New Grad Residency Program Registered Nurse Job Listing at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St Johnsbury, VT (Job ID 3302886-2024-04-01)

Description

Are you a passionate and dedicated new graduate registered nurse ready to kick-start your career in healthcare? We are excited to announce the opening of our New Graduate Nurse Residency program at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH). This comprehensive residency program is designed to provide recent nursing graduates with the tools, knowledge, and support needed to excel in their nursing careers.

New Graduate Nurse Residency Program Information:

• The next Residency will begin in the summer of 2024
• New Graduate RN positions are full-time
• The applicant must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program (ADN or BSN)
• Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter, which includes their NCLEX date.
• Applicants must have a Vermont or multi-state RN license by the start of the program.
• Applicants must have a current BLS through the American Heart Association
• Current employees must apply online as a transfer

Departments that may have availability are: Med Surg, Emergency, ICU, Operating Room, Day Surgery

The Nurse Residency Program at NVRH focuses on Nursing Leadership, Patient Outcomes, and Professional Roles. The program will last 32 weeks and is required for all new graduate RNs. There will be in-person learning sessions on a weekly basis for the first 12 weeks that last 8 hours each. We will provide didactic and active learning, including simulation, case studies, and guest speakers. After the first 12 weeks, we will continue to meet monthly until graduation at week 32.

Pillars of the Program based on the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education Standards:

1. Leadership:

• Management of Patient Care Delivery: Holistic Nursing Care to include emotional and spiritual needs.
• Resource Management: Critical Access Hospital
• Communication: Team Roles and Multidisciplinary Patient Management
• Conflict Management: Ensuring the safety of the patient and health care team. Conflict and de-escalation management.

1. Patient Outcomes:

• Management of the Changing Patient Condition: Patient deterioration, critical thinking, working with multidisciplinary teams, and chain of command.
• Patient and Family Education
• Pain Management
• Evidence-Based Skin Care
• Fall Prevention
• Infection Control

1. Professional Role:

Interprofessional Team Communication:

• Ethical Decision-Making
• End-of-Life Care
• Competencies in Cultural Care
• Stress Management and Self-Care
• Evidence-Based Practice: Quality Improvement Project
• Professional Development: Career Plan and Life-Long Learning

New Graduate RNs are supported by preceptors who have had at least 2 years of nursing experience, and have completed a preceptor course. Nurse Residency Program participants will have daily debriefs with the preceptor, and structured scheduled meeting with the preceptor, director and educators on a routine basis.

By joining our healthcare team, you will become an integral part of your community, delivering outstanding services that positively impact lives. At NVRH, we value our employees and offer a competitive compensation package, including attractive wages. Additionally, we provide a robust benefits package, which includes enticing perks such as student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, generous paid time off, a complimentary gym membership, and cost-effective health, dental, and vision plan options and career advancement opportunities. We also support your financial future through a 401k plan with company matching.

NVRH is located in St. Johnsbury in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. We are a community, not-for-profit, acute care, critical access hospital. NVRH is one of two Vermont hospitals designated as Baby Friendly™ by the United Nations. The organization provides primary and preventive care, surgical and specialty services, inpatient and outpatient care and 24-hour, physician-staffed emergency services. Aligned with community partners, NVRH values and invests in efforts to address social conditions to create communities that are well-nourished, well-housed, physically healthy, mentally healthy, and financially secure. NVRH serves the health needs for over 30,000 community members.