ThedaCare
Community Hospital · Appleton, WI
- 12
- open roles, live count
- 2.4
- Google rating
Life here
What a shift at ThedaCare looks like
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 8 · Rotating 2
Benefits
Employer-stated benefits emphasize whole-person wellness: health coaches, relaxation rooms, apps (Wonder, Ripple), mental health support, minimal or zero copays, premium cost-sharing, and daycare.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
On the SANE team you give 24/7 on-call forensic and medical care in the ED for sexual assault, domestic violence, strangulation, and child abuse across all ages and genders.
Experienced nurses
A remote ambulatory RN role runs days on a 6:00am–2:30pm variable Monday–Friday schedule with weekend and holiday rotation.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
SANE call is concrete: 36 on-call hours a month including 12 weekend hours, a response time of an hour or less, quarterly meetings, an annual education day, and six CE hours a year.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Moving here
Benefits copy names supports you can use on ordinary weeks—health coaches, relaxation rooms, mental health help, minimal or zero copays, premium cost-sharing, and daycare.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
More about working here
Experienced nurses
OR nurses and surgical techs are being hired, and a sign-on bonus is mentioned for those roles though the dollar amount is not listed in the public snippet.
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
New graduates
Next required SANE training block is set for October 5–9, 2026 if that path is the one you want.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
Employer values language names compassion, excellence, leadership, innovation, and agility, with a stated commitment to accessible leadership and work/life balance.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- SANE: 36 on-call hrs/month (12 weekend), ≤1-hr response, quarterly meetings, annual education day, 6 CE hrs/year. Ambulatory remote: 6:00am–2:30pm variable M–F plus weekend/holiday rotation. Next SANE training 10/5/2026–10/9/2026 required.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Starting out and growing here
- Career development
- Employer states continued opportunities for learning and development; Glassdoor LPN/culture summaries cite limited advancement and unclear career paths.
The city
Living in Appleton, WI
Appleton sits along the Fox River in east-central Wisconsin, offering a relaxed Midwestern pace with a walkable downtown and a strong sense of community. Lawrence University adds cultural energy, while nearby trails and parks make outdoor access easy. It's a practical, welcoming place for nurses seeking stability outside a major metro.
Browse roles in Appleton- Metro price level · Appleton area
- 8% below the national average
- BEA index 92.4 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,030/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $80,483/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 weighing ThedaCare in Appleton, Wisconsin. If forensic work is what pulls you, the SANE program puts you on call for sexual assault, domestic violence, strangulation, and child abuse care in the ED—patients of every age and gender.
- Community Hospital · Appleton
- Hiring days & rotating
More about ThedaCare
The expectations are written down in plain numbers: 36 on-call hours a month, twelve of them on weekends, a response window of an hour or less, quarterly meetings, an annual education day, and six CE hours a year. The next required training block runs October 5–9, 2026. If you want days without the ED pace, a remote ambulatory RN role is posted on a 6:00am–2:30pm variable Monday–Friday pattern with weekend and holiday rotation. OR nurses and surgical techs are also being hired, and public posts mention a sign-on bonus for those roles without listing a dollar amount. Benefits language leans into ordinary-week supports—health coaches, relaxation rooms, mental health help, low or zero copays, premium cost-sharing, and daycare. Stated values name compassion, excellence, leadership, innovation, and agility. What nurses write publicly is more mixed. Hundreds of Glassdoor reviews average about 3.0 out of 5; Appleton-specific reviews sit nearer 3.4, yet only about a quarter to a third say they would recommend the employer. Culture and senior management land at the bottom of the category scores, and people describe limited advancement, unclear career paths, heavy workload, and a floor culture that can feel supportive one day and strained by gossip or favoritism the next. That gap is worth testing hard in your interviews.
Stated values: compassion, excellence, leadership, innovation, and agility; employer claims accessible leadership and a work/life balance commitment.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Overall employee rating
- About 396 Glassdoor reviews average 3.0/5; roughly 35% would recommend to a friend and 42% see a positive business outlook.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
- Category ratings (comp, culture, management)
- Category scores cluster low-to-mid: diversity/inclusion and work-life 2.9, career 2.8, pay/benefits 2.7, culture/values 2.3, senior management 2.1.
- Appleton location ratings
- Appleton-specific reviews average about 3.4/5 across 133 reviews, with only about 25% saying they would recommend the employer.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
More review themes
- Culture and coworkers
- Staff describe friendly supportive peers alongside gossip, favoritism, and a toxic culture that hurts morale.
- Management consistency
- Direct managers sometimes praised as supportive while broader leadership is called disengaged with poor communication and inconsistent practices.
- Pay and advancement
- Reviewers report low pay, feeling undervalued, and frustration with limited advancement and unclear development paths.
- Workload and work-life balance
- Some note flexible arrangements; many cite high workload and stress and feel profits are prioritized over staff well-being.
- Employer social messaging on nurse teamwork
- Official Instagram content emphasizes nurses backing each other and feeling supported and respected on shift.
What to weigh
Across hundreds of Glassdoor reviews the average sits at 3.0/5, culture and senior management score near the bottom, and nurses describe limited advancement with unclear career paths.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: glassdoor.comSource 4: glassdoor.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 29, 2026
- Workplace photos
- 2
- Website
- directory.thedacare.org ↗
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- ERDays 1 · Rotating 13 open
- AmbulatoryDays 22 open
- Cath-LabDays 11 open
- family-practiceDays 11 open
- Med-SurgDays 11 open
- OrthopedicsDays 11 open
SANE / Emergency Department
SANE program provides 24/7 on-call forensic/medical care in EDs for sexual assault, DV, strangulation, and child abuse; patients all ages/genders.
Ambulatory (Remote)
RN Clinical Nurse (Ambulatory) remote days role; schedule 6:00am–2:30pm variable Mon–Fri with weekend and holiday rotation.
OR
Social post states ThedaCare is hiring OR Nurses and Surgical Techs.
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