Enterprise Staffing Pool

As an enterprise staffing pool nurse at UI Health Care, you control your career with flexible scheduling, stacked incentives, and competitive pay — backed by a nationally recognized health care system.

At University of Iowa Health Care, nursing is more than a job. It’s a chance to shape your career on your terms while making a meaningful impact on patients and families.

As part of Iowa’s top health system, you’ll find a mission you can believe in, support you can depend on, and a community where you can truly thrive. Here, you’ll join a team shaping the future of patient care through innovation, research, and evidence‑based practice.

Our new enterprise staffing pool offers a modern approach to our nursing float pool. Enjoy greater control over your schedule and earning potential by stacking base pay, inpatient differentials (up to $10,000), and sign‑on incentives (up to $12,500) while choosing a flexible schedule that works for you.

Ready to dive in? Join our enterprise staffing pool today and find out how changing medicine and changing lives could change yours, too.

Why consider joining our staffing pool?

The enterprise staffing pool at UI Health Care offers the flexibility you want with the stability you deserve. This modern program empowers you to learn, grow, and explore your passions across campuses and specialties — while enjoying guaranteed hours, comprehensive benefits, and competitive pay. Add sign-on incentives, tiered differentials, and professional development opportunities, and you’ll have everything you need to earn more — your way.

Designed in partnership with our nursing staff, the enterprise staffing pool supports a growing, innovative health care system while giving you the variety, opportunity, and control you’ve been asking for without uncertainty.

Enterprise staffing pool tiered system overview

Tier 1 ($5/hour differential). Requires at least one year of nursing experience. Nurses will focus on just-in-time assignments to cover signoffs and census flexing, weekends, and holidays. Nurses will float between units within a single hospital or division and may move every four hours as needed.
Tier 2 ($7/hour differential). Requires at least two years of nursing experience. Nurses will float within specialties across campuses, covering a broader range of units (university, downtown, and North Liberty campuses) after orientation and competency validations. Assignments will remain just‑in‑time but will span multiple hospitals and adult inpatient or perioperative areas, including weekend and holiday requirements.
Tier 3 ($15/hour differential). Requires at least two years of nursing experience. Nurses will take on prescheduled assignments of up to four weeks to cover vacancies or long-term needs. Tier 3 nurses will float across specialties and locations, working rotating shifts that include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

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Apply today and take advantage of a modern, flexible program that puts you in control of your schedule, compensation, and growth.

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Why work at UI Health Care

Leaders in nursing excellence

UI Health Care is proud to be a leader in nursing excellence. We were the first health care system in Iowa to earn Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in 2004 and the first to achieve four re-designations — in 2008, 2013, 2018, and 2023. Our reputation extends internationally for advancing evidence-based practice (EBP), demonstrated by the widespread adoption of the Iowa Model©, which guides clinical decision-making and the EBP process across UI Health Care and beyond.

We also embrace an interprofessional, collaborative professional governance model that empowers nurses to participate in decision-making at every level. Through professional governance, you’ll have opportunities to provide feedback, identify challenges, and help shape solutions.

Comprehensive compensation package

We offer a compensation package designed to support your health, well-being, and long-term future. Our benefits include inclusive health and dental insurance options, first-rate retirement plans with employer matching, relocation reimbursement, tuition assistance, and generous paid time off for vacation and sick time. We believe in rewarding your commitment with benefits that truly make a difference.

Professional development opportunities

Your growth matters to us. That’s why we provide programs and resources to help you advance your career, including our Experienced Nurse Fellowship Program and Professional Recognition Program (clinical ladder). We also offer free or discounted continuing education and professional certification support, ensuring you have the resources and guidance you need to apply for and successfully complete your certification.

Ready to apply?

There are many great opportunities to start your nursing career with UI Health Care. Search our jobs below and when you find the one that best fits you, apply today!