RN - Med Surg
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Job overview
The Acute Care RN provides safe, effective, and compassionate care to patients with varying levels of acuity. The role includes assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care, coordinating with the interdisciplinary team, and supporting patients and families. The 5 South medical-surgical unit cares for acutely ill adults across specialties including urology, nephrology, trauma, and colorectal surgery, with bedside and virtual nursing collaboration.
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Full job description
Employment Type:
Full time
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Description:
SIGN-ON BONUS UP TO $20,000 + RELOCATION BONUS!
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0-1 years of experience: $10,000
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1-3 years of experience: $15,000
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3+ years of experience: $20,000
5 South is a 40-bed, fast-paced, team-oriented, medical-surgical unit caring for acutely ill adults specializing in urology, nephrology, trauma, and colorectal surgery and general body systems. Our many specialties and diverse patient population will provide daily challenges and vast opportunities to develop a wide breadth of nursing knowledge and hone the valuable nursing skills so important in nursing development in future applications across all specialties. We partner with our Virtual Nurse partners to provide collaborative patient care utilizing virtual and bedside nursing.
POSITION PURPOSE
The Acute Care RN provides safe, effective, and compassionate care to patients with varying levels of acuity. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care; coordinating with the interdisciplinary team; and supporting patients and families throughout their care journey.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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Associate Degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
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Current Iowa RN license required
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American Heart Association BLS required
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ACLS required for units with telemetry monitoring
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Mandatory Reporter training within 3 months of hire
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Basic computer skills
DAY 1 BENEFITS
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Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
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403(b) retirement plan with employer match
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Paid Time Off
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Flexible Spending Accounts
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Supplemental insurance
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Wellbeing benefits, including 6 free counseling/coaching appointments annually
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Auto/Home, Identity Theft, Pet & Permanent Life Insurance
ABOUT MERCYONE
MercyOne is committed to improving the health of our communities through personalized, compassionate care. MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center is an 802-bed hospital and one of the Midwest's largest referral centers.
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.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
How this job compares
Set against the 59,654 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Iowa median$74–105K/yr49 salary ranges
- Iowa median$36–38/hr262 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,523 open Registered Nurse jobs in Iowa and 59,654 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
- Trinity Health (this employer)571 open
- UnityPoint Health181 open
- Care Initiatives162 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 29,259 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 15,851 of the 59,654 open Registered Nurse jobs (27%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Registered Nurse jobs
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