**Overview**
**St Bernardine Medical Center:**
Founded as a faith-based hospital in 1931 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Dignity Health – St. Bernardine Medical Center is a 342-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in San Bernardino California. The hospital offers a full complement of services including the Inland Empire Heart and Vascular Institute an award-winning orthopedics program surgical weight loss and is an official Neurovascular Stroke Center as designated by ICEMA. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/stbernardinemedical for more information.
**Benefits:**
While you are serving on the front lines, caring for our patients, we want to take care of you! We offer an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefits and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits will include retirement savings, pension, PTO, medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs and more.
**Responsibilities**
**RN New Grad / RN Residency Program - August 2024**
**St Bernardine Medical Center**
**Departments Participating:**
Telemetry
Medical Surgical Acute
Orthopedics
Oncology
*Department & Shift to be decided upon successful completion of panel interview.
**Overview:**
**Join our team as we strive for national excellence.** At CommonSpirit Health, we believe our nursing care is our brand. This innovative New Graduate RN Residency accelerates nursing competencies by providing in depth experiences, education, and support during the Nurse Residents first year. A competency-based curriculum coupled with trained preceptors and active mentorship capitalizes on ANCC Accreditation design and evidence-based practices.
**Application Timeline:**
Application period is open 5/6/2024 through 5/17/2024. Interviews will be held beginning May 2024.
**Program Commitment:**
The program consists of a clinical orientation in addition to a 12-month transition-to-practice. The program requires full-time(40-hour) employment during the length of the program (12 months from start). Any scheduled time off will necessitate approval of the hiring manager and RN Residency Coordinator.
+ For the duration of the 12 month program, nurses will be working 40-hour weeks: 3x12-hour nursing shifts, along with a weekly 4-hour class (the 4-hour class alternates each week, will be either on-site or an at-home module).
**Requirements:**
Nurse Residents will be required to complete each of the components of the program in including:
+ Didactic,
+ Skills enhancement,
+ Simulation,
+ An EBP project,
+ Attend all monthly transition-to-practice program courses to graduate
**Qualifications**
**Eligibility:**
Applicants must have:
+ Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a minimum of an Associate's Degree in Nursing required, within the past 12 months.
+ 0-12 months of professional nursing (RN) experience.
+ An active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state they will be practicing (interim permits cannot be accepted) upon hire.
+ Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
+ Additional certifications may be required based on populations served. (Each Unit requires different certs-add the certs for the local hospital departments here
**Pay Range**
$50.46 - $50.46 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.