Registered Nurse - PreOp/PACU Float

Kansas City, Missouri

We are hiring a PreOP/PACU Registered Nurse for our Surgical Services Float Pool team. Saint Luke's Neighborhood Clinics, LLC runs at clinic pace, on scheduled patients.

Posted Jul 8 · 2 years of experience

Shift and hours: 10-⁠hour shifts · Rotating bi-weekly template · Day 4 shifts · 40 hours a week
Unit and setting: Surgical Services Float Pool · Hospital We are hiring a PreOP/PACU Registered Nurse for our Surgical Services Float Pool team.
License: RN license
Term: Starts Jul 8, 2026 · Permanent

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Certification: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Certification: Basic Life Support
Certification: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Education: Associate Degree
Experience: 2 years Applicable Experience: 2 years

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What it pays

Float differential: We are proud to offer differential wage rates for this Float Pool position. We are proud to offer differential wage rates for this Float Pool position.
Extra pay: Differential wage rates for Float Pool positionfor this Float Pool position

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The role and schedule

Precepting: You would precept other nurses Serves as a clinical resource for new employees.
Floating: Float to Saint Luke's Hospital, Saint Luke's East, Saint Luke's North and Saint Luke's South You will have the opportunity to float to Saint Luke's Hospital, Saint Luke's East, Saint Luke's North and Saint Luke's South.
Day to day: Functions independently and accountable for utilizing the nursing process Functions independently and accountable for utilizing the nursing process.
Day to day: Coordinates care for a group of patients with multidisciplinary team Coordinates the care for a group of patients with the Multidisciplinary Team.
Day to day: Delegates tasks appropriately Delegates tasks appropriately.
Day to day: Identifies hospital resources Identifies hospital resources.
Day to day: Demonstrates positive leadership within unit or department Demonstrates positive formal or informal leadership within unit or department.
Hours stated: 4-10 hour shifts weekly with a rotating bi-weekly template
Details: Magnet Level 1 Trauma Academic Medical Center Our Plaza location is a Magnet Level 1 Trauma Academic Medical Center.
Travel: Scheduled locations decided 4-6 weeks in advance across Saint Luke's Hospital, East, North, and South Scheduled locations are decided 4-6 weeks in advance.

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The Opportunity

We are hiring a PreOP/PACU Registered Nurse for our Surgical Services Float Pool team. In this position you will work with various conditions, procedures, and acuity levels. Our Plaza location is a Magnet Level 1 Trauma Academic Medical Center. If you are a life learner looking for a role where you can work autonomously, have variety and unpredictability every day in your work this may be the right position for you.

Shift Details

We are proud to offer differential wage rates for this Float Pool position. You will have the opportunity to float to Saint Luke's Hospital, Saint Luke's East, Saint Luke's North and Saint Luke's South. This position is 4-10 hour shifts weekly with a rotating bi-weekly template. Scheduled locations are decided 4-6 weeks in advance.

Work

Functions independently and accountable for utilizing the nursing process. Coordinates the care for a group of patients with the Multidisciplinary Team. Delegates tasks appropriately. Identifies hospital resources. Serves as a clinical resource for new employees. Demonstrates positive formal or informal leadership within unit or department. Why Saint Luke’s? We value knowledge, experience, and expertise to improve patient outcomes and quality care. The opportunity to make an impact on the health system and the healthcare industry. Saint Luke’s offers competitive salaries and benefits packages to all of their employees, click here to find out more. Job Requirements Applicable

Experience

2 years Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Registered Nurse (KS) - National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NURSYS), Registered Nurse (MO) - National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NURSYS) Associate Degree Job Details Full Time Day (United States of America) The best place to get care. The best place to give care . Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day.

Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

J oin the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.

What's around it?

In Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MOFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 8% below the US average

Median rent: $1,238/mo
Household income: $69,166/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Kansas City, MO

NeighborhoodsNurses targeting KU Medical often look at Volker for early-20th-century bungalows and 39th Street dining; Union Hill’s townhomes and condos sit next to Crown Center and Hospital Hill. Young professionals concentrate in walkable Crossroads Arts District, River Market, Westport, and Midtown for lofts, galleries, and bars. Families lean tree-lined Brookside and Waldo (bungalows, Tudors, Craftsman) or Kansas-side Prairie Village (median about $480,000, Shawnee Mission schools) and Leawood (median about $750,000, Blue Valley and Shawnee Mission), with Overland Park, Lee’s Summit, and Parkville also on short lists. More affordable or up-and-coming pockets include parts of the Northland, North KC, and East Bottoms; Olathe draws families with parks, pools, trails, and new housing near K-10 and Ridgeview, while Mission and Roeland Park are cited as cheaper than Prairie Village.

