Outpatient Services Clinic RN
Waterloo, Iowa
As an Outpatient Clinic RN at MercyOne, you’ll join a team of highly skilled, passionate nurses supporting a variety of specialties, including pain management and endoscopy. MercyOne is a trauma center.
Posted Sep 1 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Day Shift · start times range from 8 am to 10 am, department closes at 6:30 pm Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day Shift Start times range from 8 am to 10 am, department closes at 6:30 pm32 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Outpatient Services Clinic · Clinic As an Outpatient Clinic RN at MercyOne, you’ll join a team of highly skilled, passionate nurses supporting a variety of specialties, including pain management and endoscopy.
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day ShiftFull time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed No prior experience required.
- Education
- Associate degree Associate degree required, BSN preferred.
Preferred
- Education
- BSN
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
Benefits
- Benefitsfull benefits packageColleagues of MercyOne Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!
The role and schedule
- Patients
- As an Outpatient Clinic RN at MercyOne, you’ll join a team of highly skilled, passionate nurses supporting a variety of specialties, including pain management and endoscopy. As an Outpatient Clinic RN at MercyOne, you’ll join a team of highly skilled, passionate nurses supporting a variety of specialties, including pain management and endoscopy.
- Day to day
- support specialties including pain management and endoscopy
- Day to day
- deliver safe, compassionate care You’ll bring a go-getter attitude and strong multitasking skills to deliver safe, compassionate care.
- Day to day
- ensure smooth clinic operations and excellent patient experiences Your ability to adapt and take initiative will help ensure smooth clinic operations and excellent patient experiences.
- Hours stated
- Start times range from 8 am to 10 am, department closes at 6:30 pm
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- On call
- call 2 nights per month Call 2 night per month
- On call
- every 12th weekend call rotation Every 12th weekend call rotation
- Details
- 491 licensed beds between the three medical centers With 491 licensed beds between the three medical centers, each providing 24-hour emergency lifesaving care, MercyOne is there for you in critical moments:
The workplace
You are looking at MercyOne in Waterloo and the wider Northeast Iowa network—Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Oelwein medical centers with 491 licensed beds, 24-hour emergency care, and more than 2,500 colleagues. Waterloo Medical Center is an Area Level III Trauma…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What are the holiday requirements?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
Original listing
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Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day Shift Description:Outpatient Clinic RN Join the MercyOne Family! We are looking to hire an Outpatient Clinic RN! As an Outpatient Clinic RN at MercyOne, you’ll join a team of highly skilled, passionate nurses supporting a variety of specialties, including pain management and endoscopy. You’ll bring a go-getter attitude and strong multitasking skills to deliver safe, compassionate care. Your ability to adapt and take initiative will help ensure smooth clinic operations and excellent patient experiences.
Schedule
- Start times range from 8 am to 10 am, department closes at 6:30 pm
- Call 2 night per month
- Every 12th weekend call rotation
- .8 FTE
Education
Associate degree required, BSN preferred. No prior experience required. 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. MercyOne Northeast Iowa provides expert health care to eight counties. MercyOne Northeast Iowa provides excellent, personalized care close to home to the communities in the Cedar Valley.
With 491 licensed beds between the three medical centers, each providing 24-hour emergency lifesaving care, MercyOne is there for you in critical moments: MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, an Area Level III Trauma Center and an accredited chest pain center MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation With more than 2,500 colleagues, MercyOne is one of the largest employers in Northeast Iowa. MercyOne Medical Group – Northeast Iowa is made up of more than 30 primary care, pediatric, internal medicine and specialty clinics located throughout Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Benton, Butler, Fayette and Tama counties. Colleagues of MercyOne Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!
Visit MercyOne Careers to learn more about the benefits, culture, and career development opportunities available to you at MercyOne Health System circle of care. Our Commitment Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
What's around it?
Waterloo, IAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 13% below the US average
- Median rent
- $923/mo
- Household income
- $57,480/yr, all local households, not nurse pay