Research Medical Center
Trauma Center · Kansas City, MO
- 11
- open roles, live count
- 590
- beds
- 4.3
- Google rating
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Trauma Center
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 2 · Nights 2
Benefits
401(k) with 100% match on 3–9% of pay by tenure, employee stock purchase at 10% off, PTO and paid family leave, tuition and certification assistance, dependent scholarships, student loan assistance, AirMed, Progyny fertility, pet insurance, and an Employee Health Assistance Fund.
What stands out
New graduates
You enter through a year-long Vizient/AACN residency with monthly sessions, an EBP project, and a dedicated RMC nurse facilitator, and one application covers every HCA Midwest Kansas City hospital.
As of 2025Source 1: hcamidwest.comSource 2: careers.hcahealthcare.comSource 3: credenzahealth.com
Experienced nurses
You work inside a Level I Trauma Center that also runs a Comprehensive Stroke Center, a burn center, and a Neuro PCU supporting advanced stroke care.
Source 1: hcamidwest.comSource 2: hcamidwest.comSource 3: careers.hcahealthcare.com
Experienced nurses
Full-time surgery RNs have been offered a $10,000 sign-on bonus, with $15,000 listed for night-shift surgery roles.
As of 2024Source: facebook.com
New graduates
Sign-on bonuses are posted for full-time night new-grad roles on PCU, step-down, med-surg, ortho, and telemetry, though they cannot stack with other HCA bonuses or the loan scholarship.
As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com
More about working here
Moving here
You land at a 590-bed acute-care hospital on East Meyer Boulevard with free visitor parking and a benefits package that includes a 401(k) match, ESPP, PTO and paid family leave, and student loan assistance.
As of 2025Source 1: hcamidwest.comSource 2: credenzahealth.comSource 3: glassdoor.com
New graduates
Education assistance covers tuition help, certification support, and dependent scholarships, and internal promotion plus hospital-to-hospital transfer is prioritized inside HCA Midwest.
As of 2025Source 1: credenzahealth.comSource 2: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
NNOC/NNU represents roughly 1,000 nurses across Research and related Kansas City facilities, so you step into a union shop.
As of 2025Source 1: nationalnursesunited.orgSource 2: kansascity.com
Moving here
Missouri is a compact-license state, so if you already hold a compact RN license you can start without a second full licensure cycle.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- New grad residency roles listed full-time mixed/rotating weekends; flexibility in scheduling noted by some employees but high ratios hurt work-life balance
As of 2025Source 1: careers.hcahealthcare.comSource 2: glassdoor.com
- Pay and benefits
- $10,000 sign-on bonus for full-time surgery RNs; $15K sign-on bonus for night shift surgery RNs
As of 2024Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Sign-on bonus for full-time night new graduate positions on PCU, step-down, med-surg, ortho, and telemetry units; not combinable with other HCA bonuses or loan/scholarship
As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program · Vizient/AACN · Applications: Interviewing recent new grad RNs and December 2025 to September 2026 graduates; one application covers all HCA Midwest KC-area hospitals
As of 2025Source 1: hcamidwest.comSource 2: careers.hcahealthcare.comSource 3: credenzahealth.com
- Preceptors and orientation
- Facility orientation plus unit preceptorships; residents paired with RMC nurse facilitators who mentor and support
As of 2025Source: hcamidwest.com
- Career development
- Opportunities for advancement noted; internal promotion and hospital-to-hospital transfer prioritized within HCA Midwest division
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: credenzahealth.com
- Tuition support
- Education assistance including tuition assistance, certification support, and dependent scholarships
As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com
- Loan assistance
- Student loan assistance offered; HCA Loan Scholarship exists (sign-on cannot combine with it)
As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com
The city
Living in Kansas City, MO
Kansas City living costs run about 7.5% below the national average, so your RN paycheck reaches further. Settle into Brookside's tree-lined streets, pull burnt ends at Joe's Kansas City, or catch live jazz where 18th & Vine made history — a Midwest metro where barbecue, fountains, and affordability meet.
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- Metro price level · Kansas City area
- 7% below the national average
- BEA index 92.5 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,238/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $69,166/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would be walking into Research Medical Center, a 590-bed acute-care hospital at 2316 East Meyer Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. It is a Level I Trauma Center with a Comprehensive Stroke Center, a burn center, and a Neuro PCU that supports advanced stroke care.
