May 2026 Grads - RN Residency - West GA

Wellstar Health System • LaGrange, GA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for candidates interested in West GA in the LaGrange area, specifically those graduating in May -August of 2026. The RN Resident is expected to successfully complete the 12-month Nurse Residency Program (NRP) at Wellstar. This program is designed to facilitate and provide support for a successful transition into professional practice for new graduate RNs with less than 6 months of experience. RN Residents will participate in programs designed by specialty/service line and NRP sessions to support their development. They will be supported by Unit-Based Leaders, Educators, NRP RN educators, Site Coordinators, and Unit-Based Preceptors who are trained to support professional role transition, strengthen nursing practice comprehension, critical thinking, and clinical skills in preparation for providing excellent patient care on the unit. The Nurse Resident's orientation comprises System Orientation, Core Nursing Onboarding Sessions, Specialty Onboarding Sessions, and monthly NRP sessions. Under the direct supervision of the Unit Manager and in collaboration with the Professional Nurse Educator, Assistant Nurse Manager, and Preceptor, the RN Resident is responsible for providing nursing care to assigned patients in accordance with current Wellstar Standards of Care. The RN Resident is a proactive member of an interprofessional team ensuring individualized, high quality, safe patient care, viewing families and significant others as engaged care team partners. The practice framework is guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, Patient Care Delivery Model, evidence-based practice, and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Wellstar Values in Action. All RN Residents are expected to be licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implement the Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics Standards for Nurses put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, the individual is expected to uphold the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals. Successful completion of the 12-month RN Residency in the unit of hire is expected.

Requirements

• Diploma from an accredited nursing program
• Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing
• Less than 1 year of RN experience
• Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor certification
• Registered Nurse (Single State) or RN - Multi-state Compact license
• Ability to read, write and speak English language
• Optimizes the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
• Possess excellent time management skills
• Practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills
• Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team
• Computer/data entry experience
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree BSN Preferred
• Epic and 3M experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes.
• Provides patient and family centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
• Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate method for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patients goals the focus of the plan of care.
• Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model.
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
• Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.
• Promotes evidence-based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing.
• Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes.
• Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice.
• Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc.).
• Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.

Benefits

• Support to do more meaningful work and enjoy a more rewarding life
• Inclusive culture
• Recognized as a Great Place to Work (FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and Seramount 100 Best Companies list)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree