Froedtert Health
Community Hospital · West Bend, WI
- 41
- open roles, live count
- 3.1
- Google rating
Before you choose a unit
- Scheduling
System nursing postings include Full Time, Part Time with full/partial/no benefits; shifts Days, Evenings, Overnight, Rotating
Froedtert Health · employer research
Sources
As of 2026Source: jobs.froedtert.com
Ask the unit manager
How often is overtime required? Who covers a short shift? Can I meet my preceptor or shadow the team?
Prepare for a manager conversationYour six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Nights 18 · Days 10 · Evenings 3 · Rotating 3 · Weekends only 3
Benefits
Depending on role: PTO; 403(b); medical/dental/vision/life/STD/LTD; free workplace clinics; EAP; adoption assistance; moving assistance; referral bonuses; gym/travel discounts; Career Tuition Assistance and CEUs.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
At the West Bend Surgery Center you give direct and indirect nursing care in an ambulatory surgery setting, with one year of Med/Surg, ambulatory surgery, PACU, or OR experience preferred.
Sources
As of 2026Source: jobs.froedtert.comMoving here
You work inside Froedtert & MCW’s academic health network—eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin—while based at the West Bend hospital campus.
Experienced nurses
Inpatient openings span medical-surgical, intensive care, mother-baby, and rehabilitation, plus emergency and float categories if you want a different pace.
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More about working here
New graduates
Career Tuition Assistance, CEU support, and Career Pathways are listed as growth routes, though eligibility depends on the role you land.
Sources
As of 2026Source: jobs.froedtert.comExperienced nurses
Postings show full-time and part-time options with days, evenings, overnight, or rotating shifts, and benefits that can include PTO, a 403(b), medical/dental/vision, free workplace clinics, and EAP when your FTE qualifies.
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Moving here
West Bend sits about 30 miles northwest of Milwaukee with roughly a 24-minute average commute, high drivability, and a historic downtown plus Kettle Moraine access when you are off.
Experienced nurses
You chart in Epic, and system work has included frontline nurses and the training team on cutting documentation burden.
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Experienced nurses
Nursing opportunities are listed with newly increased compensation, and the broader hospital network carries recent Vizient quality, U.S. News high-performing, and Newsweek workplace recognitions.
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Starting out and growing here
- Career development
Career Pathways growth opportunity
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As of 2026Source: jobs.froedtert.com- Tuition support
Career Tuition Assistance and CEU opportunities; growth via Career Pathways
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As of 2026Source: jobs.froedtert.com
Published pay and benefits
- Benefits
Newly increased compensation featured for nursing opportunities
As of 2026
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Working conditions
- Charting system
Epic
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The city
Living in Milwaukee, WI
Between Lake Michigan breezes and the Historic Third Ward’s Cream City brick, Milwaukee pairs major clinical networks with easy freshwater living. Your paycheck stretches comfortably—with living costs about 3% below the national average—leaving room to swap long shifts for lakeside park trails, neighborhood beer gardens, and an authentic, unpretentious Midwestern urban rhythm.
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- Metro price level · Milwaukee area
- 3% below the national average
- BEA index 96.9 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,059/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $54,234/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You are looking at Froedtert Health in West Bend, Wisconsin—a hospital campus inside the Froedtert & MCW academic health network, eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin.
- Community Hospital · Milwaukee
- Hiring nights & days & evenings
- Sign-on bonus · 4 roles
More about Froedtert Health
On the ground that can mean an ambulatory surgery center RN shift where you give direct and indirect care (one year of Med/Surg, ambulatory surgery, PACU, or OR preferred), or inpatient work across medical-surgical, intensive care, mother-baby, and rehabilitation, with emergency and float roles also posted. Scheduling on system nursing jobs runs full time or part time, with days, evenings, overnight, or rotating shifts. You chart in Epic. Growth language on the nursing pages includes Career Pathways, Career Tuition Assistance, and CEUs, and benefits may cover PTO, a 403(b), medical/dental/vision/life/STD/LTD, free workplace clinics, EAP, adoption and moving help, referral bonuses, and gym or travel discounts when your role qualifies. Nursing opportunities are currently described with newly increased compensation, though dollar amounts are not spelled out here. West Bend itself sits about thirty miles northwest of Milwaukee, with a roughly 24-minute average commute and an easy driving town—historic downtown, farmers markets, and Kettle Moraine when you are off. One honest caveat: a 2023 public discussion claimed Froedtert Hospital ranked near the worst in Wisconsin on pay equity, so you will want to read the offer numbers carefully. Careers pages also warn about fake Froedtert job ads and emails—apply only through the official site.
Shared governance and a Relationship-Based Care professional practice model are described in Froedtert Hospital nursing materials.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- pay equity concerns
- Discussion claimed Froedtert Hospital ranked near worst in Wisconsin on pay equity.
Sources
As of 2023Source: reddit.com- remote roles interest
- Nurse outside Wisconsin scheduled a remote Froedtert Health interview and sought system info.
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As of 2025Source: reddit.com
What to weigh
A 2023 public discussion claimed Froedtert Hospital ranked near the worst in Wisconsin on pay equity—worth weighing against the newer “increased compensation” language on nursing pages.
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The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 16, 2026
- Website
- jobs.froedtert.com ↗
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- ICUNights 44 open
- Med-SurgNights 3 · Weekends only 14 open
- OncologyNights 2 · Days 13 open
- Surgical SpecialtiesNights 2 · Days 1new grads · reported3 open
- Internal MedicineNights 1 · Rotating 12 open
- OrthopedicsDays 1 · Nights 12 open
Ambulatory Surgery Center / Perioperative
ASC RN at West Bend Surgery Center provides direct/indirect nursing care in ambulatory surgery center; 1 yr Med/Surg, ambulatory surgery, PACU, or OR preferred.
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Source location unconfirmedSource: jobs.froedtert.comInpatient (system-wide specialties)
Inpatient teams across medical-surgical, intensive care, mother baby, and rehabilitation in state-of-the-art facilities.
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Source location unconfirmedSource: jobs.froedtert.comEmergency
Emergency medicine nursing roles listed among nursing opportunity categories.
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Source location unconfirmedSource: jobs.froedtert.comFloat
Float roles listed among nursing opportunity categories.
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Source location unconfirmedSource: jobs.froedtert.com
Open roles
Current openings at Froedtert Health
Refreshed throughout the day.
Staff RN ED CH, NHFH - ED/Trauma - FCH-P - OPT
Froedtert HealthPewaukee, WI · Posted 2 weeks ago
Staff RN CH, NHFH - Medical Surgical - FCH-P - OPT
Froedtert HealthPewaukee, WI · Posted 2 weeks ago
Staff RN, FH - 10CFAC - ORTHO/ORTHO Trauma
Froedtert HealthMilwaukee, WI · Seen active last week
Manager Engagement Center Clinical, AFTER Hours Nurse Triage
Froedtert HealthMenomonee Falls, WI
$45/hr
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