Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in West Virginia

Of the hospitals hiring on this site, 3 are in West Virginia counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole, the highest scores first: Rivers Health in Point Pleasant (a mental health HPSA (score 17)), Hampshire Memorial Hospital in Romney (a primary care HPSA (score 15)) and Valley Health War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs (a primary care HPSA (score 12)).

HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program repays 60% of a registered nurse's outstanding qualifying nursing education loans over two years of full-time service at a Critical Shortage Facility, and an additional 25% for an optional third year (HRSA; 42 U.S.C. 297n). A Critical Shortage Facility is, in HRSA's words, "a public or private health care facility located in, designated as, or serving a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)", a primary care or mental health one. Awards are competitive: HRSA gives preference by financial need, the nurse's specialty or type of facility, and the HPSA score.

Marshall Health Network (1) and Valley Health (Virginia) (2). Each opens its open jobs. A nurse applies to HRSA, which decides each award.