Clinic Registered Nurse (RN): Primary Care

MercyOne

Davenport, Iowa

MercyOne is a trauma center.

Eligibility: Family Medicine
Unit: Primary Care

Posted Jul 31

Shift and hours: Days
Unit and setting: Clinic
License: RN licenseCompact State License
Term: Permanent

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What it pays

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Full benefits package
Opportunity for growth throughout the system
Career development opportunities
Vision insurance

Posted pay in Iowa

The role and schedule

Weekends: No weekends

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Preceptors and orientation

Clinical preceptorships welcome students year-round; job shadowing and apprenticeships available

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As of 2026Source: mercyone.org

Scheduling

Varied: clinic M-F 8a-5p no weekends/holidays; ASU 32 hrs day shift with on-call; virtual RN 12-hour days; resource pool rotating shifts with night differentials; Mason City medical unit 36 hrs with day+ shifts

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As of 2026Source 1: mercyone.org Source 2: talents.vaia.com

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At MercyOne, health care is more than just a doctor's visit or a place to go when you're in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well. At MercyOne Genesis Medical Group, we are dedicated to providing a medical home with high quality care where the focus is on you and your family's health.

We are the largest medical group in the Quad-Cities providing our community care where it wants it and care when it needs it. MercyOne Genesis Davenport Family Medicine at Health Plaza: Providing family medicine care to northwest Davenport, MercyOne Genesis Davenport Family Medicine at Health Plaza. Join the MercyOne Family!

We are looking to hire a Registered Nurse in our MercyOne Genesis Davenport Family Medicine at Health Plaza! As a Registered Nurse at MercyOne, you will provide patient care in outpatient settings and are responsible for delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. They coordinate care provided by other clinical staff, support patient and family education, and ensure communication across healthcare teams.

They are accountable for clinical standards and may operate with minimal supervision.

What's around it?

In Davenport, IA

Davenport, IAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 11% below the US average

Median rent: $978/mo
Household income: $66,200/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Davenport, IA

NeighborhoodsCommunity threads steer families and relocating professionals toward North Davenport, McClellan Heights, Bettendorf, Eldridge, Riverdale, Pleasant Valley Township, Coal Valley, and Dewitt if a short extra commute is acceptable. Downtown and the Court District, plus the Village of East Davenport’s 19th-century streets and river-bluff shops, are the walkable pockets for people who want breweries, cafés, and nightlife; Hamburg Historic District is cited for distinctive architecture made for strolling. Davenport generally offers a wider, lower entry-price spread of older homes than Moline, while Bettendorf and some newer or river-adjacent areas sit at a more premium tier. Downtown’s restaurants, live music, and riverfront are explicitly described as popular with young professionals.

Community threads steer families and relocating professionals toward North Davenport, McClellan Heights, Bettendorf, Eldridge, Riverdale, Pleasant Valley Township, Coal Valley, and Dewitt if a short extra commute is acceptable. Downtown and the Court District, plus the Village of East Davenport’s 19th-century streets and river-bluff shops, are the walkable pockets for people who want breweries, cafés, and nightlife; Hamburg Historic District is cited for distinctive architecture made for strolling.

Davenport generally offers a wider, lower entry-price spread of older homes than Moline, while Bettendorf and some newer or river-adjacent areas sit at a more premium tier. Downtown’s restaurants, live music, and riverfront are explicitly described as popular with young professionals.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: quora.com Source 4: downtowndavenport.com Source 5: quora.com Source 6: unitedvanlines.com

Getting aroundTypical Davenport commutes are about 17 minutes, described as roughly nine minutes shorter than the national average, and locals contrast that with the lack of big-city traffic. I-74 is the main river crossing into Bettendorf and the Illinois Quad Cities and can congest at peak times, especially for west-side employers such as John Deere in Moline. Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, and Rock Island operate as one job-and-errand metro, so most daily drives stay inside a compact loop rather than a long suburban haul. These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus lines, or parking rules.

Typical Davenport commutes are about 17 minutes, described as roughly nine minutes shorter than the national average, and locals contrast that with the lack of big-city traffic. I-74 is the main river crossing into Bettendorf and the Illinois Quad Cities and can congest at peak times, especially for west-side employers such as John Deere in Moline.

Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, and Rock Island operate as one job-and-errand metro, so most daily drives stay inside a compact loop rather than a long suburban haul. These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus lines, or parking rules.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: davenportiowa.com Source 3: quora.com Source 4: quora.com Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: youtube.com

OutdoorsOutdoor life orients to the Mississippi, the only stretch in the country where the river runs east to west: the Mississippi River Trail, LeClaire Park’s band shell and summer concerts, Centennial Park, the Davenport Skybridge, and walks across the I-74 bridge. Vander Veer Botanical Park has a conservatory and formal gardens; Credit Island Park & Natural Historic Preserve and Duck Creek Park (with a golf course) add in-town green space. Cyclists use Sylvan Island’s rugged trails and the American Discovery Trail crossing; weekends fill with fishing, boating, picnics, and Backwater Gamblers water-ski shows.

Outdoor life orients to the Mississippi, the only stretch in the country where the river runs east to west: the Mississippi River Trail, LeClaire Park’s band shell and summer concerts, Centennial Park, the Davenport Skybridge, and walks across the I-74 bridge. Vander Veer Botanical Park has a conservatory and formal gardens; Credit Island Park & Natural Historic Preserve and Duck Creek Park (with a golf course) add in-town green space.

Cyclists use Sylvan Island’s rugged trails and the American Discovery Trail crossing; weekends fill with fishing, boating, picnics, and Backwater Gamblers water-ski shows.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: downtowndavenport.com Source 2: quadcitieschamber.com Source 3: unitedvanlines.com Source 4: quora.com Source 5: visitquadcities.com

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Relocation bonus available for all experience levels on Acute Care RN Resource Pool role

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Sources

As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com

Living in Davenport

Davenport is the Iowa side of the Quad Cities, a nearly 500,000-person metro where the Mississippi runs east to west and four cities share jobs, restaurants, and trails. For a nurse, the draw is practical: about a 17-minute average commute, median home values around $185,000, median rent near $810, and a downtown that actually functions—Figge Art Museum, Adler Theatre, Quad City Symphony, and River Bandits games at Modern Woodmen Park. Young professionals cluster toward downtown and the Court District; families name North Davenport, McClellan Heights, Bettendorf, Eldridge, and Pleasant Valley Township. You can bike the Mississippi River Trail, stroll Vander Veer Botanical Park, or hit Freight House Farmers’ Market year-round. Honest tradeoffs: Iowa property taxes still rank high nationally and Davenport’s are steeper than Bettendorf’s; downtown floods because there is no flood wall, and feeder creeks threaten more houses than the river itself; winters are cold and summers can be humid. Infrastructure is a mixed bag. What you get in return is bigger-city arts and sports without big-city traffic, plus easy access across I-74 to Illinois employers like John Deere.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: davenportiowa.com Source 3: unitedvanlines.com Source 4: downtowndavenport.com Source 5: quadcitieschamber.com Source 6: youtube.com Source 7: facebook.com Source 8: reddit.com Source 9: quora.com Source 10: visitquadcities.com

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Davenport, IAFrom Census ACS 2024.