UT Health East Texas
Hospital · Jacksonville, TX
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 3 · Nights 2
What stands out
New graduates
You can enter through a paid Nurse Extern path that embeds you as a unit employee with manager accountability and clinical instructor support, and most graduated externs have been hired full-time.
As of 2022-07-05Source 1: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 2: ardenthealth.comSource 3: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 4: kltv.comSource 5: facebook.com
New graduates
UT Health East Texas runs an RN Residency Program promoted specifically to kickstart a nursing career across the system.
As of 2024Source: facebook.com
Experienced nurses
Jacksonville posts full-time night LDRP RN roles that need an ADN and Texas RN license, with BLS due within 14 days of hire.
As of 2026 · 2024 · 2025 · 2023Source 1: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 2: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 3: kltv.comSource 4: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 5: jobs.ardenthealth.comSource 6: allnurses.comSource 7: facebook.comSource 8: glassdoor.comSource 9: ardenthealth.com
Experienced nurses
Inside the same system you can step into higher-acuity work at UT Health Tyler, the region’s only Level I trauma center with comprehensive stroke care, regional ECMO, and a NICU.
Source 1: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 2: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 3: kltv.comSource 4: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 5: jobs.ardenthealth.comSource 6: allnurses.comSource 7: facebook.com
More about working here
Moving here
Medical postings in the system have advertised a $7,500 sign-on bonus plus relocation assistance, though role terms are not fully spelled out in the public snippet.
As of 2024Source: facebook.com
Experienced nurses
Athens offers PRN night Med-Surg work in a 127-bed facility with a 24-hour ED, 10-bed ICU, and maternity services if you want flexible system hours.
As of 2026Source 1: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 2: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 3: kltv.comSource 4: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 5: jobs.ardenthealth.comSource 6: allnurses.comSource 7: facebook.com
Moving here
Texas is a compact-license state with no state income tax, so your take-home math is simpler if you are moving in from out of state.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Postings include night-shift full-time LDRP (Jacksonville) and night-shift PRN Med-Surg (Athens).
As of 2026Source: uthealtheasttexas.com
- Pay and benefits
- $7500 sign-on bonus and relocation assistance for medical positions (Tyler, TX posting referenced)
As of 2024Source: facebook.com
Starting out and growing here
- Preceptors and orientation
- Paid Nurse Extern Program embeds students as unit employees with manager accountability plus clinical instructor support; strong welcome/mentorship feedback from graduates.
As of 2022-07-05Source: uthealtheasttexas.com
The city
Living in Tyler, TX
Tyler, the Rose Capital of America, blends East Texas piney woods charm with a growing medical hub. Rose-district murals and azalea-lined brick streets hint at deep community roots, while major regional health systems draw nurses seeking manageable commutes, mild winters, and a slower suburban pace that still keeps weekend lake trips within easy reach.
Browse roles in Tyler
- Metro price level · Tyler area
- 8% below the national average
- BEA index 92.2 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,252/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $67,486/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 looking at UT Health East Texas in Jacksonville, part of a roughly nine-hospital East Texas network headquartered in Tyler and run as an Ardent joint venture with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler since 2018. On the ground here that can mean a full-time night LDRP RN role: ADN and a Texas RN license to start, BLS within fourteen days of hire, and the rest of the system nearby if you later want different acuity.
- Hospital · Tyler
- Hiring days & nights
More about UT Health East Texas
When you need higher intensity, UT Health Tyler is the flagship—424 licensed beds, the region’s only Level I trauma center, comprehensive stroke, regional ECMO, and a NICU—and it serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine. North Campus Tyler adds behavioral health beds and a Level IV trauma ED; Athens posts PRN night Med-Surg in a 127-bed facility with a 24-hour ED and 10-bed ICU. If you are still finishing school, the paid Nurse Extern Program embeds you as a unit employee with manager accountability and clinical instructor support, and early cohorts saw most graduated externs hired full-time. An RN Residency is also promoted system-wide. Read the reviews with clear eyes before you apply: overall scores sit in the mid-threes, while Tyler RN feedback runs notably lower.
