Nursing jobs in Huntsville, AL

Full-time bedside RNs

• Various nursing agreement options
• Starting pay ranges from $25 to $41 per hour (may vary in specialty areas).
  Increased hourly rate and earning opportunities with stacked agreements.
• New RN graduates: Additional $1 to base pay rate after third year of experience.
  
  
• Medical, Surgical, Neuroscience & Cardiovascular Service Lines
  • 2-year commitment: Night shift/Weekend Agreement
    $10,000 sign-on bonus: $2,000 every six months and $4,000 at two years
  • 2-year commitment: Day shift
    $5,000 sign-on bonus: $1,000 at six months, $2,000 at one year and at two years
• RN Intern - Surgical Service Line
  $12,000 sign-on bonus: $3,000 every six months and at two years
  
• Emergency Department/ Women & Children
  • 2-year commitment: Night shift/Weekend Agreement
    $5,000 sign-on bonus: $1,500 at six months and at one year, $2,000 at two years
  • 2-year commitment: Day shift
    $3,000 sign-on bonus: $1,500 at six months and at one year
• AND
  Relocation bonus (if applicable): Starting at $2,500  

Full-time bedside LPNs

• Various nursing agreement options
• Starting pay ranges from $18 to $31.50 per hour.
  Increased hourly rate and earning opportunities with stacked agreements.  
• New LPN graduates: Additional $0.50 to base pay rate after first and second year of experience.
• Medical, Surgical, Neuroscience & Cardiovascular Service Lines
  • 2-year commitment: Night shift/Weekend Agreement
    $10,000 sign-on bonus: $2,000 every six months and $4,000 at two years
  • 2-year commitment: Day shift
    $5,000 sign-on bonus: $1,000 at six months, $2,000 at one year and at two years
• RN Intern - SSL
  $12,000 sign-on bonus: $3,000 every six months and at two years
• Emergency Department/ Women & Children
  
  • 2-year commitment: Night shift/Weekend Agreement
    $5,000 sign-on bonus: $1,500 at six months and at one year, $2,000 at two years
  • 2-year commitment: Day shift
    $3,000 sign-on bonus: $1,500 at six months and at one year
• AND
  Relocation bonus (if applicable): Starting at $2,500  

LPN SCOPE OF PRACTICE

Tuition Assistance

Huntsville Hospital is a qualifying employer for the federally administered Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Earn While You Learn

Transform your classroom experiences into paid, on-the-job training. We provide orientation and coaching to help nursing students succeed as they transition, through all phases of education, to professional practice. Put your education to work with us!

Nurse Residency Program

We offer a 12-month Nurse Residency Program to strengthen your transition from student to professional practice:

• A team of RN educators and coaches supports you from day one on your unit
• Monthly interactive classes on topics proven to strengthen your skills with tools to gather your input and feedback
• Continuing Education credit for license renewal
• Documented completion of the Nurse Residency Program allows direct advancement to Clinical Ladder II opportunities
• Opportunities to network with your peers and develop strong interpersonal relationships

Shared Governance

The Shared Governance model for nursing provides structure for staff directly involved in patient care to work collaboratively to influence and make decisions regarding clinical practice. It is an opportunity for your voice to be heard to improve care within our hospital.

• Unit councils meet monthly to discuss successes and complications to foster team-centered problem solving
• Unit council leadership presents their unit’s ideas to a hospital-wide council
• The hospital-wide council effects change to improve health care practices for our patients and families

Clinical Recognition

Our Clinical Recognition programs encourage and thank our exceptional caring, safe and kind nurses. The various recognition programs are celebrated on a regular basis and culminate in a Nurse of the Year award or Care Champion award. The Clinical Ladder program is a point-based leadership recognition program that provides financial recognition to eligible RNs & LPNs.

• Clinical Ladder (annually)
• National Daisy Award (quarterly for RNs)
• Care Champion (varies)
• Nurse of the Year (annually)
• "Be Safe. Be Caring. Be Kind." Gold coin award (varies)

Education & Training

Huntsville Hospital provides year-round continuing education, recertification and leadership training opportunities in multiple locations. These include Corporate University (The Dowdle Center) on the Huntsville campus, and the Huntsville Hospital Training Center near the new Trash Pandas stadium.