Travel Nurse RN ICU or Med Surg; Tiger Flex
Listed on 2026-02-07
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing
Shift
: 12-hour night shifts
- 36 hours per week (non-benefit eligible position)
NIGHTS 7:00 PM TO 7:30 AM
COMMITMENT LENGTH: 12 WEEKS (possibility to extend for additional commitments)
Locations: MU Health Care, Columbia, MO, or Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC), Jefferson City, MO
(Tiger Flex Nurses are required to float between Columbia & Jefferson City campuses).
Department: The Tiger Flex position is a cluster-based role. Each cluster includes multiple units/departments, and Tiger Flex RNs are expected to float between all units/departments within their assigned cluster(s).
Currently, ICU and Med Surg clusters are available at the Columbia campus. CRMC in Jefferson City is its own individual cluster. Cluster placement is determined during the department interview based on organizational needs and the applicant's experience.
Compensation
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Earning potential ranges from $71 to $89 per hour after orientation. Final pay rate depends on shift differentials and unit clusters assigned.
- Base Pay: $56 per hour
- Automatic Tiger Flex Differential: $15 per hour, after orientation
- Plus (as applicable):
- Shift Differentials:
- Additional $2.75 per hour for evening shift
- Additional $9.00 per hour for night shift
- Additional $3.00 per hour for weekend shift
- Compounding example: weekend nights would be $12 per hour
- Additional Clusters (determined during department interview based on experience and departmental need):
- No differential for one cluster
- Additional $4.00 per hour for working two clusters
- Additional $5.00 per hour for working three clusters
- Additional $6.00 per hour for working four clusters
- Shift Differentials:
- Example: A nurse working weekend nights with four clusters could earn up to $89/hour. Actual earnings vary based on assigned clusters and shifts.
- THIS IS A NON-BENEFIT ELIGIBLE ROLE
We're looking for nurses to join our Tiger Flex Program—a contract-based nursing program offering the perks of travel nursing without the travel.
This position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, implement clinical nursing interventions to modify symptoms, and develop and implement patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes and ensure a safe and therapeutic environment.
This position requires the ability to float to designated nursing unit clusters or shifts to meet staffing needs. This position may be required to access and administer medications within their scope of practice and according to state law.
Tiger Flex Details (full details in HR-5043)Full-time Tiger Flex (non-benefit eligible): Will work as a contracted Tiger Flex nurse within Staffing Support Services for 36 hours per week. The RN Tiger Flex nurse must work two shifts every other weekend. The RN Tiger Flex nurse must work at least 50% of holidays within the employee’s 12-week contract. Holidays are outlined in policy HR-4002. RN Tiger Flex wages, shift differentials, and clusters are outlined in the Tiger Flex RN Compensation Guide.
The additional rewards established are calculated by pay period.
- Current full-time employees must meet the Float Pool Qualifying Period (1 year or more) to join the Tiger Flex program.
- MUHC RN's (internal transfers) may not return to their home department within 12 months of entering the Tiger Flex Program.
- A Tiger Flex nurse who commits to working as a full-time benefits eligible Staff Nurse at MU Health Care will receive a $2500 reward paid out in 4 equal installments of $625. This reward will be paid effective the 2nd pay period after beginning full-time employment as a benefit eligible employee and will be paid monthly going forward. Receipt of a separate Sign-On Incentive in accordance with MUHC HR-5027:
Sign-On Incentive Program will render an employee ineligible to receive this reward.
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