SSM Health
SSM Health
There is something wholly unique and special about practicing medicine at SSM Health. Being here, you’ll experience a remarkable feeling of purpose, fulfillment, and connectedness. It’s all-encompassing and inspiring, and it’s what defines and drives our teams every day. We call it the healing power of presence and it touches, enhances, and advances all aspects of the care we give and the careers we offer.
For the clinicians at SSM Health, being here means being part of a heartful heritage of healing. It’s an opportunity to further a caring legacy while advancing medicine with an esteemed organization that encourages collaboration, empowers innovation, supports growth, and seeks to elevate care for everyone we serve.
Together – We Care.
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Devoted care everywhere
SSM Health’s healing legacy originated in St. Louis, Missouri over 150 years ago where five nuns, known as the Sisters of St. Mary’s, were called to aid and heal in God’s name. Since those humble beginnings, SSM Health has grown to become one of the largest Catholic not-for-profit integrated health systems serving the Midwest. Today, our healing ministry includes over 13,900 providers and approximately 40,000 team members, all working together with a shared Mission to deliver exceptional health care services that reveal the healing presence of God across Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
With 23 hospitals, 12 post-acute care centers, and over 650 physician offices and specialty care clinics spread across four states, SSM Health offers a world of opportunities where clinicians can do a world of good. Whether you’re seeking to heal, teach, learn, lead, connect, or discover, there’s a place within SSM Health for you to thrive.
No matter where you work within SSM Health, you can expect to be cared for personally and rewarded professionally with:
- A very comprehensive and competitive total compensation and benefits package.
- Extensive support and resources to support continued personal and professional growth.
- Strategic organizational investments in practice infrastructure and technologies to enhance our practice efficiency and increase clinician satisfaction.
- Generous paid time off and paid family leave so our team members can achieve work-life balance.
- And much more.
To learn more about our culture of care or to explore our full list of physician and advanced practice provider opportunities, visit JoinSSMHealth.com.
Company History
Prior to 1985, most of the health ministries that would become part of SSM Health were sponsored by the congregations that would become the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, but were not operated as an integrated health care system. That changed in 1986 with the creation of SSM Health as a system of hospitals, nursing homes and health related businesses. As the health system’s first president/CEO, Sister Mary Jean Ryan, FSM, created a strong organizational focus on continuous quality improvement, financial and operational stewardship, nonviolence as expressed through preservation of the Earth's resources and diversity.
Our founding sisters have left an incredible legacy, and their sacred ministry has now been entrusted to the organization’s employees, physicians and volunteers. As we continue to grow and evolve to better meet the needs of the communities we serve, SSM Health remains committed to carrying on our 150+ year heritage of healing. We know that exceptional health care is more than medicine; it’s about presence, and how we choose to care for our patients and each other – taking time to listen, to understand, to answer questions, to hold a hand, or even to pray. These are the moments in which we reveal God’s healing presence in a powerful and lasting way. This is who we are, who we have always been, and it is what we do best.