Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Med/Surg
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Posted Sep 8 · New grads welcomed
What the listing says
Role
- Orientation
- Residency program
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- New graduates
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Minnesota is $38/hr, across 566 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Responsibilities/Job Description
Are you looking to make an impact on the physical, emotional and cultural needs of pediatric patients and their families? Join our team as a Registered Nurse at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital! Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, we deliver a broad range of pediatric programs from surgery, imaging and neonatal and pediatric intensive care to cardiac and oncology (cancer care) services and blood and marrow and organ transplantation.
Our compassionate, innovative approach has repeatedly received national recognition. We are proud to be the oldest academic children’s hospital in Minnesota and the longest-running top-ranked children’s hospital in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other!
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Schedule
This position will be working 0.75 FTE (60 hours) every two weeks on the Day/Night shift, 12 hour variable shifts and every third weekend
About this Unit: The Pediatric Med/Surg Unit has 24 Beds and we deliver care to pediatric patients requiring non-intensive care including specialty populations of pediatric solid organ transplant, GI/GU & metabolic cases. We also provide general medical surgical pediatric care, trauma, orthopedic, ENT, neurosurgical, & other care patients. Our team works together with the entire interdisciplinary team (MDs, NPs, NSTs, OT/PT, Speech, SW, etc) to deliver high quality care.
Fairview offers a nurse residency program for eligible new graduate RNs taking this role with the organization! Read more about this opportunity here: https://www.fairview.org/careers/internships-and-training-opportunities/nurse-residency-program
- Provides complex care to pediatric patient/families preparing for and undergoing blood and marrow transplantation, pediatric hematology-oncology, urology, blood and marrow, metabolic, and gastrointestinal disorders
- Performs advanced monitoring using current technology.
- Manages sophisticated medication and infusion therapies
- Cares for patient undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures/interventions on the unit.
- Demonstrates ability to safely and accurately operate unit equipment.
- Bed capacity: 24
- Nurse to patient ratio: 1:2 to 1:4
Required Qualifications
- MN Registered Nurse (RN) License
- Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross)
- 1+ years of RN Experience
- Will Consider New Grad with Internship/Capstone in Pediatrics
Preferred Qualifications
- Acute Care Inpatient RN pediatric med/surg
- Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Trained, Required
- Recent experience in care of transplant patients
- BSN or greater nursing degree
Qualifications
$44.68- $74.32 Hourly
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“Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross) 1+ years of RN Experience Will Consider New Grad with Internship/Capstone in Pediatrics Preferred Qualifications Acute Care Inpatient RN pediatric” · from this posting
Requirements
- MN Registered Nurse (RN) License
- Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross)
- 1+ years of RN Experience
- Will Consider New Grad with Internship/Capstone in Pediatrics
- Preferred Qualifications: Acute Care Inpatient RN pediatric med/surg
- Preferred Qualifications: Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Trained, Required
- Preferred Qualifications: Recent experience in care of transplant patients
- Preferred Qualifications: BSN or greater nursing degree
- $44.68- $74.32 Hourly
Place
- City
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Median rent
- $1,371/mo
- Local household income
- $80,846/yr
- Metro price level
- 5% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Minneapolis area index 104.8, where 100 is the national average.
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.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You are weighing Fairview Health Services in Burnsville, Minnesota—about 15 miles south of downtown Minneapolis. Plenty of nurses treat this stretch as a Twin Cities base: typical drives into Minneapolis or St. Paul run 20–30 minutes, and the average commute…
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Pediatrics is open from year one. Children's hospitals run their own new grad residencies.
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