RN Acute

Overview

Registered Nurse (RN) – Relocation Opportunity | Des Moines, IA

Ready for a fresh start in a thriving Midwest metro? UnityPoint Health – Des Moines is hiring experienced RNs (and welcoming new grads through our Nurse Residency) to join our acute inpatient teams across multiple campuses. If you’re outside the Des Moines area, we’ll help make your move easier with relocation support and a limited-time sign-on bonus.

Limited-Time Incentives:

• $20,000 RN Sign-On Bonus for full-time eligible RNs (including New Graduate Nurse Residents) hired/offered into acute inpatient roles between April 1 and October 31, 2026 (paid in milestone-based installments).
• Relocation Assistance: Up to $10,000 for full-time offers when relocating more than 50 miles.

About UnityPoint Health:At UnityPoint Health®, we provide care throughout Iowa, western Illinois and southern Wisconsin across hospitals, clinics and home care settings. We’re dedicated to making it easier to live well—for our patients and for our team members.

Our Des Moines–Area Campuses:

• Iowa Methodist Medical Center – Teaching hospital and Level I Trauma Center; specialties include emergency/trauma, cancer care, cardiovascular care, transplant, surgery, maternity/women’s services and orthopedics.
• Iowa Lutheran Hospital – Patient-centered care with specialties including emergency care, behavioral health, general surgery, critical care and cardiovascular care.
• Methodist West Hospital – Orthopedics, emergency treatment, maternity services and outpatient services.
• Blank Children’s Hospital – Pediatric care with a family-centered philosophy and multiple pediatric subspecialties.
• Grinnell Regional Medical Center – Serves a rural region of central/eastern Iowa with a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options focused on your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in. Here are just a few:    

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program. • Dental, health and vision insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members. • Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Join our team of experts and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

• Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
• Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
• Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
• Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych/social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area.
• Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of care, patient and employee safety, and customer service.

Qualifications

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program. 

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa 

Experience:

• Minimum of twelve months acute RN experience.
  • All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than 12 months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are required to participate in the RN Residency program. Please search and apply for specific openings listed as "Registered Nurse Residency".  For more information about the program, please go to: Nursing Residency | Des Moines Area Hospitals

Other: 

• Level 3 Medium Work:  Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.