St. Luke's University Health Network

Academic Medical Center · Tamaqua, PA

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On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Setting: Academic Medical Center
Shifts hiring now: Days 1

What stands out

New graduates
You can enter through the St. Luke's Nurse Internship with tracks in Acute Care, Behavioral Health, Critical Care, ED, NICU, Obstetrics, and Perioperative, built around simulation, guidance, and building clinical confidence.
As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Experienced nurses
If you already have critical care time, the SLUHN/DeSales DNP Nurse Anesthesia path runs one Fall cohort a year and is a concrete CRNA ladder inside the network.
As of 2025Source: slhn.org
Experienced nurses
Outpatient Wound Care RNs float the Western Region campuses and work with doppler, NPWT, compression, offloading, and hyperbaric oxygen at Lehighton and Sacred Heart.
As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Moving here
Tamaqua keeps everyday costs, housing, groceries, and utilities well below national averages, with walkable shops and strong access to health facilities.

More about working here

Experienced nurses
Care Now part-time roles run about 20 hours a week on one 12-hour and one 8-hour shift, every third weekend, with holiday rotation and the sites closed Christmas and Thanksgiving.
As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Experienced nurses
The network posts as one of 15 Top Health Systems and carried the highest quality score among the top three high-performing multi-hospital systems in an HHS review of CMS/HCAHPS data.
As of 2026Source: slhn.org
New graduates
When the manager is out, Wound Care and Care Now RNs are expected to direct the care team and shape staffing assignments, so charge-type responsibility shows up early.
As of 2026Source: slhn.org

Working conditions

Scheduling: Care Now PT: 20 hrs/wk; one 12-hr and one 8-hr shift; every 3rd weekend; holiday rotation; closed Christmas and Thanksgiving; As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Floating: Wound Care RN floats Western Region campuses: Sacred Heart, Lehighton, Miners, Orwigsburg; As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Charge opportunities: Wound Care RN directs care team in manager absence when directed; Care Now RN develops staffing and assigns care; As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Pay and benefits: Registered nurse signing bonus up to $30,000 for experienced nurses; application closed; As of 2023Source: makemymove.com

Starting out and growing here

Nurse residency: St. Luke's Nurse Internship program; As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Preceptors and orientation: Internship emphasizes evidence-based simulation, challenge, guidance, clinical competence and confidence for new grads; As of 2026Source: slhn.org
Career development: CRNA path: SLUHN/DeSales DNP Nurse Anesthesia for experienced critical care RNs; one Fall cohort yearly; As of 2025Source: slhn.org

The city

Living in Allentown, PA

Allentown, Pennsylvania's third-largest city, blends affordable Lehigh Valley living with easy access to both Philadelphia and NYC. Nurses enjoy a growing healthcare sector, revitalized downtown with the PPL Center, and nearby hiking at the Trexler Nature Preserve. A practical, mid-sized hub for career growth and outdoor escapes alike.

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Metro price level · Allentown area: about the national average; BEA index 100.0 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $1,317/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $55,494/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

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Who they are

You are looking at St. Luke's University Health Network from Tamaqua, a regional nonprofit with 12 hospitals, hundreds of outpatient sites, and roots back to 1872. Day to day here can mean Urgent Care or Care Now work with occupational health and acute illness, or Outpatient Wound Care where you float Sacred Heart, Lehighton, Miners, and Orwigsburg and use doppler, NPWT, compression, and offloading, with hyperbaric oxygen at some campuses.

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More about St. Luke's University Health Network

If you are new, the Nurse Internship runs tracks across Acute Care, Behavioral Health, Critical Care, ED, NICU, Obstetrics, and Perioperative and leans on simulation, challenge, and guided practice. If you already carry critical care experience, the SLUHN/DeSales DNP Nurse Anesthesia program offers a once-a-year Fall cohort toward CRNA. Care Now part-time scheduling is concrete: about 20 hours a week, one 12-hour and one 8-hour shift, every third weekend, holiday rotation, closed Christmas and Thanksgiving. The network shows up on national quality and top-health-system lists and still operates the St. Luke's School of Nursing. Reviewers often describe supportive teams; they also note favoritism, short-staffing stretch, and pay that can feel stuck in some roles. Tamaqua itself keeps housing and everyday costs low compared with national averages, which matters if you are weighing a move.

Mission emphasizes excellence, educating clinicians, and access to care regardless of ability to pay.

Working here

Culture and working life

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Themes from public reviews

Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.

Supportive culture with caveats: Many describe supportive collaborative teams and valued feeling; others note favoritism or cliques.; As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Staffing and workload: Some praise flexibility and balance; others feel overworked from shortages and call-offs.; As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Pay and growth: Development opportunities noted, but stagnant pay and limited growth in some roles criticized.; As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com

More review themes

Overall ratings: About 3.8–3.9 overall; roughly 68% would recommend; CEO approval near 67–70%.; As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.com Source 2: glassdoor.com

What to weigh

Nurses on review sites often flag stagnant pay and limited growth in some roles even when development programs exist.

As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Direct employer
Roles last seen active: Aug 29, 2026
Website: slhn.org ↗

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The units

A closer look at the units

Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.

Urgent Care3 open
ER2 open
Gastroenterology1 open
Neurology1 open
Patient Case Managers & Advocates1 open
Wound-CareDays 11 open
Urgent Care / Care Now
RN Urgent Care serves occupational health and acute illness/injury; Tamaqua full-time posting and regional part-time Care Now roles.
Source location unconfirmedSource: slhn.org
Outpatient Wound Care
Wound Care RN floats Sacred Heart, Lehighton, Miners, Orwigsburg; uses doppler, NPWT, compression, offloading.
Source location unconfirmedSource: slhn.org
Nursing Internship tracks
Internship pathways listed: Acute Care, Behavioral Health, Critical Care, ED, NICU, Obstetrics, Perioperative.
Source location unconfirmedSource: slhn.org