**Job Description** **Job Description:** The Nurse Residency Program offers a structured and supportive environment for new nurses to develop their skills and transition smoothly into their professional careers. The program coincides with the unit you are hired into. **Education Qualifications:** **Overview:** + **Target audience:** Newly licensed nurses or soon to be RNs with less than 1 year of experience. + **Goal:** To support new graduate nurses in their transition from novice nurse to competent nurse through professional development + **Length:** 1 year program + **Shifts:** 0.7-0.8 FTE working Day/Night (some 12-hour shifts or D/E availability) **Eligibility:** + Current nursing student OR + Recent graduate of an accredited nursing program OR + Starting first RN position with Essentia Health within one year of graduation. **Required Qualifications:** + Nursing license in state of employment. + Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification within one month **Licensure/Certification Qualifications:** **Highlights:** + **Up to $10,000 (ADN)/$15,000 (BSN) Sign on Bonus** + **NCLEX Prep Course** + **1:1 Coaching Guidance through first year** + **Nurse Residency Class** + **Brand new hospital overlooking Lake Superior** + **Be part of an organization that is on the pathway to the Magnet Recognition Program** + **Level 1 Adult and Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center** + **Tuition Reimbursement for advancing education** + **Shift Differential for Evenings and Overnights** **Program Outcomes:** + Transition from novice to competent nurse. + Develop effective clinical judgment and decision-making skills. + Demonstrate clinical leadership at the point of care. + Feel a strengthened commitment to nursing practice. + Incorporate research and evidence-based practices into care. ******* **Like nowhere else:** **To learn more about Duluth, MN and our surrounding areas:** . YOU belong here! **Job Location:** Essentia Virginia Hospital **Shift Rotation:** Day/Night Rotation (United States of America) **Shift Start/End:** Varies/Varies **Hours Per Pay Period:** Varies **Compensation Range:** **Union:** **FTE:** 0.8 **Weekends:** Yes -every other **Call Obligations:** **Sign On Bonus:** Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Essentia It is our policy to afford EEO to all individuals, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, family medical history, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, military service or veteran status, culture, socio-economic status, status with regard to public assistance, and other factors not related to qualifications, including employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other category as defined by law.