Registered Nurse-New Graduate Inpatient Nursing
About The Position
The Nursing Residency Program provides comprehensive support for new graduate nurses throughout their first year with Northwestern Medicine. Clinical orientation is tailored to each new graduate nurse, with ongoing access to mentors and continued education. Northwestern Medicine is accepting December 2026 graduates. The Staff Nurse Inpatient is a clinically competent, registered professional nurse who prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for acutely ill patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse interacts effectively with patients, significant others, and other members of the health team while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice and adhering to Northwestern Medicine’s mission, vision, values, Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program, applicable policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulatory and accreditation standards. Inpatient units accepting new graduates include Cardiac Telemetry, Float Pool, Inpatient Rehab (Woodstock location), Medical Surgical Observation, Medical Surgical Oncology, and Neuro Telemetry. Status, shift, and unit availability will be discussed during the interview process. The schedule consists of 12-hour shifts: days from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. or nights from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with rotating shifts, every other or every third weekend, and holiday commitments. The posting lists full-time hours as 36 hours per week (0.9 FTE) and part-time hours as 24 hours per week (0.6 FTE); the listed position hours are 36 hours per week (0.9 FTE).
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to collaborate with others.
- Strong analytic abilities.
- An Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) is acceptable with a commitment to obtain a BSN from an accredited program within three years of the first day of employment in a clinical nurse role.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a specific clinical area.
- For Emergency Room and Pediatric Emergency Room preferences: Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS), Emergency Communications Registered Nurse, Certified Pediatric Nurse, or Certified Emergency Nurse.
Responsibilities
- Collect and analyze data, identify expected outcomes, develop and implement an individualized plan, coordinate care delivery, and evaluate progress toward outcomes.
- Direct care and determine the appropriate utilization of assistants involved in providing direct patient care.
- Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; create a documented, outcomes-focused plan that reflects decisions about care and service delivery and communications with patients, families, and others.
- Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects.
- Evaluate and document patients’ responses to nursing interventions in the health record and individualize the plan of care based on evaluation findings.
- Use the best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Loan forgiveness
- 401(k) matching
- Lifecycle benefits
- A range of benefits intended to support employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provide protection for unexpected life events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
