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UnityPoint Health
Waterloo, Iowa

In-Patient Cardiology - Nurse Practitioner - Waterloo, IA

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Compensation

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Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for an inpatient Advanced Practice Provider to join our Cardiology team in Waterloo, Iowa

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world.

Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital is a 204-bed, community hospital serving the Cedar Valley. Allen Hospital is the busiest hospital in the Cedar Valley. We care for more inpatients, outpatients, emergency patients and cardiac patients than any other hospital in our 10-county service area. United Medical Park and Prairie Parkway offer outpatient care in facilities that are built for your comfort and convenience.

UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital and our team of cardiologists and Advanced Practice Providers form the only comprehensive heart care center in the Cedar Valley

  • Part of a large multi-specialty group, including primary care, providing a built-in referral base
  • Excellent specialty support
  • 16 bed ICU with intensivist
  • 3 Cath labs and 1 EP lab
  • Heart floors include 2 heart -15 beds and 3 heart-24 beds
  • State of the art dedicated heart and vascular center
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

  • M-F; 8 hour shifts, 1 weekend a month
  • Hospital based opportunity to assist our employed Cardiology team
  • Provides care in collaboration with physicians and other members of the health care team in the inpatient clinical setting
  • New and follow up inpatient visits collaborating with cardiologist
  • Provider will serve as proxy for patient results and messages
  • Provider will be highly engaged with inpatient nursing and hospitalist teams
  • Consults and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team or appropriate specialist to plan and manage care
  • Evaluates patient’s progress during follow ups and implement plan of care
  • Provides patient education with emphasis on the promotion of health and wellness
  • Timely consults, admission, history and physicals, and discharges
  • Participate in rounding on the inpatient cardiac unit

Qualifications

  • Inpatient or cardiology experience preferred
  • Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
  • Board Certified
  • Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
  • Eligible to work in the United States

We Offer

Salary based position with competitive compensation package

Attractive Incentive Package

  • A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in
  • Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
  • Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation

  • Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience
  • A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve

Community Details

Waterloo and Cedar Falls comprise a metro area of more than 164,913 residents who are proud to call the Cedar Valley home. These two cities are just minutes apart, and though they’re intertwined by shared geography and regional pride, each boasts its own unique history and attractions. Whichever city you choose to plant your roots, you won’t have to go far to enjoy the amenities of the other – an added benefit of life in the Cedar Valley!

Please contact Kristine Harris, Advanced Practice Provider Recruiter, at Kristine.Harris@unitypoint.org

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Inpatient careClinical roundingElectronic medical recordsInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient assessmentDischarge planningMedication administrationHealth promotionCardiac care

Cardiology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 62% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

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Salary Distribution28 jobs · 21 employers

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<$145k
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$145k-170k
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1
$250k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
72% this job
Loan repayment
12% this job
Sign-on bonus
8%
Relocation assistance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Below most Cardiology (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 344 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Waterloo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$173k
Typical market rent
$945/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.1
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation package
Attractive incentive package
Generous time off and CME allowance
Malpractice insurance
Retirement contributions
PSLF eligible