Take Control of Your Future as a Northside Scholar

As Atlanta’s premier health system, Northside Hospital is a place where ambitious individuals are encouraged and empowered in their career pursuits. By ensuring that employees are continually challenged and supported, Northside is able to foster growth, inspire excellence, and deliver the highest quality of care to the community.

Inside the Northside Scholar Program

The Northside Scholar Program is one of the ways Northside Hospital supports the advancement of its employees. The Program provides financial support to current Northside Hospital employees who are enrolled in eligible health care degree and are seeking full-time positions as RNs, LPNs or Rad Techs. In essence, the Program helps to turn ambition into tangible achievement.

How Does the Program work?

For each of the following career areas, participants receive a “scholarship” in the form a 1-time payment to help with the costs of their position-specific education.

Registered Nurses

Program participants who are seeking to become registered nurses will receive tuition reimbursement. This scholarship is available to future RNs in the senior year of their nursing program located at or working in acute care or oncology at Northside Hospital Atlanta or roles in acute care, critical care or surgical services at Northside Hospital Gwinnett.

Licensed Practical Nurses

Program participants can receive tuition reimbursement to aid in their pursuit of becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse. Tuition reimbursement is available to future LPNs located at or working in acute care at Northside’s Gwinnett, Atlanta and Forsyth locations.

Rad Techs

For those seeking to become Rad Techs, the Northside Scholar Program provides tuition reimbursement. This scholarship is available to future Inpatient Rad Techs located at or working in Inpatient Radiology at Northside Atlanta.

What it Takes to Participate in the Northside Scholar Program

To participate in the Northside Scholar Program, individuals must have worked at Northside for at least six months. Once the participant has completed the degree program, they must maintain full-time employment in their assigned department with Northside Health for two to three years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Complete six months of credited service at Northside.
• Work 500 hours or more in a calendar year.
• Have a Performance Evaluation score of 3.25 or greater.
• No corrective action within the prior 12 months.
• Must be currently enrolled in an eligible health care degree program that results in licensure/certification as a RN, LPN or Rad Tech, on a full-time basis.
• Must complete degree program within two years.
• Must maintain employment with Northside Hospital for the duration of the degree program in which you are enrolled.
• Once the degree program is complete, you must maintain full-time employment in your assigned department with Northside for a period of 2-3 years. (Time period depends upon your position and level of financial support provided via your scholarship award.)

Applications for the Program are reviewed and accepted quarterly. Selected applicants will be contacted for interviews after the end of the cycle in which they apply. At Northside, we are committed to investing in our people. Click here to join our team!