OU Medicine, Inc.

Hiring organization · Based in Oklahoma City

4
open roles, live count: 2.5
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On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Benefits

Possible sign-on for Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, and Nursing Research Scientist roles if you are new here; no amount is listed. Relocation help may be available for those roles if you live more than 100 miles away.

What stands out

New graduates
You can start in a four-week paid externship with a bedside mentor and a path to stay on afterward.
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
New graduates
A Nurse Residency Program and clinical orientation are in place for nurses moving into practice.
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
New graduates
On the extern unit you do basic patient care with a mentor and may also work with a CNS, NP, pain management nurse, or case manager.
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Moving here
If you live more than 100 miles away, relocation help may be available for Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, and Nursing Research Scientist roles.
As of 2026Source: facebook.com

More about working here

Experienced nurses
Those same educator, quality, and research scientist roles may include a sign-on bonus, though no dollar amount is posted.
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Experienced nurses
The Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist role is full-time weekdays.
As of 2026Source: facebook.com

Working conditions

Scheduling: Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist is full-time weekdays. Nurse Extern role is posted PRN but expects about 36 hours/week for the 4-week Dec 2026–Jan 2027 program.; As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Pay and benefits: Possible sign-on bonus for new-to-OU-Health hires in Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, and Nursing Research Scientist roles; amount not stated; As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Pay and benefits: Possible relocation assistance if located outside of 100 miles, for Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, and Nursing Research Scientist roles; As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Pay and benefits: Competitive wages and total rewards package referenced for new OU Health hires; Nurse Externs are paid employees during the 4-week program; rates not stated; As of 2026Source: facebook.com

Starting out and growing here

Nurse residency: Nurse Residency Program (NRP); As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Preceptors and orientation: Nurse Externs work with a bedside mentor on basic patient care and may work with CNS, NPs, pain management nurses, or case managers.; As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Career development: Nurse Externship is described as a launching point with numerous opportunities to extend employment at OU Health after the 4-week program.; As of 2026Source: facebook.com

Who they are

You can start in a four-week paid externship with a bedside mentor and a chance to stay on, or come in through the Nurse Residency Program. Educator, quality, and nursing research scientist roles may offer sign-on and relocation help if you live more than 100 miles away.

More about OU Medicine, Inc.

Quality improvement specialist work is full-time weekdays; the extern block runs about 36 hours a week over four weeks.

Working here

Culture and working life

bedside mentornurse residency

What to consider

The good

You are paid during the four-week externship and work with a bedside mentor, with a path to stay on.
A Nurse Residency Program and clinical orientation support nurses transitioning to practice.
Sign-on and relocation may be available for Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, and Nursing Research Scientist roles.

The hard parts

Wage, sign-on, and relocation amounts are not posted, so you would need to ask a recruiter.
The extern role is posted PRN, yet the four-week program expects about 36 hours a week.

What to weigh

Pay rates, sign-on dollars, and relocation amounts are not listed; postings tell you to ask a recruiter.

As of 2026Source: facebook.com

The reality check

Before you decide

Weighing a first job here?

The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.

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