Careers - Career Areas - Nursing

Serving The Community

Thrive Where Nurses Are at The Center of Excellence

Nurses join Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for our firm commitment to serving a very diverse population across all areas of our communities. They stay with us as their team becomes family and they begin to appreciate the many growth opportunities and advantages of working within our award-winning system. If you have one or more years of acute care experience, we invite you to share your talents with us and find the rewarding career you deserve.

Be Involved at Every Step

Teamwork drives what we do every day, and we involve our nurses in decisions about their work. Here, you will partner with our physicians and care teams in a respectful and highly collaborative manner. You’ll participate, share and shape our environment through a variety of experiences, including:

• Shared governance that empowers nurses in the decision-making across our facilities, including opportunities to participate in unit-based clinical practice councils, support councils and coordinating councils.
• Professional practice model centered on evidence-based practice, compassion and innovation as guiding principles, with a commitment to empowering nurses through transformational leadership.
• Community involvement opportunities, including teaching, outreach, health screenings and more to support the health and wellbeing of the people across our geographic footprint.
• Recognition for exemplary service, including Daisy Awards, team and leader awards, nursing stars, nurse of the year and our Power of One program.
  
  

Find Your Ideal Setting

No matter where you are in the Mid-South, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare can provide a place you’ll love to practice nursing. Our geographic footprint extends from downtown Memphis to northeast Shelby County, Whitehaven, Germantown and Olive Branch. We have achieved Magnet status at Le Bonheur Children’s and Methodist North. And we offer opportunities to explore an extensive list of nursing specialties, including pediatrics, transplant, neurosciences, labor and delivery and many more.

Ensuring the Right Fit

During the interview process, you’ll have the opportunity to shadow the unit, meet the team and get to know the leaders. We want to make sure that we are as much a fit for you as you are for us. Once you join, you will participate in a robust orientation program to get you started. You will also appreciate our exemplary commitment to safety and advanced tools, including EPIC. 

Get a Great Balance

At Methodist Le Bonheur, you will be able to create the work/life balance you need. We offer full-time, part-time and PRN roles with many flexible schedules, as well as a resource pool you can join. You’ll have control over your schedule, and many units offer cyclic or self-scheduling opportunities.

Build the Ultimate Career

When you bring your A-game for patient and family centered care, we invest to give you opportunities to build a lifetime career. We’ll work with you to set goals around growing your competence, as well as finding career opportunities that you help do what you love. Here are some of the ways you can grow:

• Clinical ladder program
• Career Advancement Program (CAP) to help bedside nurses advance
• Nurse Residency Program for recent graduates and additional programs for student nurses
• Nursing Fellowship Programs
• New RN First Assist Program
• Tuition stipends for bachelor’s and master’s degree programs
• Reimbursement for certification classes
• Specialty practice training in clinical areas that interest you
• Leadership development and advancement potential for nurse management roles
• Preceptor programs for nurses who want to share their knowledge
• Methodist Healthcare Institutional Review Board (MHIRB) to get involved in research programs