- Trauma Center · Kansas City
- Hiring days & nights
More about Research Medical Center
The campus is part of HCA Midwest Health, and NNOC/NNU represents nurses here. If you are a new graduate, the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency runs a full year with monthly sessions, an evidence-based practice project, and pairing with an RMC nurse facilitator. One application covers HCA Midwest hospitals across the Kansas City area; they have been interviewing recent grads and December 2025 through September 2026 graduates. Women’s, NICU, and pediatrics tracks are already full for 2026 new grads, so other units are the realistic door. Surgery postings have listed a $10,000 sign-on for full-time RNs and $15,000 for nights. Night new-grad sign-on exists on PCU, step-down, med-surg, ortho, and telemetry, but it does not combine with other HCA bonuses or the loan scholarship. Benefits include tuition assistance, certification support, student loan help, a 401(k) match, ESPP, and PTO with paid family leave. What you should weigh honestly is the review pattern: nurses describe high ratios, understaffing, and thin work-life balance even when they like their coworkers and the learning.
Mission language emphasizes patient-centered care and improving human life, with heavy complex-case exposure across trauma, stroke, and burn services.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Understaffing and high ratios
- Staff describe toxic environment from understaffing, high patient-to-nurse ratios, overwork, and burnout despite coworker camaraderie.
- Management and profit focus
- Reviews criticize upper management for prioritizing profits over care, with low support, low transparency, and low morale.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Pay vs stress tradeoff
- Case manager said pay is good and benefits great but work-life balance is nonexistent and stress is high with heavy micromanagement.
As of 2026-02-24Source: indeed.com
More review themes
- Overall ratings
- Glassdoor 3.1/5 with 33% recommending to a friend; Indeed overall 3.5/5 across work-life, pay, advancement, management, and culture.
- Retention and turnover
- Union cited high turnover with about half of nurses leaving within three years at many HCA facilities; extended shifts without extra pay hurt retention.
As of 2018Source: kansascity.com
- Learning and purpose
- Indeed reviewers like personal appreciation, ability to learn new things, and a clear sense of purpose; want fairer pay and stronger belonging.
As of 2026Source: indeed.com
What to weigh
Nurses on Glassdoor and Indeed describe understaffing, high ratios, and burnout that undercut work-life balance, with upper management often called out for putting profit ahead of support.
As of 2025 · 2026-02-24Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: indeed.comSource 4: careers.hcahealthcare.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 31, 2026
- Website
- hcamidwest.com ↗
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- PsychNights 1new grads2 open
- Burn Unit1 open
- Emergency1 open
- ER1 open
- ICUnew grads1 open
- L&DDays 11 open
Trauma
Facility has a Level I Trauma Center in the heart of Kansas City.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: hcamidwest.comSource 2: hcamidwest.com
Stroke / Neuro
Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center and State of Missouri Level 1 Time Critical Diagnosis Center of Excellence.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: hcamidwest.comSource 2: hcamidwest.com
Burn
Hospital has a burn center; Charge RN Burn Unit roles posted.
Source location unconfirmedSource: hcamidwest.com
L&D / NICU
Nurses protested planned shutdowns of labor and delivery and level three NICU after years of resource cuts.
Source location unconfirmedSource: nationalnursesunited.org
Neuro PCU
Neuro Progressive Care unit provides advanced stroke care; CNC RN Neuro PCU roles posted.
Source location unconfirmedSource: careers.hcahealthcare.com
Senior Adult Psych
Employer posts Registered Nurse RN Senior Adult Psych positions.
Source location unconfirmedSource: careers.hcahealthcare.com
Facility-wide
Research Medical Center is a 590-bed facility at 2316 East Meyer Boulevard, Kansas City, MO.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: hcamidwest.com
Open roles
Current openings at Research Medical Center
Refreshed throughout the day.
RN Coordinator Trauma Womens Weekend Days
Pay not stated
Research Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Posted last week
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- Day shift
- ADN accepted
- RN
- Night shift
- Tuition reimbursement
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- RN
- Tuition reimbursement
- RN
- Day shift
- ADN accepted
- RN
- Tuition reimbursement
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Nurse Residency New Grad All HCA Midwest Hospitals
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Research Medical CenterKansas City, MO
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Night shift
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- Tuition reimbursement
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Tuition reimbursement
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