Registered Nurse- Emergency Department Float

Kansas City, Missouri

We are hiring a full-time RN for our Emergency Department Float Pool. Saint Luke's Neighborhood Clinics, LLC runs at clinic pace, on scheduled patients.

Posted Sep 15 · 2 years of experience

Shift and hours: Night shift · Full Time Nights · 12 hour shifts · Night (United States of America)
Unit and setting: Emergency Department Float Pool · Hospital We are hiring a full-time RN for our Emergency Department Float Pool.
License: RN license
Term: Permanent We are hiring a full-time RN for our Emergency Department Float Pool.Full-time

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Education: Associate Degree
Experience: 2 years Applicable Experience: 2 years

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What it pays

Float differential: *Float Incentive Pay* *Float Incentive Pay*
Tuition assistance: Education Reimbursement
Extra pay: Float Incentive Pay

Benefits

BenefitsHealth, Vision and DentalHealth, Vision and Dental
BenefitsLeave of Absence, PTO, and various Welfare plansLeave of Absence, PTO, and various Welfare plans
BenefitsFlexible Spending AccountsFlexible Spending Accounts
BenefitsHealth Savings AccountsHealth Savings Accounts
BenefitsRetirement OptionsRetirement Options
BenefitsEducation ReimbursementEducation Reimbursement

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BenefitsClinical Advancement Program - Shared Governance, Unit Based Project, Career AdvancementClinical Advancement Program - Shared Governance, Unit Based Project, Career Advancement

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The role and schedule

Precepting: You would precept other nurses Serves as a clinical resource for new employees.
Floating: Floats between 4 main hospitals, 3 Community Hospitals, and 2 MO Critical Access hospitals
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 the care for a group of patients with the 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 formal or informal leadership within unit or department Demonstrates positive formal or informal leadership within unit or department.
Travel: Floats between 4 main hospitals, 3 Community Hospitals, and 2 MO Critical Access hospitals

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We are hiring a full-time RN for our Emergency Department Float Pool. This is a night shift position that will float between all 4 main hospital locations (Lee’s Summit, Overland Park, North Kansas City, Plaza), 3 Community Hospitals (Legends, Leawood, Roeland Park), and both MO Critical Access hospital locations (Chillicothe & Trenton). Our teams have unit-based leadership teams and are supportive and collaborative on one another.

We believe in creating teams that are kind, professional and treats each other as they would a patient. This is key to being successful in this position. These teams work with innovative processes and technologies.

We continue to expand our robotics programs. Float Incentive Pay Shift: Full Time Nights

12 hour shifts

Responsibilities

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. Saint Luke’s has a strong nurse governance and we encourage all of our nurses to participate and help us make Saint Luke’s The Best Place To Get Care, The Best Place To Give Care.

Benefits

Health, Vision and Dental
Leave of Absence, PTO, and various Welfare plans
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Accounts
Retirement Options
Education Reimbursement
Clinical Advancement Program – Shared Governance, Unit Based Project, Career Advancement
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), Trauma Nurse Core Course - Emergency Nurse Association Associate Degree Job Details Full Time Night (United States of America)

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.

Sources

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.

Sources

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.

Sources

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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As of 2026Source 1: moveadvisor.com Source 2: urbancoolhomes.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: livability.com Source 5: extraspace.com Source 6: youtube.com

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