Nurse Residency Program | New Grad RN | Fall 2026 Expanded | Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

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The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp HealthCare and Sharp Professional Nurses Network United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals NUHHCE AFSME AFL-CIO. Placement within the range is based on years of RN experience.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of a U.S. state-approved and accredited nursing program.
• Must have a current unencumbered California RN license
• Must have graduated no more than 18 months prior to the start date of the Nurse Residency program (graduation date no earlier than April 2025)
• Must have less than 12 months of RN work experience on the start date of the Nurse Residency Program.
• Must have a current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS certification for a healthcare provider by program start date.

Note: If required by the specific unit additional certifications including AHA ACLS NIHSS PALS NRP or others must be completed by the program start date.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current unencumbered California RN license (at time of application)
• Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing

Program Start Date: November 2026

If you have any questions about the application process please reach out to our primary NRP recruiter at and we will get back to you as soon as we can!

Important New Grad Application Instructions:

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Fall 2026 New Grad RN Positions:

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

Accreditations/Designations: Magnet Planetree PTAP

Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual English/Spanish; BSN

Note: all units work 12-hour shifts unless otherwise indicated

Start Date: November 2026

Sharp Chula Vista Short Stay/ Observation PCU 4E

Purpose of Unit: Provides care for patients requiring less than two midnights in the hospital. The unit has approximately 25-30% short stay patients and the rest is overflow PCU patients

Top 5 Diagnoses: Chest pain post-procedural (cath lab) withdrawals AMS abdominal pain

Number of Beds: 33

Sharp Chula Vista Heart Failure PCU 5E

Purpose of Unit: Focuses on heart failure but can also care for a wide variety of cardiac patients who need continuous cardiac monitoring

Top 5 Diagnoses: Myocardial infarction (chest pain unstable angina) cath lab angioplasty hypertension diabetes and renal failure

Number of Beds: 44

Sharp Chula Vista Cardiac Surgery PCU 3T

Purpose of Unit: Focuses on a wide variety of cardiac patients who need continuous cardiac monitoring

Top 5 Diagnoses: Acute myocardial infarction (chest pain unstable angina) congestive heart failure angioplasties hypertension diabetes renal failure

Number of Beds: 32

Sharp Chula Vista Oncology PCU 5T

Purpose of Unit: Cares for patients with cancer but can also care for a wide variety of cardiac patients who need continuous cardiac monitoring

Top 5 Diagnoses: Leukemia lymphoma coronary artery disease diabetes/renal disease

Number of Beds: 32

Sharp Chula Vista Emergency Department

Additional Required Certifications: AHA ACLS PALS NIHSS

Purpose of Unit: Provides care for pediatrics to geriatrics in emergent or urgent situations

Top 5 Diagnoses: Abdominal pain cardiac pain shortness of breath muscular skeletal pain fever

Number of Beds: 42

Sharp Chula Vista Labor & Delivery

Additional Required Qualifications: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Additional Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a similar setting such as LVN Healthcare Partner/Assistant/Tech etc.

Purpose of Unit: Provide 24-hour care to pregnant individuals during the antepartum intrapartum and immediate postpartum period

Top 5 Diagnoses: Intrauterine pregnancy preeclampsia gestational diabetes pyelonephritis preterm labor

Number of Beds: 19

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