Our experienced registered nurses help advance quality care at our community hospital, all while living in a beautiful, natural setting with close proximity to mountains and lakes and easy access to Montreal and Boston.
We focus on developing highly reliable approaches rather than defaulting to how it’s always been done. Our nurses are able to appreciate specialized tertiary support when needed but have the freedom to be a nurse in a smaller, more personal setting.
Our greatest current need is in the following nursing roles:
(day, evening, and nights available)
- Emergency Department
- Med/Surg
- Intensive Care
- Step Down
- Surgical Services
- Family Birth Center
Benefits for RNs
A few of the benefits you’ll enjoy as an RN:
- Rates now start at $36/hr and increase based on years of experience
- Sign-on bonus up to 10k for qualifying positions
- Over $12k loan repayment (qualify after one year of service)
- Evening/night differential up to $7.50/hr
Rachael Shepardson-Rudden is the Clinical Manager of NMC’s Emergency Department.
Hear her talk about what it’s like to work in our patient-focused Emergency Department.
Hear from Nurse Manager Corey Rivers about his experience as a traveling nurse who returned to NMC.
Benefits for LPNs
A few of the benefits you’ll enjoy as an LPN:
- Rates now start at $23.50/hr and increase based on years of experience
- Evening/night differential up to $7.50/hr
- Advance your nursing career with the LPN to RN Bridge program
Nursing recruitment
Let’s start talking
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Northwestern Medical Center, Sacha Smith brings over 20 years of recruiting expertise in a wide range of industries. She is passionate about building meaningful connections, understanding people’s strengths, and helping individuals find roles where they can truly thrive. In addition to the form, you can give her a call at 802.524.8843 or email at [email protected]
Comprehensive benefits
More of what you can expect from NMC
Our experienced registered nurses help advance quality care at our community hospital, all while living in a beautiful, natural setting with close proximity to mountains and lakes and easy access to Montreal and Boston. We focus on developing highly reliable approaches rather than defaulting to how it’s always been done. Our nurses are able to appreciate specialized tertiary support when needed but have the freedom to be a nurse in a smaller, more personal setting. Does this sound like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for?(day, evening, and nights available
Earn more as you advance
Earn up to an additional $3,350/yr with our Nursing Career Advancement Program and a $200 bonus per certification per year
Work/life benefits
We offer a generous earned time package, 403b with employer match, pet insurance, pension, identity theft protection, relocation support, and health, vision and dental insurance plans. Vermont is consistently named one of the best places to live according to US News & World Report.
Start your career in specialty units
Our Aspire Nurse Residency Program allows new nursing graduates and nurses new to hospital settings to begin their careers directly in a specialty unit.
Tuition reimbursement
Full-time employees: $4000 annually for an undergraduate
Part-time employees: $2500
Per diem (1000 hour minimum): $1500
More than five years of employment: an additional $1350 per year
Loan repayment
After 1 year of service, you’ll qualify for five years of $2500 in nursing school loan repayment annually, a total of $12,500.
Discounts to affiliated schools of nursing
Chamberlain University: 15% discount on tuition.
Southern New Hampshire University: 10% per course to employees and their immediate family members
Capella University: 10% tuition discount.
You can help shape the future of nursing at NMC.
Through Clinical Practice Governance and an organization-wide focus on High Reliability, our award-winning community hospital in rural Vermont is on a mission to become a 5-Star facility. We are looking for experienced nurses to help plan and implement care for our patients in a range of workplace settings.
Whether you are interested in helping shape our new Progressive Care Unit, provide care in our Family Birth Center or Emergency Department, or help assist with specialty surgical procedures, we would like to hear from you. Join our team and help advance the level of care possible right here, close to home.
Learn more about our different units below.
Emergency Department
Join our highly-skilled Emergency Department team to work in a fast-paced environment, helping people during some of their most difficult moments. Here you’ll find excellent nursing/provider relationships and a strong, cohesive nursing team with experienced charge nurses—truly a dedicated staff who are fantastic to work with and have chosen NMC as their career home. We are committed to using state-of-the-art technology and will soon have an updated, modern physical space featuring a dedicated area for our mental health patients.
Emergency Department
Inpatient and ICU
Our new inpatient unit features 34 private rooms with 10 of them currently ICU-capable. We benefit from Tele-ICU support from the renowned Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and close proximity to the University of Vermont Medical Center. Our Chief Nursing Officer holds years of proven experience with a shared governance model.
Inpatient and ICU
Family Birth Center
Join us as we help support women through personalized birth experiences. You’ll enjoy working on our private birth center which offers spacious rooms, couplet care, a labor tub and many other amenities. We have also been recognized at the national/international level as our staff earned the prestigious “Baby Friendly” designation – joining St. Johnsbury as the only Vermont hospitals to achieve that level of excellence focused on supporting new moms and newborns.
Family Birth Center
Surgical Services
Join our award-winning Surgical Services department, providing our community with a range of specialty, minimally invasive procedures ranging from arthroscopic knee surgery to cataract surgery.
Surgical Services
Hear about NMC from our nurses
Meet Emily
Emily has been an RN for eight years, and has spent three of those years here at NMC. She values the time she gets to spend with her family and enjoys so many things about living in Vermont—especially the abundance of hiking opportunities.
“A good day at work is when teamwork and solidarity turn adversity into positive patient outcomes!”
Meet Erika
Erika, a single mom and former FedEx driver, dreamed of a healthcare career but didn’t see a way forward. She joined one of our recruitment events and is now working as a surgical technologist on her journey to becoming an RN. Your path can start here too!
“At NMC, you have the support to achieve your dreams.”
Ready to learn more?
Erin LaRocque, Senior Human Resource Business Partner, can help. Erin’s strong connection to the community and intimate knowledge of the hospital’s culture make her a powerful advocate for internal growth, career development, and retention initiatives.
Erin LaRocque, Senior Human Resource Business Partner