Staff Nurse (RN) - Inpatient Medicine
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota
$36.70–$69.38/hr
About $76k–$144k/yr
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Posted Aug 25, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 26, 2026
What this means for you
Hennepin Healthcare is an academic medical center — teaching floors, residents in the halls, and more sub-specialties to grow into. The posted pay pencils out to roughly $76k–$144k a year. The schedule rotates — ask early how far out they post it; that answer tells you a lot.
What the listing says
- Shift
- Rotating · 12-hour
- Weekends, holidays, call
- Weekend rotation: Every 3rd Weekend
- EHR & union
- Union position
- Facility
- Level I trauma center · Academic medical center
About this role
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Skills for this role
Requirements
- RN
- Acute care
- Academic medical center
- Patient treatment planning
- Nursing
- 12 hour shift
- Psychiatry
- RN License
- Level I trauma center
About the employer
You step into a 473-bed academic medical center in Minneapolis that has served this county since 1887. HCMC is a Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, with acute care, a large psychiatric program, GI Lab,…
What reviewers appreciate
- Level I Adult and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center acuity
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for RN roles
- Compensation and benefits rated 3.9, highest review category
What reviewers flag
- Senior management rated 2.8, the lowest category
- CEO approval only 42%
- Work/life balance a middling 3.4
Living in Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis blends urban energy with outdoor access, boasting trails, lakes, and a thriving arts scene anchored by the Mississippi riverfront. Nurses relocating here will find a strong healthcare job market, four distinct seasons, and neighborhoods like Northeast and Uptown offering diverse dining, breweries, and nightlife. The metro's parks and cultural amenities make it a well-rounded place to put down roots.
- Metro price level · Minneapolis area
- 5% above the national average
- BEA index 104.8 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,371/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $80,846/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?