Sustainable career development can create a pathway toward greater economic mobility while giving employees opportunities to build new skills and pursue their professional ambitions. As healthcare continues to evolve, DaVita is taking a comprehensive approach to supporting its teammates throughout their careers.
The company’s development strategy focuses on career opportunities that can contribute to increased earning potential. Its development pipeline combines financial assistance, education resources, professional development, and personalized support to help teammates move from career aspirations to achievable goals.
Creating Clear Pathways for Career Advancement
The DaVita Ladders program is designed to make career progression more transparent and accessible. It establishes consistent expectations for different roles and provides a common framework for understanding advancement opportunities and career mobility. The program also supports DaVita’s compensation approach, including pay-for-performance and equitable pay practices.
DaVita Ladders provides a foundation for productive professional development conversations while allowing teammates to consider different career directions based on their interests, capabilities, and experience.
Clinical Ladders, the clinical component of the broader program, provides defined advancement pathways for patient care technicians, nurses, and other clinical employees and leaders. In 2025, DaVita reached the milestone of implementing DaVita Ladders across its entire U.S. workforce.
Approximately 60% of facility administrators and managers have advanced through internal promotions. As of December 31, 2025, approximately 400 teammates were pursuing an Associate Degree in Nursing through DaVita’s Bridge to Your Dreams program. The company’s development strategy focuses on career opportunities that can contribute to increased earning potential. Its development pipeline combines financial assistance, education resources, professional development, and personalized support to help teammates move from career aspirations to achievable goals.
Creating Clear Pathways for Career Advancement
The DaVita Ladders program is designed to make career progression more transparent and accessible. It establishes consistent expectations for different roles and provides a common framework for understanding advancement opportunities and career mobility. The program also supports DaVita’s compensation approach, including pay-for-performance and equitable pay practices.
DaVita Ladders provides a foundation for productive professional development conversations while allowing teammates to consider different career directions based on their interests, capabilities, and experience.
Clinical Ladders, the clinical component of the broader program, provides defined advancement pathways for patient care technicians, nurses, and other clinical employees and leaders. In 2025, DaVita reached the milestone of implementing DaVita Ladders across its entire U.S. workforce.
Supporting a Path into Nursing
Bridge to Your Dreams (BTYD) is designed to help teammates advance their careers while contributing to the development of the nursing workforce. The program is available to both clinical and non-clinical teammates and provides a structured route toward an associate degree in nursing for high-performing employees pursuing that career goal.
Those selected through the application process receive financial support that covers a significant portion of their educational costs. Participants can also work reduced hours to better manage academic commitments alongside employment and receive professional mentoring throughout the program.
Investing in Continuous Learning
DaVita views ongoing education and professional development as important components of building a capable workforce and developing future leaders who can support its commitment to patient care.
During the past year, the company focused on several areas of leadership and workforce development:
Building future clinical leadership: DaVita introduced the Emerging Nurse Leadership Program to strengthen its pipeline of senior clinical leaders. During its first year, the program exceeded its pilot objectives for both Net Promoter Score (NPS) and participants’ confidence in using the skills they developed. Expanding field leadership skills: The Field Manager Learning Series exceeded its targets for NPS and knowledge improvement, reflecting DaVita’s emphasis on applying learning directly to leadership responsibilities. Connecting learning with business priorities: DaVita developed and implemented targeted learning initiatives intended to encourage meaningful changes in workplace behavior. These efforts supported areas including clinical services, laboratory operations, and career development while reinforcing the company’s focus on Service Excellence, Continuous Improvement, and Accountability. Bridge to Your Dreams (BTYD) is designed to help teammates advance their careers while contributing to the development of the nursing workforce. The program is available to both clinical and non-clinical teammates and provides a structured route toward an associate degree in nursing for high-performing employees pursuing that career goal.
Those selected through the application process receive financial support that covers a significant portion of their educational costs. Participants can also work reduced hours to better manage academic commitments alongside employment and receive professional mentoring throughout the program.
Investing in Continuous Learning
DaVita views ongoing education and professional development as important components of building a capable workforce and developing future leaders who can support its commitment to patient care.
During the past year, the company focused on several areas of leadership and workforce development:
In 2025, DaVita recorded more than 4.7 million non-mandatory training completions across its learning platforms.
Preparing Employees for an AI-Enabled Workplace
DaVita also expanded its focus on emerging technology by creating an enterprise-wide working group dedicated to AI literacy and introducing its AI Essentials course.
The foundational program was initially launched for leaders and was designed to promote responsible and compliant use of artificial intelligence. Participants recorded a 34% increase in knowledge scores between pre- and post-course quizzes, demonstrating the learning gained through the program.
Benefits Designed Around Employees’ Needs
DaVita takes a broad approach to employee benefits, reflecting its people-focused values. Its benefits framework provides both proactive and responsive support intended to address the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of teammates and their families.
Among the benefits are the annual We Are Well award and mental health resources available to employees and their families. Additional information about DaVita’s benefits is provided in the report’s data tables and through its Careers website.
Tuition Assistance for Different Career Goals
Recognizing that employees have different ambitions, circumstances, and educational needs, DaVita also provides tuition reimbursement alongside its structured career programs.
The benefit can support teammates pursuing educational opportunities in fields including nursing, business, social work, and dietetics/nutrition. By offering multiple forms of educational assistance, DaVita aims to provide flexibility for employees working toward their individual career objectives.
In 2025, DaVita invested $4.4 million in tuition reimbursement, helping support the academic goals of more than 1,600 teammates.
Preparing Employees for an AI-Enabled Workplace
DaVita also expanded its focus on emerging technology by creating an enterprise-wide working group dedicated to AI literacy and introducing its AI Essentials course.
The foundational program was initially launched for leaders and was designed to promote responsible and compliant use of artificial intelligence. Participants recorded a 34% increase in knowledge scores between pre- and post-course quizzes, demonstrating the learning gained through the program.
Benefits Designed Around Employees’ Needs
DaVita takes a broad approach to employee benefits, reflecting its people-focused values. Its benefits framework provides both proactive and responsive support intended to address the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of teammates and their families.
Among the benefits are the annual We Are Well award and mental health resources available to employees and their families. Additional information about DaVita’s benefits is provided in the report’s data tables and through its Careers website.
Tuition Assistance for Different Career Goals
Recognizing that employees have different ambitions, circumstances, and educational needs, DaVita also provides tuition reimbursement alongside its structured career programs.
The benefit can support teammates pursuing educational opportunities in fields including nursing, business, social work, and dietetics/nutrition. By offering multiple forms of educational assistance, DaVita aims to provide flexibility for employees working toward their individual career objectives.
In 2025, DaVita invested $4.4 million in tuition reimbursement, helping support the academic goals of more than 1,600 teammates.