Nurses targeting KU Medical often look at Volker for early-20th-century bungalows and 39th Street dining; Union Hill’s townhomes and condos sit next to Crown Center and Hospital Hill. Young professionals concentrate in walkable Crossroads Arts District, River Market, Westport, and Midtown for lofts, galleries, and bars.

Families lean tree-lined Brookside and Waldo (bungalows, Tudors, Craftsman) or Kansas-side Prairie Village (median about $480,000, Shawnee Mission schools) and Leawood (median about $750,000, Blue Valley and Shawnee Mission), with Overland Park, Lee’s Summit, and Parkville also on short lists. More affordable or up-and-coming pockets include parts of the Northland, North KC, and East Bottoms; Olathe draws families with parks, pools, trails, and new housing near K-10 and Ridgeview, while Mission and Roeland Park are cited as cheaper than Prairie Village.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: moveadvisor.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: urbancoolhomes.com

Getting aroundThe metro is largely car-dependent with limited public transit, though the KC Streetcar Main Street extension opened October 24, 2025, running from River Market south toward UMKC and serving Crossroads, Midtown, and Plaza-adjacent corridors. Leawood is typically 15–25 minutes from downtown; Prairie Village about 15–20 minutes downtown and 10–15 minutes from major highways. Downtown parking is a frequent local complaint, while KU Med, Hospital Hill, and suburban hospital campuses are more drive-and-park. Transportation costs are generally lower than in denser metros, with a reasonable driving environment if you accept that most hospital shifts will still mean a car.

The metro is largely car-dependent with limited public transit, though the KC Streetcar Main Street extension opened October 24, 2025, running from River Market south toward UMKC and serving Crossroads, Midtown, and Plaza-adjacent corridors. Leawood is typically 15–25 minutes from downtown; Prairie Village about 15–20 minutes downtown and 10–15 minutes from major highways.

Downtown parking is a frequent local complaint, while KU Med, Hospital Hill, and suburban hospital campuses are more drive-and-park. Transportation costs are generally lower than in denser metros, with a reasonable driving environment if you accept that most hospital shifts will still mean a car.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: moveadvisor.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: urbancoolhomes.com Source 4: extraspace.com Source 5: facebook.com

OutdoorsGeorge Kessler’s park-and-boulevard system still structures outdoor life. Swope Park covers more than 1,800 acres with wooded trails, the Kansas City Zoo, and Starlight Theatre; Loose Park near the Plaza holds the Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden, with Ewing and Kauffman Memorial Garden and Theis Park nearby. The paved Trolley Track Trail follows the old streetcar line through neighborhoods; Penn Valley Park’s Scout Statue overlooks the skyline; Berkley Riverfront Park and the Town of Kansas Bridge sit on the Missouri River. Northland riders use Line Creek Trail; Longview Lake Park south of the city has beaches, boating, and camping; Parkville adds English Landing Park and Parkville Nature Sanctuary on the river bluffs.

George Kessler’s park-and-boulevard system still structures outdoor life. Swope Park covers more than 1,800 acres with wooded trails, the Kansas City Zoo, and Starlight Theatre; Loose Park near the Plaza holds the Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden, with Ewing and Kauffman Memorial Garden and Theis Park nearby.

The paved Trolley Track Trail follows the old streetcar line through neighborhoods; Penn Valley Park’s Scout Statue overlooks the skyline; Berkley Riverfront Park and the Town of Kansas Bridge sit on the Missouri River. Northland riders use Line Creek Trail; Longview Lake Park south of the city has beaches, boating, and camping; Parkville adds English Landing Park and Parkville Nature Sanctuary on the river bluffs.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: livability.com Source 2: greatwolf.com Source 3: youtube.com

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Living in Kansas City

Kansas City is a split-state metro where an $80k–$150k nursing salary still buys a real house, not a lateral condo trade: city-proper medians recently sat in the mid-$200ks, while barbecue, jazz, fountains, and Chiefs Sundays supply the civic personality. The practical map for nurses is Volker and 39th Street for KU Med, Union Hill for Hospital Hill and Crown Center, with after-shift food in Westport, Crossroads, and City Market. Walkable urban life exists—River Market lofts on the streetcar (Main Street extension opened October 2025 toward UMKC), Brookside bungalows, Plaza fountains—but the metro is still a car city, and downtown parking and violent-crime pockets are the warnings locals repeat. Families who can cross into Johnson County or Lee’s Summit buy Blue Valley, Shawnee Mission, or Lee’s Summit schools; Prairie Village (about $480k median) often beats paying Leawood’s $750k name tax. Tradeoffs are honest: 205 sunny days and Kessler parks (Swope, Loose, riverfront) versus tornado season, uneven KCMO schools, and a housing market that is no longer a secret. Choose the street, not the headline.

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