Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Residency Program Full Time

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This is a Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley position.

Your nursing career deserves to start with the best foundation! To foster your growing talents we invite you to consider the Stanford Health Care New Graduate Nurse Residency Program. Thoughtfully designed for highly motivated and committed new graduate nurses this is a comprehensive one-year training programproviding over 300 bedside care hours with an experienced nurse preceptor supported with an additional 100 hours of clinical education immersive training and unique New Grad Seminar workshops. Our rigorous curriculum emphasizes the professional nurse role leadership and patient outcomes and is guided by Watson Caring Science Theory.

Program requirements:

• Must be a graduate from an accredited ADN BSN or MSN program.

• The official graduation transcript date no greater than 6 months from cohort hire/start date.

• Must have an active CA RN license that can be verified online via the California Board of Registered Nursing by program start date.

• Must have a current AHA ACLS and BLS card by program start date

• No greater than 6 months experience as a registered nurse

• Accredited online programs included.

Must submit the following documents with your Workday application by 5:00pm Wednesday December 3rd 2025:

1) Cover Letter

2) Two letters of recommendation

3)Questionnaire click link below to complete:

• Link: Nurse Residency Supplemental Questionnaire

4) Transcripts: Most recent transcripts (either Official or Unofficial Online Transcripts)

5) Resume:

• Clinical Rotations/Preceptorship ():

• If clinical rotation/preceptorship is in progress at time of application submission please note in progress.

• Just include the number of clinical hours for each rotation/preceptorship

• Must include the location/site for clinical rotations/preceptorship

Work Experience (if applicable):

• Provide job title responsibilities and timeframe for employment

Volunteer Experience (if applicable):

• Must include name and contact information of individual/agency who supervised your volunteer activities.

• Must provide volunteer title responsibilities and hours volunteered

*PLEASE UPLOAD TO YOUR DOCUMENTS UNDER ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS *

RN Residency Applicant Timeline:

• December 1st-3rd at 5pm: Applications accepted (requirements below)

• Mandatory Supplemental Questionnaire due December 3rd.

• December 18th 2025: Candidates will be emailed re: interviews if selected

• January 28th- 30th 2025: Interviews

• March 15th 2026: Residency Begins

Participating Units: Med-Surg and Emergency Department

Thank you and good luck to you all!
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley RN Recruitment & New Grad RN Residency Teams
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Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct patient care practicing in an evidence-based manner within the Scope of Practice of the California Nursing Practice Act regulatory requirements standards of care and hospital policies. The RN performs all the steps of the nursing process including assessing patients interpreting data planning implementing and evaluating addition the RN coordinates care with other providers and acts as a teacher to the patient and family to provide the knowledge and skills needed to manage their care and prevent complications.

Essential Functions

The essential functions listed below are general examples and not a description of comprehensive duties. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing nature or scope of this position or level of responsibility. May be asked to perform other duties as assigned.

• Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing history taking personal needs and physical assessment findings.

• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.

• Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.

• Safely performs and documents care plan using the nursing procedures required for the patient assignment consistent with the standards of care.

• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.

• Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.

• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.

• Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.

• Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.

• Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit including growth and development principles

• Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.

• Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.

• Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare ValleyCares patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions

Job Qualifications

Education

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Experience

• No prior Registered Nurse experience required

Licenses and Certifications

• Current CA R.N. License

• Current American Heart Association BLS Certification

• Relevant departmental certification as required (i.e.: PALS NRP ACLS)

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong communication skills - Ability to read write and understand the English language.

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to problem solve and adapt to a changing environment

• Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate manage knowledge mitigate error and support decision-making in patient care

• Ability to work as a valued team member but also autonomously

• Ability positively influence others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals

• Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient care

• Knowledge of principles practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management leadership coordination and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility

Physical Demand and Working Conditions

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (SHCTV) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination inall ofits policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.