Baptist Health Arkansas

With approximately 12,000 employees, Baptist Health is a comprehensive healthcare organization that also supports healthcare education and training through a college offering nursing and allied health studies, a graduate residency program, and medical science academy partnerships with school districts in Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Fort Smith. For nurses, Baptist Health offers career opportunities across both clinical and non-clinical departments throughout its hospitals and clinics, including roles for Advanced Practice Nurses and Nurse Practitioners. The organization positions itself as a healing ministry that combines innovation with Christian compassion, emphasizing professional growth and meaningful work. The system's broad footprint across Arkansas provides nurses with varied practice settings and potential for internal mobility across facilities and specialties.

Baptist Health's mission is to demonstrate the love of Christ by providing and coordinating care and improving health in their communities. The organization is a faith-based healing ministry guided by Christian values, emphasizing compassion, kindness, and purpose. Their culture centers on quality patient-centered care, interdependence, teamwork, innovation, and opportunities for growth through personal and professional support, training, and development. They emphasize care for the entire person across their entire life, with attention to both physical and spiritual needs of patients and families.