Registered Nurse (RN) - New Graduate
Saint Mary's Hospital
Decatur, IL

St. Mary's Hospital New Graduate RN Residency - Expected Winter Graduates 2024

Summary RN Residency is now open for New Grad RNs that are graduating in Winter 2024 New Grad Residency Program Overview: * 8 weeks for Medical-Surgical residents * 12 weeks for Emergency and ICU The nurse residency program at HSHS St. John's Hospital offers a dynamic and engaging experience that will positively impact the nurse's ability to provide quality, compassionate care to patients as the new nurse transitions from student nurse to professional nurse. Quality health care begins with developing our caregivers. The graduate residency program facilitates the transition of new nurses to professional practice with an eight to twelve week orientation that combines classroom lectures, hands-on activities, clinical scenarios including simulation and support of a highly-skilled education team. The program then transitions to monthly support sessions featuring topics that help strengthen and enable new nurses with skills and strategies to be successful in their clinical practice. Additional Information: * Starting hourly base rate of $34/hr * Sign on bonus for applicable departments * To learn more about career opportunities and speak to an HSHS recruiter please email Tara DeRosa at [email protected] or click the link to schedule a phone connection https://calendly.com/tara-hshs/connect Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. Attend our upcoming virtual hiring events! Our events are every second and fourth Thursday 3-4 p.m. Register to attend Qualifications Education Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice is required Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred Experience Experience in healthcare is preferred Certifications, Licenses and Registrations Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in state of practice is required Wisconsin: RNs may practice with a valid multi-state RN license as outlined in the Nurse Licensure Compact rules Basic Life Support (BLS) is required Physical Requirements: Clinical Overview Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 15 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 15,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day. Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments. Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient. HSHS requires COVID-19 vaccines or an approved medical or religious exemption for all colleagues. This does not apply to positions that are classified as 100% remote. HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). HSHS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. Benefits HSHS provides a benefits package designed to support the overall well-being of our colleagues including their physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and work health. Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for HSHS benefits. * Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues. * Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions. * Education Assistance benefits include up to $4,000 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period. * Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more! * Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more!