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UPMC

Health system employer · Based in Pittsburgh, PA

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53
open roles, live count
$46k–$100k/yr
posted pay across 9 roles

Life here

What a shift at UPMC looks like

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UPMC workplace

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UPMC workplace

On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Shifts hiring now
Days 25 · Rotating 12 · Nights 2 · Evenings 1

Benefits

UPMC offers a Total Rewards program designed to help employees thrive personally and professionally. Stated benefits include health care coverage.

The city

Living in Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh rises from the confluence of three rivers, its steep hills and dozens of bridges giving every neighborhood a distinct skyline view. Former steel towns like Lawrenceville and Shadyside now mix cafés and hospitals, while UPMC anchors a strong healthcare job market. It's a compact, river-carved city where Rust Belt grit meets East Coast ambition.

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Metro price level · Pittsburgh area
5% below the national average
BEA index 94.7 (100 = national)
Median gross rent
$1,261/mo
rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income
$65,742/yr
all local households, not nurse pay

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

Who they are

UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) is an integrated healthcare system headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, encompassing hospitals, a health insurance plan, and clinical, educational, and research enterprises.

  • Hiring days & rotating & nights
  • Sign-on bonus · 17 roles
More about UPMC

The system operates multiple facilities across the region, including UPMC East in Monroeville and Forbes Tower, among others. UPMC's mission centers on providing outstanding patient care while shaping the future of healthcare through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education. For nursing professionals, UPMC offers a structured career advancement framework called the My Nursing Career Ladder, which determines job title and salary based on individual education and nursing experience. The system also offers sign-on bonuses for eligible nursing candidates on certain units. UPMC positions itself as a place where employees can thrive both personally and professionally, with a stated commitment to a warm working environment, empowerment, and advancement opportunities.

UPMC's mission is to serve the community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education. Its vision is to lead the transformation of health care by putting patients, health plan members, employees, and community at the center of everything. Core values include: Quality & Safety (creating a safe environment where quality is the guiding principle), Dignity & Respect (treating all individuals with dignity and respect), Caring & Listening (listening to and caring for patients, members, employees, physicians, and community), Excellence & Innovation (thinking creatively and building excellence into everything), and Responsibility & Integrity (performing work with the highest levels of responsibility and integrity).

Working here

Culture and working life

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What to consider

Indeed.com reports an overall employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 5,399 reviews for UPMC. Detailed sub-ratings include: Work-life balance at 3.3/5, Pay and benefits at 3.3/5, Job security and advancement at 3.2/5, Management at 3.0/5 (the lowest-scoring category), and Culture at 3.2/5. Employees cited feeling of personal appreciation, clear sense of purpose, and ability to learn new things as positive aspects. Areas for improvement identified by reviewers include fair pay for the job, trust in colleagues, and sense of belonging.

The good

  • Structured My Nursing Career Ladder for advancement based on education and experience
  • Sign-on bonuses available for eligible nursing candidates on select units
  • Comprehensive Total Rewards benefits program including health care coverage
  • Large integrated health system offering diverse clinical settings and specialty areas
  • Employees report a clear sense of purpose and ability to learn new things
  • Stated commitment to employee empowerment and professional growth

The hard parts

  • Management rated lowest among sub-categories at 3.0 out of 5 on Indeed
  • Employees cite fair pay as an area for improvement
  • Trust in colleagues and sense of belonging identified as areas needing improvement
  • Some nursing positions require weekends and holidays

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Open roles

Roles from UPMC

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Nurse Navigator

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Harrisburg, PA · Posted 3 days ago

  • RN
  • Compact license OK
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RN Staff Nurse - Outpatient Surgery

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Altoona, PA · Posted 6 days ago

  • RN
  • Rotating shift
  • Compact license OK
  • Union represented
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Professional Staff Nurse

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York, PA · Posted last week

  • RN
  • Day shift
  • Compact license OK
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LPN (Evening/Night) - T11 Trauma

$22/hr

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Altoona, PA · Posted 5 days ago

  • Sign-on bonus
  • LPN
  • evening and night shifts with rotation/weekends/holidays
  • Tower 11
  • Union represented
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LPN (Nights) - T11 Trauma

$22/hr

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Altoona, PA · Posted 5 days ago

