Mercy Iowa City is hosting a Clinical Hiring Event to fill an immediate need for multiple patient-care positions across the Mercy hospital and clinic system.

The event will be held on Tuesday, May 10 in the Mercy Hospital Atrium at 500 E. Market St in Iowa City from 3-7 p.m. The event is strictly targeted for RN’s, LPN’s, CMA’s, Surgical Techs and Nurse Techs. Verbal offers will be made to qualified candidates on the day of the event with a sign-on bonus of up to $5,000. Candidates are welcome to submit their resumes in advance to hr_dept@mercyic.org, and walk-ins are welcome.

Mercy Iowa City leadership is eager and excited to meet and speak with potential new colleagues to fill much needed openings.

“The demand for qualified nurses, medical assistants and many positions in health care is high, and that impact has been felt at Mercy Iowa City and nationwide,” said Kim Volk, MSN, RN, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer. “Mercy is committed to recruiting and retaining these pivotal positions and aims to highlight the competitive and strong benefits of working with our community-driven health care team.”

Multiple department managers will be available during the event to speak directly with candidates about qualifications, expectations and opportunities within their department.

For more information, visit https://www.mercyiowacity.org/careers.

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About Mercy Iowa City

Mercy Iowa City is an acute care hospital and regional referral center for southeast Iowa. Mercy has received: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) 5 Star Rating as a Top 2% of all hospitals for the 4^th consecutive year, the only hospital in Iowa to do so; the Fortune IBM/Watson Health 100 Top Hospital ranking; the accredited Chest Pain Center with the American Heart Association Gold Plus Achievement Award for Stroke Care; the Top 100 Community Hospitals Award in 2018 and 2019 from Becker’s Review; the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Mercy’s Emergency Care Unit by achieving 95 percent for patient experience for 13 consecutive years; and the Center of Distinction Award from Healogics for Mercy’s Wound and Vein Center. Mercy has 234 acute care beds, 25 private rooms for outpatient surgery, a 26-bed nursery with Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 28 primary and specialty care clinics, a medical staff of 250 physicians representing all major medical specialties and most subspecialties, and 1,350 employees. It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1873 and became an affiliate of MercyOne in 2017. To learn more visit www.mercyiowacity.org.