Your life is more than your work. Our full-time and part-time positions allow for scheduling flexibility that aligns with an optimal work-life balance. Employees also may join our Nursing Wellbeing Council, which seeks to continually enhance the workplace culture.

UW Health is home to top performing hospitals in Wisconsin and Illinois, including University Hospital in Madison, which has been ranked Wisconsin’s No. 1 hospital for 12 straight years by U.S. News & World Report. Our American Family Children’s Hospital is a regional leader in pediatric special care, while in Rockford, our SwedishAmerican Hospital is a leading regional hospital known for high performance in many specialties including cardiology, cancer care and orthopedics.

Your Total Rewards, which combines salary and benefits, is a highly competitive package that few can match. Our health insurance and retirement programs are the envy of many, and our employee health and well-being options help you be at your best as a UW Health caregiver.

Nursing excellence is recognized and celebrated in our inpatient and outpatient settings through several award programs, including the DAISY Award (honors nurses for remarkable patient care, clinical skills and extraordinary compassion); the Nurse Excellence Award (peer recognition for outstanding patient care and professional practice); and the Nursing Quality Award (based on several metrics, including RN satisfaction and patient experience).

Recent nursing school graduates thrive in our Nurse Residency Program, an on-the-job training that eases the transition from coursework to career in the inpatient or ambulatory clinic setting. Newly hired nurses train alongside experienced colleagues 3-6 months, plus participate in monthly learning sessions for one year, contributing to an average first-year job retention rate of 97% — higher than almost all other hospitals. UW Health is home to one of only three Wisconsin nurse residency programs accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing.

UW Health invests in your professional growth as a nurse by helping pay for coursework associated with career advancement. Nurses interested in educational advancement to a bachelor's degree, master’s or doctorate are eligible for a generous annual benefit with either full- or part-time employment.

At UW Health, you’ll be part of a leading academic medical center — gaining clinical experience by caring for more complex patients. Our array of medical specialties spans everything from trauma to transplant. Research protocols give our patients access to the latest “bench-to-bedside” medical advances.

UW Health embraces diversity and inclusion in the workforce as an essential way to provide the best care for our patients. We strive to fight racism in all places — not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us better serve patients from all communities.

As those directly involved with delivery of care, nurses are well positioned to contribute many valuable ideas resulting in the best possible experience for patients and optimal satisfaction for themselves. Accordingly, UW Health’s shared governance process provides nurses with numerous opportunities to participate in decisions that affect their work. Our eight nurse coordinating councils – composed of nurses who choose to participate – decide policy regarding many facets of nursing, including practice, professional advancement, recognition and staffing.

Delivering the best care to patients is only possible with highly engaged nurses. Accordingly, nurses are asked to complete periodic Perceptyx sponsored by the National Database of Nursing Quality. These survey results help UW Health make meaningful changes in all facets of nursing practice and allow for comparisons between results of UW Health nurses and results from more than 460 participating health systems.