Staff Nurse (RN) - OB Resource Pool

Hennepin Healthcare

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hennepin Healthcare is an academic medical center.

Posted Oct 23

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

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Hennepin Healthcare

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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,…

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Casual RNs: min two 8-hr (or equivalent) open shifts per 4-week period at straight time, one must be weekend; two holiday shifts/year including one winter holiday (Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year).

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JOB DETAILS Department: OB Inpatient Resource Pool FTE: 0.9 (72 hours per pay period) Number of shifts per pay period: 6 Shift(s): Nights Weekend rotation: Every Third Weekend Shift Length: 12 hour Call: Per unit policy This position will be in the OB Resource Pool and will be cross-trained to work/float in OBGYN, Nursery, Labor and Delivery, Pediatrics and NICU NOTE: This role will be required to also be trained as a charge nurse

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Within the context of the Hennepin Healthcare System Patient and Family Centered Care model, and under general supervision, the registered nurse provides and coordinates nursing care by: - Protecting, promoting, and optimizing health - Preventing illness and injury - Alleviating suffering through the treatment of the human response - Partnering with the patient, their family and significant others - Documenting interventions and an individualized plan of care

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In Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MNFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 5% above the US average

Median rent: $1,371/mo
Household income: $80,846/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Minneapolis, MN

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals concentrate in Downtown West (walkable, transit-rich high-rises with theaters and restaurants; 2026 median rent $1,279, home $240,550, median age 35), Loring Park (parks, arts, LGBTQ+-friendly, budget rentals around $974), North Loop (converted warehouses, trails, startup scene; rent $1,627, home $351,457, median age 30.2), Uptown (lakes, trails, dining, bikeability; homes about $509,067, safer than 44% of the city), and Whittier (affordable arts neighborhood, rent $992, youngest median age 28.6). Kingfield in Southwest Minneapolis is a classic residential area of tree-lined streets and early-20th-century housing grouped with Whittier, North Loop, and Saint Louis Park as places where a budget still reaches culture and daily conveniences. Lake-oriented movers look at Loring Park and Calhoun–Isles/Bde Maka Ska-Isles; luxury at Linden Hills, Kenwood, or Edina. Extra Space’s 2026 safety table is blunt—Loring Park and North Loop register as safer than 0% of the city, Downtown West 30%, Whittier 26%—so nurses on night shifts should vet specific blocks, not just neighborhood names.

Young professionals concentrate in Downtown West (walkable, transit-rich high-rises with theaters and restaurants; 2026 median rent $1,279, home $240,550, median age 35), Loring Park (parks, arts, LGBTQ+-friendly, budget rentals around $974), North Loop (converted warehouses, trails, startup scene; rent $1,627, home $351,457, median age 30.2), Uptown (lakes, trails, dining, bikeability; homes about $509,067, safer than 44% of the city), and Whittier (affordable arts neighborhood, rent $992, youngest median age 28.6). Kingfield in Southwest Minneapolis is a classic residential area of tree-lined streets and early-20th-century housing grouped with Whittier, North Loop, and Saint Louis Park as places where a budget still reaches culture and daily conveniences.

Lake-oriented movers look at Loring Park and Calhoun–Isles/Bde Maka Ska-Isles; luxury at Linden Hills, Kenwood, or Edina. Extra Space’s 2026 safety table is blunt—Loring Park and North Loop register as safer than 0% of the city, Downtown West 30%, Whittier 26%—so nurses on night shifts should vet specific blocks, not just neighborhood names.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: zillow.com

Getting aroundCitywide commute time is cited at about 23 minutes. Metro Transit runs buses and light rail, and downtown is unusually walkable in winter because of the Minneapolis Skyway, described as the most extensive system of enclosed pedestrian bridges in the world. Driving is still the most common way around: amenities are more spread out than in denser cities, winters last for months, and morning and evening rush hour is expected; auto insurance in Minneapolis ranks among the highest in the state. These sources do not name hospital-specific routes, light-rail stops, or parking realities at individual medical campuses.

Citywide commute time is cited at about 23 minutes. Metro Transit runs buses and light rail, and downtown is unusually walkable in winter because of the Minneapolis Skyway, described as the most extensive system of enclosed pedestrian bridges in the world.

Driving is still the most common way around: amenities are more spread out than in denser cities, winters last for months, and morning and evening rush hour is expected; auto insurance in Minneapolis ranks among the highest in the state. These sources do not name hospital-specific routes, light-rail stops, or parking realities at individual medical campuses.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: suddath.com

OutdoorsThe Chain of Lakes—Cedar, Brownie, Lake of the Isles, Harriet, and Bde Maka Ska (Calhoun)—sits a few miles from downtown and is tied together by pedestrian and bike trails used for swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and fall color. Minnehaha Regional Park is a signature outdoor landmark, and neighborhoods such as Uptown and North Loop sit on trail networks that feed Minneapolis’s national bike-city reputation. Winter recreation shifts to ice fishing, ice skating, and skiing once the lakes freeze. The metro is repeatedly framed as nature-filled for an urban area, with parks threading through daily life rather than sitting only on the edge of town.

The Chain of Lakes—Cedar, Brownie, Lake of the Isles, Harriet, and Bde Maka Ska (Calhoun)—sits a few miles from downtown and is tied together by pedestrian and bike trails used for swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and fall color. Minnehaha Regional Park is a signature outdoor landmark, and neighborhoods such as Uptown and North Loop sit on trail networks that feed Minneapolis’s national bike-city reputation.

Winter recreation shifts to ice fishing, ice skating, and skiing once the lakes freeze. The metro is repeatedly framed as nature-filled for an urban area, with parks threading through daily life rather than sitting only on the edge of town.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: osmancircus.com Source 2: zillow.com Source 3: exploreminnesota.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: suddath.com

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Living in Minneapolis

Minneapolis is a job-and-lakes city: healthcare, finance, Target, and the University of Minnesota sit a few miles from the Chain of Lakes—Cedar, Isles, Harriet, Bde Maka Ska—and a trail system that underwrites one of America’s best biking reputations. Nurses actually land in Downtown West high-rises, cheaper artsy Loring Park and Whittier, warehouse North Loop, and lake-oriented Uptown; Kingfield and Saint Louis Park stretch a paycheck, while Linden Hills, Kenwood, and Edina cost more for quiet and schools. 2025–26 sources put typical rents below the national average (neighborhood medians roughly $974–$1,627) and an average commute near 23 minutes on Metro Transit or by car, with the downtown Skyway making winter walking possible. The bargain is seasonal and social. Expect about five months below freezing, ~52 inches of snow, mosquitoes, high state and local taxes, and a reserved culture that makes friends slowly; some of the trendiest neighborhoods post the weakest safety-vs-city scores. Summer is short and vivid—Hewing Hotel rooftop, Pryes’ riverside patio, Sea Salt in Minnehaha Park, Midtown Global Market, Mill City Farmers Market—then the city turns to ice, skyways, and theater downtown. Vet the block, not just the neighborhood, and treat winter as a lifestyle, not a footnote.

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Sources

As of 2026-09Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: zillow.com Source 4: suddath.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com Source 6: minneapolis.org Source 7: osmancircus.com

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