the first place.
Think you’ve got what it takes to join our TIC team? Keep reading…
A day in the life…
Wondering what a day in the life of a CMA, LPN, or RN in Primary Care - Float at The Iowa Clinic might look like?
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Arrive at work in the morning – no night shifts here!
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Provide professional nursing services for patients of assigned physician(s) following established nursing practice standards and medical office procedures; Monday-Friday, standard clinic hours at our various Primary Care facilities: Urbandale, West Des Moines, Ankeny, Waukee, Johnston, Altoona, and Indianola!
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Conducts comprehensive assessments of patient's care needs
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Room patients and take vitals
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Assists provider(s) with patient triage, identifies nursing diagnoses or problem lists and formulates an initial plan of care based on assessment data
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Spend enough time with your patients to listen to them and get to know them
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Participate in a department potluck or team building activity over lunch
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Visit The Iowa Clinic intranet to see what volunteer opportunities are available to you this month and read what is happening around the clinic
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Return patient calls and ensure all patients feel valued and cared for
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Leave in the evening – hooray for working standard clinic hours!
This job might be for you if you have…
Qualifications:
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A desire to find a meaningful, fulfilling and long term career
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Knowledge of nursing techniques, procedures, medical diagnoses and treatments
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Exceptional patient skills
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The ability to prepare and maintain records
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Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
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A positive and team-oriented attitude
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Ability to assist providers in professional manner
Required Licenses:
- Iowa RN license, CMA (AAMA) or LPN License required.
Bonus points if…
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You love exceeding people’s expectations
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You enjoy having fun where you work
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Finding meaningful connections is what you live for
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Enjoy making a little extra money through our Float Pool Premium (amount varied on license type).
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What’s in it for you
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One of the best 401(k) programs in central Iowa, including employer match and profit sharing
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Employee incentives to share in the Clinic’s success
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Generous PTO accruals and paid holidays
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Health, dental and vision insurance
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Quarterly volunteer opportunities through a variety of local nonprofits
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Training and development programs
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Opportunities to have fun with your colleagues, including TIC night at the Iowa Cubs, employee appreciation tailgate party, Adventureland day, State Fair tickets, annual holiday party, drive-in movie night… we could go on and on
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Monthly departmental celebrations, jeans days and clinic-wide competitions
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Employee rewards and recognition program
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Health and wellness program with up to $350/year in incentives
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Employee feedback surveys
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All employee meetings, team huddles and transparent communication
How this job compares
Set against the 29,644 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Iowa median$68–82K/yr22 salary ranges
- Iowa median$32–36/hr293 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 872 open Nurse jobs in Iowa and 29,644 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
- Trinity Health152 open
- Care Initiatives149 open
- UnityPoint Health109 open
- Experience
- Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (12,276 postings).
- Education
- 3,285 of the 29,644 open Nurse jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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