RN Residency Registered Nurse, Clinical Surgical, Bethesda East, FT, Days And Nights,

The BHSF March 2024 New Grad RN Residency is now accepting applications. This comprehensive, evidence-based onboarding, education and training program is designed specifically to transition newly graduated registered nurses from students to safe, competent professional practitioners.

The program is designed to help them gain the experience, judgment, skills and confidence they need to navigate the complexity of hospital life. Integrated into our hospital's educational structure, the BHSF New Grad RN Residency includes guided preceptor clinical experience, instructor-led core curriculum, interactive classes and skills labs, a formal mentoring program, debriefing/self-care sessions, and 360-degree evaluation. RN Residents, with support, progress to the competent level quickly, safely, and effectively. The length of the residency program is 18-22 weeks.

The Residency is projected to begin on March 25, 2024. Licensed new grads could begin training in the unit as early as February 12th, based on the hiring unit's discretion.

This position is for any recent RN graduate with less than 6 months of acute care experience or RNs with less than 1 year of non-acute care setting experience. Program availability is subject to change and will only run based on organizational needs. Register your interest in the event that an RN Residency takes place.

Applications must be completed and submitted via our applicant tracking system. Placement, interview, and location preferences are not guaranteed.

Why Join our RN Residency Program?

Clinical Learning Support

• The Baptist Health South Florida residency is fully integrated into our educational structure and has more than 500 employees serving as preceptors, managers, clinical educators and mentors.

Preceptor Program

• Clinical preceptorship following the Married State preceptor model geared to guide the novice nurse towards the clinical immersion including communication and socialization into the culture of the nursing within the organization

Collaborative Support Model - also part of the RN residency supportive components brings together the team in a meeting to discuss the resident progression. The team includes the leader, educator, preceptor and resident to establish goals for the residents' success.

Tuition Reimbursement

• Advance your nursing education to BSN, MSN and beyond through our tuition reimbursement benefit.

New Grads must be graduates from a nursing program accredited by the CCNE or ACEN; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred. Associate degree graduates must commit to obtain a BSN within 5 years of hire. Candidates selected must obtain a Florida RN license along with a current BLS card prior to the start of the residency.

The RN Residency requires full flexibility. Candidates selected will be required to attend all didactic and clinical components, therefore time off is not approved during the duration of the residency.

Candidates selected for the residency will need to provide a copy of the following documents:

• 3 Letters of Recommendation from your clinical professor/instructor, preferred

• Copy of Nursing Diploma or Unofficial Transcript indicating the nursing degree awarded

• BLS for Healthcare Provider card issued by the American Heart Association which must be current until at least 6/2024.