  • Sign-on bonus
  • LPN
  • night shifts with rotation/weekends/holidays (36 hours/week)
  • Tower 11
  • Union represented
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LPN (Day/Evening) - T11 Trauma

$22/hr

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Altoona, PA · Posted 5 days ago

  • Sign-on bonus
  • LPN
  • day and evening shifts with rotation/weekends/holidays (36 hours/week)
  • Tower 11
  • Union represented
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Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health Lower Burrell

$43/hr

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Lower Burrell, PA · Posted 6 days ago

  • RN
  • 10-hour days
  • Compact license OK
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Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health Oakland

$43/hr

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Pittsburgh, PA · Posted last week

  • RN
  • 10-hour rotating
  • Compact license OK
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RN Staff Nurse (Evening/Night) - T11 Trauma

$34/hr

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Altoona, PA · Posted last week

  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Evenings and Nights with holidays/weekends/rotation (36 hours/week)
  • Tower 11
  • Union represented
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RN Staff Nurse (Day/Evening) - T11 Trauma

$34/hr

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Altoona, PA · Posted last week

  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Evening shift
  • Compact license OK
  • Union represented
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Monday thru Friday 8a-4:30pm
  • Orthopedics (MSK)
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OP Nurse Coordinator I (Burke and Bradley Orthopaedics)

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Pittsburgh, PA · Posted last week

  • RN
  • 8-hour days
  • Compact license OK
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • 12-hour days
  • Compact license OK
  • Magnet-designated hospital
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Professional Staff Nurse

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Seneca, PA · Seen active last week

  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Typically 12-hour shifts with rotating weekends
  • Compact license OK
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OP Nurse Coordinator I

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Pittsburgh, PA · Seen active last week

  • RN
  • Day shift
  • Compact license OK
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  • New grads welcomed · reported
  • RN
  • 10-hour days
  • Tri Rivers Musculoskeletal Center
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  • New grads welcomed · reported
  • RN
  • Rotating shift
  • AG7
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  • RN
  • 8-hour days
  • Compact license OK
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  • New grads welcomed
  • RN
  • 8-hour days
  • Compact license OK
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  • RN
  • 8-hour days
  • Per diem
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  • New grads welcomed · reported
  • RN
  • 10-hour days
  • Compact license OK
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Staff Nurse - Same Day Services

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Somerset, PA · Seen active yesterday

  • New grads welcomed
  • RN
  • 8-hour days
  • Compact license OK
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  • New grads welcomed
  • RN
  • daylight shifts
  • Gynecology Oncology Hospital Clinic
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • 10-hour days
  • Compact license OK
Apply

Professional Staff Nurse, OP

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Monroeville, PA

  • RN
  • Day shift
  • Compact license OK
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  • New grads welcomed · reported
  • RN
  • Day shift
  • Compact license OK
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Registered Nurse - OR

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Pittsburgh, PA

  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • New grads welcomed
  • Tuition reimbursement
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  • RN
  • Day shift
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  • New grads welcomed · reported
  • RN
  • 8-hour days
  • Compact license OK
Apply
  • RN
  • Compact license OK
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RN, Clinical Resource Team

$37/hr

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Cumberland, MD

  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Rotating shift
  • ADN accepted
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Registered Nurse - Trauma Ortho (UPMC Presbyterian/9N)

$37/hr

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Pittsburgh, PA · Seen active yesterday

  • New grads welcomed
  • RN
  • Rotating shift
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  • New grads welcomed
  • RN
  • Rotating shift
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • 12-hour rotating
  • New grads welcomed
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  • RN
  • 10-hour days
  • Compact license OK
Apply
  • New grads welcomed
  • RN
  • day shift position with NO weekends and NO holidays required
  • Compact license OK
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Professional Staff Nurse

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Greenville, PA

  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Compact license OK
  • New grads welcomed
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Day shift
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Professional Staff Nurse, OP (Natrona Heights/Aspinwall)

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Natrona Heights, PA · Seen active last week

  • RN
  • Day shift
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • 8-hour days
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
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Professional Staff Nurse, OR

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Pittsburgh, PA · Seen active last week

  • RN
  • Rotating shift
  • Compact license OK
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  • RN
  • Day/Evening, 4, 10-hour shifts or 5, 8-hour shifts and call coverage.
  • Compact license OK
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  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Day shift
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OP Nurse Coordinator I

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Harrisburg, PA

  • RN
  • Day shift
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