Bring East Texas world-class care through hospitals and clinics, specialty centers, rehab and fitness, trauma and emergency, and home health.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Overall employee rating middling
- Glassdoor overall about 3.3/5 with roughly 43% willing to recommend; culture, work-life, and comp near 3.0 or below.
- RN experience in Tyler much worse than overall
- Registered Nurse reviews in Tyler average about 2.4/5 with only ~10% recommending and very low work-life and culture scores.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
- LVN reviews more favorable
- Small LVN sample (~6 reviews) shows ~3.2 overall and high recommend rate (~87%), with softer culture scores.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
More review themes
- Compensation and benefits lag
- Compensation and benefits category rated about 2.9 on Glassdoor overall employer page.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
- Indeed overall vs CHRISTUS
- Indeed shows ~3.6 overall (722 reviews); culture and work-life around 3.5; compared closely with CHRISTUS Health.
As of 2026Source: indeed.com
- COVID ICU workload and purpose
- Nurses described long stressful hours and family sacrifices while emphasizing patient recovery and acting as family when visitors barred.
As of 2020-04-10Source: kltv.com
What to weigh
Registered Nurse reviews tied to Tyler average about 2.4/5 with only around 10% willing to recommend, and compensation-and-benefits scores sit near 2.9 overall.
As of 2026 · 2020-04-10Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: glassdoor.comSource 4: glassdoor.comSource 5: indeed.comSource 6: kltv.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 26, 2026
- Website
- uthealtheasttexas.com ↗
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- ERDays 11 open
- L&DNights 11 open
- Med-SurgNights 11 open
PRN night Med-Surg RN at UT Health Athens: 127-bed facility with 24-hour ED, 10-bed ICU, maternity, and stand-alone ED in Gun Barrel City.
- Equipment and technology
- Level IV trauma; acute stroke-ready
- NeurologyDays 11 open
- Pain ManagementDays 11 open
LDRP
Employer posting seeks night-shift full-time LDRP RN in Jacksonville, TX; ADN and TX RN license required; BLS within 14 days of hire.
Trauma / Acute Care (UT Health Tyler)
Flagship UT Health Tyler has 424 licensed beds, region’s only Level I trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, first/only regional ECMO, and NICU.
- Equipment and technology
- Level I trauma; comprehensive stroke; regional ECMO
ICU / Critical Care
Dedicated inpatient intensive care units at UT Health Tyler; historical COVID ICU nursing coverage reported in local news.
Behavioral Health (North Campus Tyler)
UT Health North Campus Tyler: 174 licensed beds (104 medical, 70 behavioral health); 24-hour ED designated Level IV trauma center.
- Equipment and technology
- Level IV trauma ED
Source 1: uthealtheasttexas.comSource 2: jobs.ardenthealth.com
Specialty / Long-term (Specialty Hospital Tyler)
UT Health East Texas Specialty Hospital at Tyler described as long-term care type setting at 1000 South Beckham, 5th Floor, Tyler TX.
Surgical Services
Hiring Director of Nursing Surgical Services; surgical area noted with two ORs, one GI suite, and one Pain Management suite (Pittsburg context in post).
Open roles
Current openings at UT Health East Texas
Refreshed throughout the day.
LVN/ Pain Management Clinic
UT Health East TexasTyler, TX · Posted 2 weeks ago
- LVN
- Day shift
- Tuition reimbursement
Licensed Vocational Nurse / LVN ER
UT Health East TexasTyler, TX · Posted 2 weeks ago
- LVN
- Day shift
- Tuition reimbursement
Licensed Vocational Nurse / LVN Neurology
UT Health East TexasTyler, TX
- LVN
- Day shift
- Tuition reimbursement
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