Registered Nurse | Orthopedics

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

You'll work on a 29-bed orthopedic unit caring for children and adults with joint replacements, sports medicine and trauma fractures. Centra Care is a community hospital.

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted Jun 19

Shift and hours: 8-⁠hour night shifts, 11:00 pm to 7:30 am 8hr night shift | 11:00 pm-7:30am36 hours a week
Unit and setting: St. Cloud Hospital Orthopedics · Hospital provides care for a wide range of orthopedic conditions affecting children and adultsChildren and adults with orthopedic conditions
License: RN license Graduate of an accredited nursing program and current RN license in MN required.Current RN license in Minnesota
Term: Permanent Full-time | 72 hours per two week pay period | OnsiteFull time, onsite

Do you qualify?

License: Current RN license in Minnesota Graduate of an accredited nursing program and current RN license in MN required. Check your license
Certification: AHA BLS Healthcare Provider card Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Healthcare Provider card required.
Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program

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 $45/hr, the middle half $43/hr to $45/hr, across 59 postings.
Night differential: Earn extra pay for working, evening, night and weekend shifts Earn extra pay for working, evening, night and weekend shifts
Sign-on bonus: $3,500
Extra pay: Extra pay for evening, night and weekend shiftsworking evening, night and weekend shifts
Bonus: $3,500 hiring bonus and $5,000 relocation bonus $3,500 hiring bonus and $5,000 relocation bonus for eligible candidateseligible candidates
Bonus: $5,000 relocation bonus Must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it.Must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it.

Benefits

BenefitsMedicalFull-time benefits : Medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more
BenefitsDental
BenefitsPTO
BenefitsRetirement
BenefitsEmployee discounts
Hiring bonus
Relocation bonus

The role and schedule

Care model: Team nursing Our team nursing approach is a key component to our unit's success.
Unit size: 29-bed unit We are a 29-bed unit
Weekends: Every third weekend, Friday to Sunday Includes every 3rd weekend (Fri-Sun)
Holidays: Rotating holidays Rotating holidays
Details: High-volume joint replacement hospital one of Minnesota’s highest-volume joint replacement hospitals

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Join our award-winning Orthopedic Unit at the St. Cloud Hospital as a Registered Nurse! By joining St. Cloud Hospital Orthopedics as a Registered Nurse (RN), you’ll work with an award-winning team of professionals at one of Minnesota’s highest-volume joint replacement hospitals. We are a 29-bed unit that provides care for a wide range of orthopedic conditions affecting children and adults such as joint replacements, sports medicine, and fractures resulting from an accident or other trauma.

"Orthopedic nursing allows me the ability to help patients reach their goals and return to their prior level of functioning. It is challenging yet very rewarding to assist them through elective procedures and traumatic events. Our team nursing approach is a key component to our unit's success.

I always know there is someone that will help with challenges, answer questions or be a listening ear on a hard day. I am an orthopedic nurse because it truly brings me joy and my co-workers are icing on the cake." - Current Orthopedic Unit RN

Current Openings

Full-time | 72 hours per two week pay period | Onsite
8hr night shift | 11:00 pm-7:30am
Includes every 3rd weekend (Fri-Sun)
Rotating holidays

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 and 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

Qualifications

Graduate of an accredited nursing program and current RN license in MN required. BSN required within three years. Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Healthcare Provider card required.

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 employees qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least 9 months at the date of hire. Relocation Assistance Eligibility: 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 hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time. 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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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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