Skip to content

Nurses

Pre/Post Op nurse PRN, Missouri Orthopedic Institute

MU Health Care logoMU Health Care$36.40/hrPart timePosted 1w agoStill open, checked every night
  • PRN / per diem
  • Compact (multistate) license

Open in 1 location

MU Health Care posts this job as separate openings, each with its own application: the unit, shifts, schedule and pay can differ between them.

Missouri

2 open

How this pay compares

This posting states $36.40 an hour. Open PACU nurse jobs in Missouri post a median of $40.14 an hour, the middle half $40.14–$42.19, across 18 jobs that state their pay, so this one is below the middle half of what they post. PACU nurses employed in Missouri earn a median of $39.32 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).

PACU nurses in Missouri: pay by town and employer

The Registered Nurses & LPNs job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly

Medicare rating of University of Missouri Health Care

Medicare gives University of Missouri Health Care 3 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Missouri's hospitals average 3.1). 75% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare did not cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Its central line bloodstream infections ran 38% below predicted by Medicare's measure. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Missouri hospitals by rating.

What this hospital paid

By University of Missouri Health Care's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $45.07 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $56.39 an hour across Missouri's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What Missouri hospitals pay nurses.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Medicare lists University of Missouri Health Care as a government 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.

Registered nurse and LPN jobs in our research

  • How long these jobs stay listed: Still listed at 7 days 81.0%
  • Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.45x · Clicks 134
  • How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 54.7% · Stating an hourly rate 33.9%

From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 9 Nov 2026. Every figure for Registered nurse and LPN jobs

About the job

Shift : Variable Days

Work Arrangement : On-Site

Department : MOI Pre-Op and Post Op

Facility : Missouri Orthopedic Institute – 1100 Virginia Ave, Columbia, MO

Compensation

  • Base Pay: $36.40 per hour PRN

ABOUT THE JOB

MU Healthcare is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Nurse, OR/Recovery to join our esteemed surgical team. We seek an individual with a passion for patient-centered care and a commitment to excellence in every surgical phase. The ideal candidate will possess strong assessment skills, adeptness in care planning, and the ability to implement effective interventions before, during, and after surgery. At MU Healthcare, we value teamwork, empathy, and clinical expertise, ensuring our patients receive the highest quality care in a supportive environment. If you're ready to make a profound impact in surgical nursing and advance your career with a leading healthcare provider, apply now to join our dynamic team.

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Learn more about MU Health Care.

Learn more about living in mid -Missouri.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Provide direct care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care to an assigned group of patients.
  • Plan, direct, and/or participate in the education of the patient, family, community, and health professionals.
  • Report pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person (i.e. physicians, head nurse, charge nurse, and/or nursing supervisor) and record those observations accurately and concisely.
  • Maintain the standards of nursing care and implement the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing department.
  • Participate in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups.
  • Participate in nursing research.
  • Provide quality care to patients and work with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest patient satisfaction.
  • May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
  • One (1) year of RN experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Participation in a professional nursing organization.
  • Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

From MU Health Care's job posting for Columbia, MO, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New registered nurse and LPN jobs in Missouri, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

About MU Health Care

MU Health Care hires nurses, therapists and imaging techs in Columbia, Jefferson City and other towns in Missouri.

Hires in MissouriPay on its listings: 89.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

More open jobs at MU Health Care

More registered nurse and LPN jobs

A licensed RN or LPN?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

MU Health Care openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from MU Health Care's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.