Case Manager | Registered Nurse

Centra Care

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Your unit is Orthopedic.

Eligibility: OrthopedicCase ManagementSign-on bonus

Posted Aug 4

License: RN license Registered Nurse in MN required
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

License: Registered Nurse in MN required
Certification: Current American Case Management Association (ACMA Certification - RN) or obtained within 5 years required.After hire · within 5 years
Education: BSN or higher degree in nursing required
Education: Graduate from a nursing program
Experience: 2 years or more of clinical experience as an RN required

What it pays

Against similar roles: Top of Saint Cloud staff RN paySaint Cloud staff RN postings that state pay run $40/hr to $45/hr, the middle half $43/hr to $45/hr, across 59 postings.
Sign-on bonus: $3,500

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Paid time off
Retirement
Employee discounts
Tuition reimbursement

More benefits (5)

College grant programs
Paid holidays
$3,500 hiring bonus
$5,000 relocation bonus
Extra pay for weekend shifts

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Join the inpatient Care Management team at St. Cloud Hospital as Registered Nurse Case Manager.

As an integral part of the St. Cloud Hospital Case Management System, the Registered Nurse Case Manager works with the interdisciplinary team in facilitating patient care by following the American Case Management Association's Standards of Practice: collaboration, communication, facilitation, coordination, advocacy, and resource management. This Case Manager position will support our Orthopedic Unit at St. Cloud Hospital. You will be accountable for a designated patient caseload and plan care effectively to meet patient/family transitional needs, monitor length of stay, and promote efficient utilization of resources.

Facilitates the collaborative management of patient care across the health care continuum, intervening as necessary to remove barriers to timely and efficient care delivery, and reimbursement.

Schedule
Full-time | 72 hours every two weeks | Onsite
Day shift | Monday - Friday | 7:30am-4pm
Occasional weekend & holiday rotation

Pay and Benefits

Pay rate minimum: $42.37 (BSN); $43.43 (MSN), pay determined by experience Earn extra pay for working weekend shifts $3,500 hiring bonus and $5,000 relocation bonus for eligible candidates! Full time

benefits

medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more! Tuition reimbursement and college grant programs available Qualifications Graduate from a nursing program BSN or higher degree in nursing required 2 years or more of clinical experience as an RN required Registered Nurse in MN required Current American Case Management Association (ACMA Certification - RN) or obtained within 5 years required.

Hiring bonus

requirements

To be eligible for the hiring bonus you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full-time or part-time benefited position. Previous CentraCare/Carris employees qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least 9 months at the date of hire.

Relocation assistance

requirements

Must accept a position that offers benefits and may not have worked for CentraCare in the last 9 months. Must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it.

CentraCare pay promotions to include but not limited to, Accelerated Rates and Bonuses may be discontinued at any time due to business needs

CentraCare Health has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce and all individuals, including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare Health is an EEO/AA employer.

What's around it?

In Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud, MN

Living costs about the same as the US average

Life in Saint Cloud, MN

NeighborhoodsNurses and other young professionals commonly look at in-city neighborhoods such as Lake George, Centennial, Southside, West Side, Wilson Park, Hester Park, Lincoln School, and the Clemens and Munsinger Gardens area, which mix residential streets with downtown-adjacent and college-town housing. Downtown one-bedrooms have averaged around $878, with citywide one-bedrooms nearer the mid-$900s, so living in town is relatively cheap versus the Twin Cities. Reddit locals often steer movers instead toward St. Joseph, St. Augusta, St. Stephen, and Rice/Royalton—towns they describe as better day-to-day places to live with a 20–30 minute drive into St. Cloud. St. Joseph in particular is recommended for food, breweries, parks, and the Lake Wobegon Trail.

Nurses and other young professionals commonly look at in-city neighborhoods such as Lake George, Centennial, Southside, West Side, Wilson Park, Hester Park, Lincoln School, and the Clemens and Munsinger Gardens area, which mix residential streets with downtown-adjacent and college-town housing. Downtown one-bedrooms have averaged around $878, with citywide one-bedrooms nearer the mid-$900s, so living in town is relatively cheap versus the Twin Cities.

