Baptist Memphis to start hiring for area’s first two-story ER
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 2, 2026 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis will be hiring experienced nurses for its expanding emergency department at a job fair on Wednesday, June 3 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Hosted in the hospital’s seminar rooms at 6019 Walnut Grove Road, the event is the first in a series of hiring events for the ER, which will expand from 54 beds to 74 beds and introduce the Mid-South’s first two-story ER.
“This is an exciting opportunity for nurses to advance their careers while joining one of the best hospitals in the state,” said Cara Beard, chief nursing officer for Baptist Memphis. “These candidates will get to work with our new ER leadership team and top staff in modern facilities to deliver exceptional care for the Mid-South.”
The updated ER is slated to open in early fall 2026.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, a 706-bed hospital located on an 80-acre medical campus in Memphis, Tennessee, is the flagship hospital of Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the largest health care systems in the country. Named as the No. 1 hospital in the Memphis metropolitan area and No. 2 hospital in the state of Tennessee by U.S. News & World Report for 2024-2025, it serves as a major referral center for patients across the Mid-South and has the only certified adult heart transplant and adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) programs in the Mid-South. The hospital also offers specialty, diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitation services. For more information, please visit baptistonline.org/memphis, call 901-226-5000 or follow us on Facebook at @baptistmemorialhospital-memphis.
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