Harrington New Graduate Registered Nurse Residency Program

About the role

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Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Schedule Details

Holidays - Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends - Every Third Weekend

• Scheduled Hours: 7a-7p 7p-a
• Shift: 4 - Mixed Shift, 12 Hours (United States of America)
• Hours: 36
• Cost Center: 25080 - 1291 2N IP Adult Acute Care

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsible for the planning, delivery and management of direct patient care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice.

Hours: 36 hours weekly including weekly didactic training in a classroom setting.

Shift: Must have flexibility for day, evening, and night shifts during the 13-week nursing orientation. Minimum 8-hour shifts, with flexibility up to 12-hour shift.

Status: Non-exempt/Hourly

Location: UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Campus (Southbridge or Webster Campuses). Weekly and monthly classes will be held at the Southbridge campus.

• Harrington Hospital's Southbridge Campus is a community-focused hospital and part of UMass Memorial Health, serving patients throughout Central Massachusetts and Northeastern Connecticut while providing access to the resources of a leading academic health system.
• The Webster Campus extends care to communities across Southern Worcester County, offering new graduate nurses the opportunity to gain experience in a collaborative, patient-centered environment close to home.

What to expect

• After we receive your application, a member of our Talent Acquisition Department will contact you to talk about current job postings and to schedule an interview with members of the education or nursing leadership team.

Required Application Materials to be submitted within ONE document

• Cover Letter: Please include a brief description of your background, career goals, and your top two clinical areas of interest, as well as anything else you would like to mention.
• Resume: Please include clinical rotations, previous work experience and certifications.

Program Requirements

• The new graduate nurse may apply for this position prior to completing license requirements but must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing within the state of Massachusetts
• RN license must be verified by the Mass.gov website before end of 13 week orientation.
• Candidates must have graduated from an accredited BSN or ADN program within the last 12 months or have worked as an RN in any capacity no more than within the last 12 months of beginning of program start.
• For specialty areas healthcare background preferred.

Program Summary

• This position is a 1-year New Graduate Nurse Residency Program to introduce the new graduate nurse to nursing practice from multiple perspectives through didactic, clinical and experiential opportunities.
• The new graduate nurse will participate in all didactic sessions as part of the role, as well as learning to participate in the planning, delivery and management of direct patient care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice.
• Orientation will consist of a minimum of 13 weeks 1:1 with a preceptor. After the 13-week orientation, new graduate nurses accepted into this program are expected to attend didactic education classes once a month during this 1-year nurse residency.

Program Description

• The New Graduate Nurse Residency Program is designed for the newly graduated nurse or the registered nurse who has successfully graduated from an accredited BSN/ADN program and has passed the NCLEX exam within the first 13 week orientation period.
• Over the course of the program, the new graduate nurse will participate in educational sessions designed to support the development of critical thinking, professional practice behaviors, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, clinical judgment, and knowledge assimilation to a high-tech, acute care environment.
• New RN graduates will orient preferably on one unit with their preceptors and will be expected to work up to 36 hours per week with a consistent schedule of day, evening or night shift including weekends and holiday rotations based on primary preceptor’s scheduled hours. The additional 8-hour classroom time will be on the day or evening shift (0800-1630).
• Following successful completion of unit orientation, new graduate nurses will integrate into a unit as independent RNs in a position they have applied for and accepted an offer into.

Program Outcomes

• Enhanced ability to provide quality, evidence-based care, advanced critical thinking ability and improved skill in clinical decision making.
• Robust Orientation provided during a 12 week preceptorship.
• Our orientation incorporates evidence-based educational strategies to prepare, educate, and provide necessary support for successful transition to professional practice from student nurse to a newly licensed nurse.
• 1:1 with a nursing preceptor

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

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