Registered Nurse | Emergency Trauma Center

Centra Care

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Eligibility: RNERSign-on bonus
Shift: 12-hour nights
Hours a week: 36 hrs a week

Posted Jul 31

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Schedule and commitments

12-hour nights, 3 shifts · 36 hours

Shift: 12-hour nights
A week: 3 shifts · 36 hours
Weekends: Every third weekend
Term: Permanent

The work and the unit

Unit: ER
Specialty: ER · Trauma
Setting: Hospital

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Pay and benefits

Against the board: In range for Minnesota staff rolesMinnesota staff postings that state pay run $28/hr to $60/hr, the middle half $38/hr to $54/hr, across 696 postings.
Sign-on bonus: $3,500

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
PTO
Retirement
Employee discounts
$3,500 hiring bonus

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$5,000 relocation bonus for eligible candidates
Extra pay for evening/night/weekend shifts

Do you qualify?

Certification: Current BLS Healthcare Provider card required
Certification: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 12 months of hireAfter hire · within 12 months
Certification: Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum (TNCC) and Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 18 months of hireAfter hire · within 18 months
Education: Graduate from a nursing program and current MN RN license required
Experience: BSN required within 3 years of hire
Also asks: Please apply below so we can start the conversation. You're also welcome to contact our recruiter before or after you apply. Patty McNary can be reached at 320-251-2700 x 54745 or mcnaryp@centracare.com

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Also asks: 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.

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Living costs about the same as the US average

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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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About this role

Find your purpose saving lives in the region’s most comprehensive trauma center.

The St. Cloud Hospital Emergency Trauma Center receives 60,000 visits per year and is the region’s most comprehensive facility of its kind. We are staffed by board-certified emergency physicians and specially trained nurses who are certified in trauma care and advanced life support. We are a designated Level II Trauma Center and have 38 private patient rooms, including rooms dedicated to the special needs of children, trauma victims and psychiatric patients. We provide surgical services for trauma, neurosurgical, oral/maxillofacial, orthopedic, and plastics concerns in addition to having one of the busiest stroke programs in Minnesota.

Schedule

Full-time | 72 hours every two weeks | Onsite
Night shift | 12hr shifts | 7:00pm – 7:30am
Every 3rd weekend (Friday-Sunday), 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/weekend shifts $3,500 hiring bonus and $5,000 relocation bonus for eligible candidates!

benefits

Medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

Graduate from a nursing program and current MN RN license required BSN required within 3 years of hire Current BLS Healthcare Provider card required Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 12 months of hire Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum (TNCC) and Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 18 months of hire

Please apply below so we can start the conversation. You're also welcome to contact our recruiter before or after you apply. Patty McNary can be reached at 320-251-2700 x 54745 or mcnaryp@centracare.com

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 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.

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