Trinity Health Jobs - 2026

Trinity Health Nursing Jobs: 92 Hospitals, a Catholic Mission, and the Largest Continuing Care Footprint You'll Find

Every nurse considering a Catholic health system eventually asks the same question: what does that actually mean for my practice? At Trinity Health, the answer shapes more than you might expect — and less than you might fear. The Livonia, Michigan-based system is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health systems in the country, operating 92 hospitals and over 100 continuing care locations across 25 states with 133,000 colleagues. Trinity Health nursing jobs span everything from Level 1 trauma centers to PACE day programs for homebound seniors, and the Catholic identity running through all of it creates a work environment that's distinctive in ways worth understanding before you apply.

The Mission in Practice

Trinity Health hospitals follow the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, which primarily affect reproductive health services — elective abortion, contraception, sterilization, and certain fertility treatments are generally not provided. For nurses in OB, this means the scope of practice at a Trinity facility differs from a secular hospital. For nurses in most other specialties — med-surg, ICU, ED, oncology, cardiology, home health — the directives rarely intersect with daily clinical work. What the Catholic identity does shape across every unit is a stated emphasis on whole-person care (body, mind, spirit), charity care access, and community health investment. In fiscal year 2025, Trinity Health invested $2.9 billion in community benefit — roughly 11 percent of its total revenue — covering charity care, health education, chronic disease management, and outreach programs for the uninsured. That figure isn't marketing; it's the largest single-system community benefit number in the Catholic health world.

A Career Continuum Most Systems Can't Match

Here's what sets Trinity Health apart from almost every other major employer on this site: the continuing care infrastructure. Trinity operates the second-largest PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) program in the United States, along with home health agencies, hospice programs, and senior living communities across its footprint. PACE nurses work in interdisciplinary day-center teams — coordinating medical care, rehabilitation, nutrition, and social services for seniors who qualify for nursing-home-level care but choose to remain at home. It's a fundamentally different nursing model: lower acuity than inpatient work, higher relational continuity, and Monday-through-Friday schedules that are uncommon in hospital-based roles.

This means registered nurse positions at Trinity Health aren't limited to acute care floors. A nurse can enter through a hospital residency program, build critical care experience, and later transition to home health, hospice, or PACE — all within the same organization, without resigning or renegotiating benefits. Few health systems offer that full spectrum under one employer.

Where the Acute Care Gets Serious

The hospital side is substantial. Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois — a 547-bed academic quaternary care center — holds four consecutive Magnet designations (most recently in 2024), operates Illinois's largest burn center, a Level 1 trauma center, and a transplant program. Trinity Health Grand Rapids has maintained Magnet designation since 2013. St. Joseph Mercy in Ann Arbor, St. Peter's Health Partners in Albany, and Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale each anchor major regional networks. Across the system, Trinity Health is the largest concurrent user organization of Epic, with its TogetherCare platform connecting clinical records across all campuses and ambulatory sites.

Compensation and What to Expect

PayScale data puts average RN hourly pay at Trinity Health around $39, with Glassdoor reporting approximately $90,000 annually. Benefits include day-one medical coverage, tuition reimbursement, education assistance, 403(b) retirement plans, and flexible scheduling. Nurse residency programs — including ANCC-accredited transition-to-practice programs at Loyola Medicine — are available for new graduates at multiple sites. Trinity Health's CEO was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for 2025, a reflection of the system's financial stabilization (operating cash flow improved to $1.3 billion in FY2025) and strategic investment in community-based care models.

Trinity Health nursing jobs offer something most systems structurally cannot: a single employer where your career can move from an ICU to a hospice bedside to a PACE center without ever leaving the organization. Search current openings across Trinity Health's hospitals and continuing care locations on RegisteredNurse.jobs.