About Us
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QUICK FACTS
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Industry: Healthcare (acute care hospital)
Employees: About 900
Founded: 1983
Headquarters: Sparks, Nevada
Workplace: Onsite
Fact: 🛏️ | 124-bed acute care hospital on a 23-acre campus in Sparks
Fact: 🏥 | Part of Northern Nevada Health System, run by Universal Health Services
Fact: 🏆 | Repeatedly earns top A safety grades from the Leapfrog Group
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PAY & PERKS
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Range: About $20 to $46 an hour, depending on role and experience
Note: Support and entry roles like CNAs, patient care techs, and aides sit toward the lower end, while nurses and specialized techs earn the most. Many full-time roles run 36 hours a week and still come with full benefits.
Perk: Full benefits offered on many 36-hour full-time schedules
Perk: Day and night shift options across a lot of roles
Perk: Room to grow across the wider health system, including a second hospital, free-standing ERs, and a medical group
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ABOUT
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Title: About Northern Nevada Medical Center
Text: Northern Nevada Medical Center is a 124-bed acute care hospital in Sparks, just outside Reno, that has cared for the Truckee Meadows community since 1983 (back when it opened as Sparks Family Hospital). It is the flagship of the *Northern Nevada Health System* and is run by Universal Health Services, one of the largest hospital companies in the country. That mix gives you the close-knit feel of a community hospital with the training, benefits, and career paths of a big national employer.
Text: The hospital covers a wide range of services, from emergency and cardiovascular care to orthopedics, neurology, behavioral health, and rehab. For someone early in a healthcare career, that variety is the draw: you can start in a support role and get real exposure across units like med-surg, telemetry, and the ICU. See openings on the [careers page](https://jobs.uhsinc.com/the-northern-nevada-health-system).
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
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Rating: 4.0/5 | Glassdoor, Northern Nevada Health System
Rating: 3.6/5 | Glassdoor pay and benefits
Like: Supportive, small-hospital feel where you are known rather than just a number
Like: Solid benefits and generally competitive pay for the area
Like: Fast pace with a lot to learn early, and exposure across different units
Know: It is a busy acute care hospital, so shifts can be demanding and the workload heavy
Know: Reviews are strong on leadership and culture but more mixed on whether pay always matches the effort
Know: It is a smaller community hospital, so everyone tends to know everyone, for better or worse
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GOOD FIT
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Title: You might like it here if
Point: You want to break into healthcare locally in the Reno-Sparks area, in a role like *CNA or patient care tech* that can lead somewhere
Point: You would rather work somewhere staff know your name than a giant medical complex
Point: You value steady schedules and full benefits, even on full-time roles set at 36 hours a week
Point: You want broad clinical exposure early and a clear path to grow across a larger health system