Reddit locals often steer movers instead toward St. Joseph, St. Augusta, St. Stephen, and Rice/Royalton—towns they describe as better day-to-day places to live with a 20–30 minute drive into St. Cloud. St. Joseph in particular is recommended for food, breweries, parks, and the Lake Wobegon Trail.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: reddit.com

Getting aroundGuides describe commuting as easy: mild traffic, a compact city footprint, and surrounding towns such as St. Joseph, St. Augusta, St. Stephen, and Rice/Royalton sitting a 20–30 minute drive from town. A car is treated as essential—local write-ups list needing a vehicle as a core con and do not name a practical transit alternative. Healthcare is the city’s largest industry, with hospitals and specialty practices spread across St. Cloud, so most work trips are short intra-city drives rather than a long suburban haul. Minneapolis–St. Paul is about 65 miles southeast, framed as a day trip or weekend getaway rather than a daily reverse commute.

Guides describe commuting as easy: mild traffic, a compact city footprint, and surrounding towns such as St. Joseph, St. Augusta, St. Stephen, and Rice/Royalton sitting a 20–30 minute drive from town. A car is treated as essential—local write-ups list needing a vehicle as a core con and do not name a practical transit alternative.

Healthcare is the city’s largest industry, with hospitals and specialty practices spread across St. Cloud, so most work trips are short intra-city drives rather than a long suburban haul. Minneapolis–St. Paul is about 65 miles southeast, framed as a day trip or weekend getaway rather than a daily reverse commute.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: oaksatbentonshirestcloud.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: apartments.com Source 4: mntrips.com

OutdoorsSt. Cloud maintains 95 parks on about 1,400 acres, with Whitney Memorial Park and riverside Munsinger and Clemens Gardens—the latter often listed among notable public gardens—as the showpieces. From Riverside Park on the east bank, a footpath follows the Mississippi beside the Beaver Islands, a natural cluster used for kayaking and canoeing. Downtown Lake George has walking trails, fountains, and year-round community events, and the Lake Wobegon Trail toward St. Joseph is the named cycling and walking corridor. Outdoor recreation is a stated local strength across all four seasons, provided you are equipped for heavy snow.

St. Cloud maintains 95 parks on about 1,400 acres, with Whitney Memorial Park and riverside Munsinger and Clemens Gardens—the latter often listed among notable public gardens—as the showpieces. From Riverside Park on the east bank, a footpath follows the Mississippi beside the Beaver Islands, a natural cluster used for kayaking and canoeing.

Downtown Lake George has walking trails, fountains, and year-round community events, and the Lake Wobegon Trail toward St. Joseph is the named cycling and walking corridor. Outdoor recreation is a stated local strength across all four seasons, provided you are equipped for heavy snow.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: mntrips.com Source 3: visitstcloud.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: oaksatbentonshirestcloud.com

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Saint Cloud—Granite City, a Mississippi river town of roughly 71,000 to 73,500 about 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis—is a healthcare-and-college hub where nurses will find the region’s largest industry already built around hospitals and specialty clinics. What sets it apart is below-national rents (about $935 for a one-bedroom as of September 2026), 95 parks plus riverside Munsinger and Clemens Gardens, and 20–30 minute drives from quieter towns such as St. Joseph and St. Augusta. In town, Lake George, Southside, and the gardens neighborhoods put you near Lake George events, the 1921 Paramount Center for the Arts, and dinner at Anton’s or the Blue Goose Speakeasy; St. Joseph adds breweries, the Lake Wobegon Trail, and a local reputation as the better place to actually live. You will need a car, winters bring about 48 inches of snow and stretches near 0°F, and nightlife is quiet. The tradeoff is mild traffic, kayaking the Beaver Islands, and housing costs about 17 percent below the national average.

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As of 2026Source 1: oaksatbentonshirestcloud.com Source 2: apartments.com Source 3: mntrips.com Source 4: visitstcloud.com Source 5: travelawaits.com Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: reddit.com Source 8: sroa.com

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