Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center
Community Hospital · Arizona
- 2
- open roles, live count
- 50
- beds
Life here
What a shift at Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center looks like
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
What stands out
New graduates
You can enter through the Arizona Transition to Practice Program, a nurse residency with preceptorship and mentorship run with OpusVi and AzHHA.
As of 2025Source: opusvi.com
Experienced nurses
The hospital is planning an $80–100M two-story expansion of surgery and the emergency department after visits rose about 30% over four years.
New graduates
Preceptor training and unit-specific learning pathways were built so mentorship is structured rather than left to chance.
As of 2025Source: opusvi.com
Moving here
You would work at a rural critical access hospital of about 50 beds in Safford that serves roughly 40,000 people across a wide geographic area.
As of 2025Source: opusvi.com
More about working here
Experienced nurses
Recruiting posts describe pay that includes shift differential, weekend incentives, and holiday pay.
As of 2025Source: facebook.com
Experienced nurses
OB care is expanding for southeast Arizona, with 561 births reported and a new medical office complex adding OBGYN space.
As of 2025-02-05Source 1: mtgraham.orgSource 2: facebook.comSource 3: gilavalleycentral.net
Moving here
Patients rate nurse communication 4.0 and 72% would recommend the hospital, based on 306 surveys.
As of 2025Source: allnurses.com
Working conditions
- Pay and benefits
- PRN Surgical Aide in Surgery Department, pay depending on experience
As of 2025Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Sign-on bonus mentioned in recruiting post for patient care roles
As of 2025Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Competitive salary including shift differential, weekend pay incentives, and holiday pay
As of 2025Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Physician (Family Practice/Internal Medicine) - Copper Mountain Clinic Glassdoor estimate
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- Arizona Transition to Practice Program (nurse residency, preceptorship and mentorship with OpusVi/AzHHA)
As of 2025Source: opusvi.com
- Preceptors and orientation
- Implemented preceptor training to strengthen mentorship and leadership plus unit-specific learning pathways via OpusVi Transition to Practice.
As of 2025Source: opusvi.com
Who they are
You would be joining Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center, a rural non-profit critical access hospital at 1600 South 20th Avenue in Safford, Arizona.
- Community Hospital · Arizona
More about Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center
It has about 50 beds and serves roughly 40,000 people across a wide stretch of southeast Arizona, with owned clinics for family medicine, surgery, and OB/GYN plus contracted rehab. If you are new to practice, the Arizona Transition to Practice Program pairs residency with preceptorship and mentorship through OpusVi and AzHHA, and the hospital has already put preceptor training and unit-specific learning pathways in place. On the floor you might coordinate care in the ICU under the ICU Nurse Manager, work around a growing emergency department (about 22,388 visits cited), or support OB care where 561 births were reported. Leadership is planning an $80–100M two-story expansion of surgery and ER, and a 32,000 sq ft medical office complex for OBGYN, orthopedics, spine and pain, and rehab is under construction. Pay detail for RNs is thin in public sources; recruiting posts mention shift differential, weekend incentives, holiday pay, and a sign-on bonus for patient care roles without firm dollar amounts. Staffing has been a real pressure point—public figures show CMS Grade D staffing, RN-per-bed 0.44, and HPPD 5.7—and a case study describes high turnover and traveler reliance before the residency work began.
Recognized in a hospital post for patient safety and workforce development; 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment steers strategy toward specialty services, mental health, and chronic disease.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Nurse communication and culture
- Described as known for exceptional nurse communication with personalized critical-access feel and focus on professional development; no nurse reviews posted yet on allnurses.
As of 2025Source: allnurses.com
- Patient nurse-communication ratings
- Patient rating 4.0 on nurse communication; 80% positive experience; 72% likely to recommend based on 306 surveys.
As of 2025Source: allnurses.com
- Staffing and traveler reliance
- Case study notes high turnover, staffing shortages, traveler dependence raising costs and straining full-time nurses before residency program.
As of 2025Source: opusvi.com
More review themes
- Glassdoor company rating
- Glassdoor listing shows Mt Graham Regional Medical Center rated 3.0.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
What to weigh
Before the residency launched, the hospital dealt with high turnover, staffing shortages, and heavy traveler use that raised costs and strained full-time nurses.
As of 2025Source: opusvi.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 16, 2026
- Workplace photos
- 1
- Website
- mtgraham.org ↗
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- Hospitals and Health Care, Medical Practices, and Non-profit Organizations1 open
- ICU1 open
RN job posting references general supervision of the ICU Nurse Manager for total nursing care coordination.
Source location unconfirmedSource: linkedin.com
Surgery
Opening posted for PRN Surgical Aide in the Surgery Department.
Source location unconfirmedSource: facebook.com
Emergency
Hospital planning two-story expansion including expanded surgery and emergency departments; 22,388 ER visits cited.
Source location unconfirmedSource: gilavalleycentral.net
OB/GYN
Mt. Graham OBGYN offers personalized women's care; facility expanding OB care for SE Arizona; 561 births reported.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: mtgraham.orgSource 2: facebook.comSource 3: gilavalleycentral.net
Hospital-wide
allnurses reports CMS Grade D, RN per bed 0.44, nursing HPPD 5.7, daily census 7, ~59% occupancy.
Source location unconfirmedSource: allnurses.com
Open roles
Current openings at Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center
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