UW Health
Academic Medical Center · Madison, WI
- 49
- open roles, live count
- $75k–$158k/yr
- posted pay across 38 roles
- 4.7
- Google rating
Life here
What a shift at UW Health looks like
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Academic Medical Center
- Shifts hiring now
- Rotating 20 · Days 17 · Nights 5
Benefits
However, compensation includes shift differentials of $4/hour for evening shifts, $5/hour for night shifts, and $10/hour for weekender program hours worked.
The city
Living in Madison, WI
Madison blends college-town energy with Midwestern warmth, offering a laid-back yet vibrant lifestyle. Wisconsin's capital sits between Lakes Mendota and Monona and is home to the University of Wisconsin. Outdoor recreation, farmers' markets, and a friendly, health-conscious community make it an appealing destination for an RN seeking a welcoming relocation spot.
Browse roles in Madison- Metro price level · Madison area
- 3% below the national average
- BEA index 97.3 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,413/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $78,050/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
UW Health is the integrated health system affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, serving more than 867,000 patients each year across the Upper Midwest and beyond.
- Academic Medical Center · Madison
- Hiring rotating & days & nights
- Sign-on bonus · 2 roles
More about UW Health
With more than 2,000 physicians and 26,500 dedicated staff, the system provides care through six main hospitals and more than 105 outpatient locations. UW Health positions itself as where 'serious conditions meet successful treatment,' partnering with the University of Wisconsin to combine patient care, medical education, and research. For nursing professionals, UW Health offers opportunities in specialized critical care environments, including a 12-bed Neurosciences ICU caring for complex and critically ill adult neuro patients at ICU and IMC levels of care. The organization provides a weekender program option (75% FTE, Friday through Sunday, day or night shifts) with notable shift differentials. UW Health's leadership has publicly committed to social impact and belonging initiatives, aiming to create a culture where all team members feel valued and respected. The system brands its career site as 'Remarkable Careers' and self-describes as Wisconsin's #1 hospital.
Mission: 'Advancing health without compromise through service, scholarship, science and social responsibility.' Vision: 'Remarkable healthcare.' Core values include Excellence, Innovation, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Diversity. The organization also emphasizes social impact and belonging, with a stated vision to be a health system that creates belonging for everyone through engaged leadership and community health improvement.
Working here
Culture and working life
What to consider
The good
- Academic medical center affiliation with University of Wisconsin–Madison offering access to cutting-edge research and complex case experience
- Specialized critical care nursing opportunities such as the 12-bed Neurosciences ICU with ICU and IMC level care
- Strong shift differentials: $4/hour evening, $5/hour night, and $10/hour weekender differential
- Weekender program option allowing 75% FTE with a concentrated three-day schedule
- Organizational commitment to social impact, belonging, and diversity initiatives supported by engaged leadership
- Large integrated system with six hospitals and 105+ outpatient locations offering internal mobility
The hard parts
- Weekender program requires working all holidays that fall on scheduled shifts
- Large academic medical center may involve bureaucratic processes and complex organizational structure
- High-acuity patient populations in specialty ICUs may present significant physical and emotional demands
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 10, 2026
- Workplace photos
- 1
- Website
- uwhealth.org ↗
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Open roles
Current openings at UW Health
Refreshed throughout the day.
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Residency program
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- 10-hour nights
- Tuition reimbursement
Care Team Leader- Inpatient Pediatric General Medical/Surgical (NEW unit)
$54/hr
Madison, WI · Posted last week
- RN
- Night shift
- Compact license OK
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Day shift
- Compact license OK
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Tuition reimbursement
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Compact license OK
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Day shift
- Compact license OK
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Specialist – Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Inpatient Specialties
$59/hr
Madison, WI
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Day shift
- Compact license OK
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Specialist-Adult Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinics
$59/hr
Madison, WI
- RN
- Day shift
- Compact license OK
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- 8-hour days
- Tuition reimbursement
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Compact license OK
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Compact license OK
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Per diem
- RN
- Day shift
- Compact license OK
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Compact license OK
RN - Orthopedics Clinic, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Madison, WI
- RN
- 8-hour days
- Compact license OK
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Residency program
- Magnet-designated
- DNP
- Day shift
- Compact license OK
- Magnet-designated
- RN
- 12-hour rotating
- Compact license OK
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Tuition reimbursement
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