Hennepin Healthcare

Academic Medical Center · Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

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open roles, live count: 473
beds: 2.8
Google rating

On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Setting: Academic Medical Center
Shifts hiring now: Days 1 · Nights 1 · Rotating 1

Benefits

Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for RN roles; competitive shift differentials. Compensation and benefits are the highest-rated review category at 3.9.

The city

Living in Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis blends urban energy with outdoor access, boasting trails, lakes, and a thriving arts scene anchored by the Mississippi riverfront. Nurses relocating here will find a strong healthcare job market, four distinct seasons, and neighborhoods like Northeast and Uptown offering diverse dining, breweries, and nightlife. The metro's parks and cultural amenities make it a well-rounded place to put down roots.

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Metro price level · Minneapolis area: 5% above the national average; BEA index 104.8 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $1,371/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $80,846/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

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Who they are

You step into a 473-bed academic medical center in Minneapolis that has served this county since 1887. HCMC is a Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, with acute care, a large psychiatric program, GI Lab, home care, and a Clinic & Specialty Center feeding neighborhood sites from North Loop and Whittier out to Brooklyn Park, Golden Valley, Richfield, and St. Anthony Village.

Academic Medical Center · Minneapolis
Hiring days & nights & rotating

More about Hennepin Healthcare

The system is a nonprofit arm of Hennepin County and also runs research, a foundation, and Hennepin EMS. Compensation and benefits are the category nurses rate highest here at 3.9. RN roles have carried a sign-on bonus up to $20,000 and competitive shift differentials. If casual fits your life, the rules are concrete: at least two 8-hour open shifts every four weeks at straight time, one of them a weekend, plus two holiday shifts a year including one winter holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year). Across roughly 440 reviews the overall score sits at 3.5, with 81% willing to recommend the place. Diversity and inclusion land at 3.8. Senior management is the soft spot at 2.8, with CEO approval around 42%—worth weighing before you apply. The stated mission centers on access, teaching, research, and removing barriers tied to racism and poverty; you will meet that patient mix on the floor more than in a tagline.

Access to outstanding care, teaching, community education, and research. Values named: patient- and family-centered care, excellence, teamwork, respect. Equity commitment to eliminate barriers from racism, poverty, and gender identity and to promote belonging.

Why nurses stay

How they describe the culture

patient-centeredteamworkrespectexcellenceteachingequitytrauma-readycommunity

What nurses say in reviews

3.5/5 from 440 Glassdoor reviews; 81% would recommend to a friend. Compensation and benefits lead at 3.9; diversity and inclusion 3.8; culture and values 3.6; work/life balance 3.4; senior management lowest at 2.8 with CEO approval 42%. Business outlook 46% positive. A single Home Health RN review scored 5.0 across culture, diversity, work/life, management, and compensation.

The good

Level I Adult and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center acuity
Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for RN roles
Compensation and benefits rated 3.9, highest review category
Clear casual-RN scheduling rules with weekend and holiday expectations spelled out
Diversity and inclusion rated 3.8; explicit equity and belonging commitment
Clinic network across Minneapolis neighborhoods and nearby suburbs

The hard parts

Senior management rated 2.8, the lowest category
CEO approval only 42%
Work/life balance a middling 3.4
Business outlook only 46% positive in reviews

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Direct employer
Roles last seen active: Sep 1, 2026

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