Ortho Neuro Acute Care RN – Medical Surgical Registered Nurse - Sign On Bonus
Waterloo, IAFull-timePosted 1w agoStill listed 2 days ago
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The Ortho Neuro Registered Nurse provides outcome-based patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse advocates for patients and families, collaborates with physicians and other team members, and supervises and coordinates nursing staff. The role is full-time on day shifts, with 36 hours per week, 12-hour shifts, and a rotating holiday and weekend schedule.
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Employment Type: Full timeShift: 12 Hour Day Shift Description: SIGN ON BONUS!!!! Starting at $10,000! Full Time, Days, Ortho Neuro Registered Nurse
At MercyOne, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well.
Join the MercyOne Ortho Neuro Family!
As a Registered Nurse at MercyOne, you play a critical role in providing outcome-based patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. You build meaningful relationships with patients and their families, serving as their advocate while collaborating interdepartmentally with physicians and other team members to ensure comprehensive care. By supervising and coordinating the efforts of LPNs, Patient Care Assistants, and other nursing staff, you help patients progress in their recovery, revising care plans as needed. Your work reflects MercyOne's commitment to evidence-based practice and adherence to its Mission, Vision, and Values.
Schedule:
- 36 hours per week
- 12 hour shifts
- 6:45 am to 7:15 pm
- Every third holiday and weekend rotation
Education:
- Associate degree required, BSN preferred.
- Current Iowa RN license, BLS, Mandatory Reporter.
Colleagues of MercyOne Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!
Visit MercyOne Careers to learn more about the benefits, culture, and career development opportunities available to you at MercyOne Health System circle of care.
MercyOne Northeast Iowa provides expert health care to eight counties. MercyOne Northeast Iowa provides excellent, personalized care close to home to the communities in the Cedar Valley. With 491 licensed beds between the three medical centers, each providing 24-hour emergency lifesaving care, MercyOne is there for you in critical moments:
- MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, an Area Level III Trauma Center and an accredited chest pain center
- MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation
- MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation
With more than 2,500 colleagues, MercyOne is one of the largest employers in Northeast Iowa.
MercyOne Medical Group – Northeast Iowa is made up of more than 30 primary care, pediatric, internal medicine and specialty clinics located throughout Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Benton, Butler, Fayette and Tama counties.
Our Commitment
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 59,438 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Iowa median$74–105K/yr52 salary ranges
- Iowa median$36–38/hr256 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,493 open Registered Nurse jobs in Iowa and 59,438 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
- Trinity Health (this employer)560 open
- UnityPoint Health182 open
- Care Initiatives161 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 (29,208 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 15,979 of the 59,438 open Registered Nurse jobs (27%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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