University of Iowa Healthcare

The system encompasses multiple campuses including University Campus, Stead Family Children's Hospital, UI Health Care Downtown Campus, and UI Health Care North Liberty Campus. As the state's premier academic medical center, it combines patient care, research, and education, serving as a referral center for complex and specialized care across Iowa and the region. For nurses, UI Health Care offers roles across various specialties and settings, including float pool positions that span multiple campuses and perioperative services. The organization emphasizes teamwork, bringing together professionals with different areas of expertise to care for patients, advance research, and educate future health care providers. Nursing roles involve collaborative care coordination, patient care plan development, and participation in unit-level projects and committees. The employer is actively recruiting for perioperative float pool positions with sign-on bonuses up to $12,500 for qualified candidates, indicating strong demand for nursing talent in specialized areas.

The University of Iowa was founded in 1847 with a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service. UI Health Care's mission focuses on changing medicine and changing lives through patient care, research advances, and educating future health care providers. The strategic plan emphasizes building trust through shared stories and values contributions from all team members—from clinical staff to support services to administrative personnel. Core values center on exceptional teaching, transformative educational experiences, leading-edge research, and bringing learning and discovery into service of the people of Iowa, the nation, and the world.