Registered Nurse - Full Time

Joplin, Missouri

Seeking a registered nurse to provide patient care utilizing the nursing process, ensuring professional accountability and evaluating care effectiveness.

Posted Sep 18

Shift and hours: Day and night options Available shifts include day and night options, serving as a stepping stone to ICU and ED roles.
Unit and setting: MedSurg · Hospital general medical, renal, and oncology care
License: RN license Current RN license in the state or eligible via compact licensureRN license in the state or compact licensure
Term: Permanent Registered Nurse - Full TimeFull Time

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License: RN license in the state or compact licensure Current RN license in the state or eligible via compact licensure Check your license
Certification: Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association
Education: nursing degree from an accredited school Nursing degree from an accredited school

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What it pays

Pay differential: Stay Premium Program offering up to $8/hour based on service Stay Premium Program offering up to $8/hour based on service
Pay differential: shift differentials shift differentials
Bonus: sign-on bonus Sign-on bonus paid over two yearspaid over two years
Eligibility: medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
Extra pay: Stay Premium Program up to $8/hourbased on service
Extra pay: shift differentials
Bonus: referral bonuses

Benefits

Benefitscomprehensive medical, dental, and vision insuranceComprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
Benefitstuition reimbursement of $2,000 annuallyTuition reimbursement of $2,000 annually
Benefitsrelocation assistance up to $3,000Relocation assistance up to $3,000
BenefitsPTO and vacation timePTO and vacation time, employer-matched retirement funds, shift differentials, frontload PTO, and referral bonuses
Benefitsemployer-matched retirement funds
Benefitsfrontload PTO

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Benefitsclinical ladder for career developmentClinical ladder for career development
Sign-on bonus paid over two years
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one

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Day to day: provide patient care utilizing the nursing process, ensuring professional accountability and evaluating care effectiveness Seeking a registered nurse to provide patient care utilizing the nursing process, ensuring professional accountability and evaluating care effectiveness.
Day to day: coordinating patient care across departments Responsibilities include coordinating patient care across departments, maintaining patient rights and confidentiality, and aligning duties with organizational standards and values.
Day to day: maintaining patient rights and confidentiality
Day to day: aligning duties with organizational standards and values

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Seeking a registered nurse to provide patient care utilizing the nursing process, ensuring professional accountability and evaluating care effectiveness.

Responsibilities include coordinating patient care across departments, maintaining patient rights and confidentiality, and aligning duties with organizational standards and values.

The role involves working in a MedSurg unit with diverse patient populations, including general medical, renal, and oncology care, with opportunities for certification in peritoneal dialysis and chemotherapy.

Available shifts include day and night options, serving as a stepping stone to ICU and ED roles.

Qualifications

Nursing degree from an accredited school
Current RN license in the state or eligible via compact licensure
Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association

Benefits & Incentives

Sign-on bonus paid over two years
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
Tuition reimbursement of $2,000 annually
Relocation assistance up to $3,000
Stay Premium Program offering up to $8/hour based on service
PTO and vacation time, employer-matched retirement funds

shift differentials, frontload PTO, and referral bonuses

Clinical ladder for career development

What's around it?

In Joplin, MO

Joplin, MOFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 14% below the US average

Median rent: $962/mo
Household income: $52,097/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Joplin, MO

NeighborhoodsHealthcare workers and newcomers in the Joplin area frequently choose between downtown lofts along Main Street or quiet residential enclaves near Redings Mill. Many professionals also settle in adjacent bedroom communities, particularly Webb City and Carl Junction to the north and northwest, or smaller nearby towns such as Duenweg, Duquesne, Carterville, and Galena across the Kansas state line, which offer easy roadway access to medical facilities.

Healthcare workers and newcomers in the Joplin area frequently choose between downtown lofts along Main Street or quiet residential enclaves near Redings Mill. Many professionals also settle in adjacent bedroom communities, particularly Webb City and Carl Junction to the north and northwest, or smaller nearby towns such as Duenweg, Duquesne, Carterville, and Galena across the Kansas state line, which offer easy roadway access to medical facilities.

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Getting around

Commuting in Joplin is straightforward and generally free of major metropolitan gridlock, with typical drive times averaging around fourteen minutes across town. Regional mobility is anchored by historic Route 66 passing directly through the downtown core along with connections to Interstate 44, making shifts at regional medical centers quick to reach with ample on-site parking.

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As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: visitjoplinmo.com Source 3: livability.com

OutdoorsOutdoor recreation is anchored by Grand Falls on Shoal Creek, recognized as Missouri's largest continuously running natural waterfall. Hikers and nature enthusiasts explore the globally rare chert glade ecosystem and trails at the Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center in Wildcat Park. The city maintains twenty-one municipal parks, including Schifferdecker Golf Course and Cunningham Park, which features a reflective Butterfly Garden and Overlook.

Outdoor recreation is anchored by Grand Falls on Shoal Creek, recognized as Missouri's largest continuously running natural waterfall. Hikers and nature enthusiasts explore the globally rare chert glade ecosystem and trails at the Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center in Wildcat Park.

The city maintains twenty-one municipal parks, including Schifferdecker Golf Course and Cunningham Park, which features a reflective Butterfly Garden and Overlook.

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Relocation assistance for Registered Nurse (RN) ICU

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Living in Joplin

Joplin stands out as a self-reliant regional hub set against the rolling backdrop of southwest Missouri and the Ozark foothills. For relocating nurses, the city delivers an exceptionally stress-free lifestyle, marked by average commutes under fifteen minutes and a peaceful community rhythm. Life outside hospital shifts revolves around scenic natural landmarks like Grand Falls on Shoal Creek, hikes through the chert glades at Wildcat Park, and lively downtown events including Third Thursdays and meals at spots like The Bruncheonette. Housing spans suburban enclaves in Webb City and Carl Junction—prized for their strong schools—to convenient rentals in Duenweg and Carterville. While late-night dining is limited and bigger metropolitan amenities require weekend drives to Tulsa, Springfield, or Northwest Arkansas, Joplin offers healthcare professionals an unhurried, community-centered environment where balancing intensive clinical work with personal life is genuinely achievable.

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As of 2025Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: visitjoplinmo.com Source 3: lifeatleggett.com Source 4: livability.com Source 5: facebook.com

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