Southeast Health
Community Hospital · Dothan, AL
- 1
- open role, live count
- 420
- beds
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Nights 1
Benefits
Sign-on bonuses for select departments and positions (posted up to $6,000; other listings cite up to $12K for nurses); relocation assistance; LPN posts note $2,500 sign-on and $3/hr differential on 7am–3pm; Lands’ End uniform store with payroll deduct.
What stands out
New graduates
You get about six months of apprenticeship-style orientation with protected training time instead of a rushed few weeks on the floor.
As of 2025Source 1: southeasthealth.orgSource 2: southeasthealth.org
Experienced nurses
You can work a Level II Trauma ED treating roughly 60,000 patients a year, with an $81M expansion that will double the department by late 2027.
As of 2025Source: southeasthealth.org
Moving here
Sign-on bonuses (reported up to $6,000–$12,000 depending on role) come with relocation assistance if you are moving in.
As of 2025Source 1: southeasthealth.orgSource 2: facebook.comSource 3: facebook.com
Experienced nurses
You chart in Epic and can self-schedule and request shifts online through ShiftWizard.
As of 2025Source 1: southeasthealth.orgSource 2: southeasthealth.orgSource 3: glassdoor.com
More about working here
Experienced nurses
You practice in a 420-bed hospital with 56 critical care beds, a Neuro ICU, and one of Alabama’s four Comprehensive Stroke Centers.
New graduates
Students can enter a nurse tech program before graduation, then step into the same extended orientation path.
As of 2025Source: southeasthealth.org
Moving here
Dothan’s cost of living sits about 16% below the national level, with average commutes around 16 minutes.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Nurses can self-schedule and request shifts online via ShiftWizard; flexibility in scheduling noted by employees
As of 2025Source 1: southeasthealth.orgSource 2: glassdoor.com
- Charge opportunities
- Patient load split between charge nurse and med nurse on some units
As of 2024Source: indeed.com
- Pay and benefits
- Sign-on bonus up to $6,000 for select departments and positions
As of 2025Source: southeasthealth.org
- Pay and benefits
- $2,500 Sign On Bonus for LPNs plus 7am-3pm with $3/hr Shift Differential
As of 2025Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Claims top pay in the market for registered nurses
As of 2025Source: southeasthealth.org
- Pay and benefits
- Relocation assistance offered alongside sign-on bonuses
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- Extended orientation / apprenticeship for new graduates
As of 2025Source: southeasthealth.org
- Preceptors and orientation
- Enhanced orientation with more transition time and protected training time; nurse tech program for students pre-graduation
As of 2025Source: southeasthealth.org
- Career development
- Advancement opportunities promoted; employees desire more structured promotion pathways
As of 2025Source 1: southeasthealth.orgSource 2: glassdoor.com
The city
Living in Dothan, AL
Dothan sits in southeastern Alabama near the Florida and Georgia borders, earning its nickname as the Peanut Capital of the World. This mid-size city offers a slower pace with affordable housing options and a strong agricultural heritage, plus easy Gulf Coast beach access for weekend getaways. Outdoor festivals and community events shape its welcoming small-town feel.
Browse roles in Dothan
- Metro price level · Dothan area
- 16% below the national average
- BEA index 83.8 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $960/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $55,792/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 would join a 420-bed acute care hospital in Dothan that is also Houston County’s largest employer, with a nursing team around 900. The campus runs a Level II Trauma Center, 56 critical care beds including a Neuro ICU, and is one of Alabama’s four Comprehensive Stroke Centers.
- Community Hospital · Dothan
- Hiring nights
More about Southeast Health
An $81M ED and patient-tower project is underway—the largest build since 1957—with completion expected late 2027. Day to day you chart in Epic and can self-schedule through ShiftWizard. New graduates step into an extended orientation that runs about six months, with protected training time; students can start earlier through the nurse tech program. Sign-on bonuses are posted for select roles (up to $6,000 on the nursing careers page; other posts have cited higher figures), and relocation assistance is offered alongside them. Coworkers are often described as supportive, and the hospital is Alabama’s only Mayo Clinic Care Network member. Pay fairness and structured promotion paths are the notes nurses raise most often when they talk about what still needs work—worth asking about directly when you tour.
DAISY Award partner for extraordinary nurses; BEE Award for support staff; Notes of Gratitude program for providers. Alabama’s only Mayo Clinic Care Network member.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Supportive coworkers and teamwork
- Employees often cite friendly coworkers, positive teamwork, and a supportive atmosphere as strengths.
- Work-life balance and workload
- Scheduling flexibility is praised, but high workloads and long hours frequently disrupt personal time.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Pay fairness concerns
- RNs flag fair pay and equitable pay adjustments as areas needing improvement; compensation rated lower than other categories.
More review themes
- Management quality
- Some praise understanding engaged leaders; others report micro-management and unresponsiveness to concerns. Senior management rated low by staff RNs.
- Limited career growth
- Advancement opportunities exist but many feel growth is limited with desire for structured promotion paths.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Overall RN ratings
- Glassdoor overall 3.7 with 74% recommend; Indeed RN Dothan 3.5/5; Staff RN subset lower at 3.0.
As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: indeed.comSource 3: glassdoor.sg
What to weigh
Staff RNs regularly flag fair pay and equitable pay adjustments as weaker than other parts of the job.
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Jul 24, 2026
- Website
- southeasthealth.org ↗
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Emergency Department
ED treats ~60,000 patients annually; $81M expansion doubles ED to 38,000 sq ft, completion late 2027.
Source location unconfirmedSource: southeasthealth.org
Critical Care / Neuro ICU
420-bed acute care hospital with 56 critical care beds, Level II Trauma, Neurocritical Care, Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Source location unconfirmedSource: southeasthealth.org
Hospital-wide
Train in a 420-bed acute care hospital with 56 critical care beds and Level II Trauma Center.
Source location unconfirmedSource: southeasthealth.org
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