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Registered Nurse - Fountain Center - RN

Mayo Clinic logoMayo Clinic$40.09–$61.28/hrAlbert Lea, MNPart timePosted 4d agoStill open, checked every night
  • Visa sponsorship: TN
  • BLS
  • RN license

How this pay compares

This posting states $40.09–$61.28 an hour. Open registered nurse jobs in Minnesota post a median of $48.56 an hour, the middle half $41.82–$55.34, across 917 jobs that state their pay, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Registered nurses employed in Minnesota earn a median of $48.80 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

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Union record

By the bargaining notices filed with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a union bargains for workers at Mayo Clinic here: Minnesota Nurses Association at Albert Lea, MN (56 workers, contract up for renewal 30 Jun 2026). The union represents its own unit: ask the recruiter whether this position is in it. Healthcare union contracts.

Visa sponsorship record

From 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026, the US Labor Department certified 1 H-1B application from Mayo Clinic for registered nurses, offering a median $42.71 an hour (the low end of each application's wage range). That is the employer's record, not a promise for this job: ask its recruiter whether this one sponsors a visa. Green cards for registered nurses are on the Labor Department's Schedule A and are filed with USCIS directly, so this record holds almost none of any employer's. Every employer that sponsors registered nurses.

Medicare rating of Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin

Medicare gives Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin 5 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Minnesota's hospitals average 3.8). 80% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Minnesota hospitals by rating.

What this hospital paid

By Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $53.64 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $58.56 an hour across Minnesota's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What Minnesota hospitals pay nurses.

Nurse Corps loan repayment

Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin is in a county HRSA designates a mental health HPSA (score 18) as a whole. A hospital located in a HPSA can count as a Critical Shortage Facility, where a registered nurse can apply for HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program: 60% of qualifying nursing loans repaid for two years of full-time service, 25% more for a third. Awards are competitive and HRSA decides each one. Every hospital hiring in a Nurse Corps shortage area.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Medicare lists Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin as a non-profit hospital: the kind of employer PSLF counts (a government organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit) for its own full-time staff, toward forgiveness of federal Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.

What Minnesota law says about nurse staffing and overtime

  • Public reporting of staffing: Minnesota hospitals must file unit core staffing plans and quarterly actual direct care hours, which the hospital association publishes. Minn. Stat. § 144.7055 subd. 3(b) (source: Minn. Stat. § 144.7055 subd. 3(b))
  • Limits on mandatory overtime: Partial: a nurse may decline extra consecutive hours beyond a normal work period if unsafe in the nurse's judgment, without retaliation; emergencies excepted. Not a flat ban (covers nurses in hospitals and other licensed health care facilities (not nursing facilities)). Minn. Stat. § 181.275 (source: Minn. Stat. § 181.275)

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Registered nurse and LPN jobs in our research

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  • How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 54.7% · Stating an hourly rate 33.9%

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About the job

All newly graduated Registered Nurses with less than 12 months of practice experience, hired into a scheduled FTE Registered Nurse position are automatically enrolled in the Nurse Residency Program. A separate application or enrollment process is not required. All nurses new to Mayo Clinic, regardless of experience, will receive an extensive orientation program.

The registered nurse (RN)

  • is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care.
  • supports professional nursing practice across practice settings and across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family.
  • will function within the Mayo Nursing Care Model, which includes accountability for planning, implementing, evaluating and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients. The ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice provide a basis for the practice of the RN.
  • provides leadership through activities such as preceptor role, informal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts.
  • delegates patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and adequacy of resources.
  • possesses excellent communication skills; is skillful in mentoring and teaching; and may participate on committees or projects.

This role is eligible for TN sponsorship. Successful sponsorship will require state licensure and completion of the VisaScreen or equivalent certification.

Must be at least 21 years old.

Graduate of a registered nursing program.

All entry-level associate degree registered nurses with a RN start date of April 1, 2020 and after must provide documented evidence of program completion of a baccalaureate degree in nursing program within five years from the last day of the month of the RN start date.

All entry-level associate degree registered nurses with a RN start date prior to April 1, 2020 must provide documented evidence of program completion of a baccalaureate degree in nursing program as stipulated by the degree requirement program in place at time of hire.

One year of RN experience in an applicable care setting or one year of LPN experience at Mayo Clinic is preferred.

Additional Qualifications

Knowledge of 12-step program or monitoring helpful.

License or Certification:

Current MN RN License

BLS (Basic Life Support) for Health Care Providers required from one of the following programs:

  • American Heart Association
  • American Red Cross

Why Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.

Benefits Highlights

  • Medical: Multiple plan options.
  • Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
  • Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
  • Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
  • Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

From Mayo Clinic's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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