Registered Nurse | Surgical Care Unit

Centra Care

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Centra Care is a community hospital.

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted Dec 19, 2024

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour days
Unit and setting: Med-Surg · Hospital
License: RN licensemn rn license
Term: Permanent

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What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for Saint Cloud staff RN rolesSaint Cloud staff RN postings that state pay run $40/hr to $43/hr, the middle half $43/hr to $43/hr, across 50 postings.
Sign-on bonus: $8,000

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The role and schedule

Weekends: Every third weekend

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Find your purpose caring for patients after surgery. Get them home and healed home faster! This isn’t your typical surgical care unit.

This team was recognized for receiving the PRISM award that celebrates medical-surgical units that sustain excellence. This is the first unit in Minnesota to receive this nationally recognized award, TWICE! Care for those who are admitted after surgery from the General Surgeons, Vascular Surgery, OBGYN (hysterectomy), ENT, Urology, Plastics, and Trauma Surgery.

Schedule Part-time | 48 hours per 2-week pay period | Onsite Rotating day/night | 12-hour shifts | 7am-7:30pm & 7pm-7:30am Every 3rd weekend (Fri-Sun) | Every other holiday Set weekend schedule allows you to self-schedule your weekday shifts Pay and Benefits Pay based on experience and degree Associate/Diploma in nursing starting at $42.86 per hour Bachelor's in nursing starting at $44.34 per hour Master's in nursing starting at $45.82 per hour Pay range: $42.86 - $71.51 per hour Earn extra pay for working evening/night/weekend shifts Up to $8,000 sign-on bonus! $5,000 relocation assistance for those who qualify! Full/Part time

benefits

medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more! Qualifications Graduate from a nursing program and current MN RN license required BSN required within three years Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Healthcare Provider card required National Certification in Medical-Surgical Nursing preferred Please apply below so we can start the conversation. You're also welcome to contact our recruiter for this role before or after you apply. Patty McNary can be reached at 320-251-2700 x 54745 or mcnaryp@centracare.com Hiring bonus

requirements

To be eligible for the sign-on bonus you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full time or part time benefited position. Previous CentraCare 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. To be eligible for the hiring and relocation bonus you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full or part time benefited position.

Previous employees qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least 9 months at the date of hire. To be eligible for the relocation bonus, you must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it. CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.

CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time. CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

CentraCare 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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Living in Saint Cloud

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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