RN Residency Fall - Newton

Overview

Program will begin October 2026. Our 12‑month, comprehensive, transition‑to‑practice program facilitates your progress from student to professional nurse through education, mentorship and peer support. The Nurse Residency program prepares new graduate nurses by teaching the knowledge, skills and behaviors that are necessary to continuously improve quality and safety at the point of care. It combines precepted orientation, led by dedicated preceptors, with blended learning experiences.

• Develop the clinical judgment needed to rapidly recognize a change in patient’s condition and the urgency of a clinical situation
• Cultivate excellent communication skills, allowing them to engage with colleagues and support patients
• Enjoy cohort experiences designed to promote peer and professional socialization and strengthen professional commitment to nursing
• Learn didactic content specifically tailored to new graduates from professional nursing organizations

Acute Care, Critical Care, Emergency Department, Women’s Services, Cardiovascular/Progressive Care, Surgical Services, Transplant, and more!

• Competitive and equitable compensation for all roles
• Total wellness programs for you and your family
• Wellness Coaching App – 24/7 Live Coaching
• Physician and Nursing Peer Coaching
• Financial Wellness Planning and Education
• Broad Employee Assistance Program services
• PTO your way – combined PTO days for greater flexibility, 100% paid maternity leave (requires return to work), employer paid military leave, PTO cash‑in, and a 2026 community giving program
• Benefits:
  Choice of medical/prescription drug plans, dental and vision, adoption assistance, flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent day care, health reimbursement account, fully paid long‑term disability, basic life, and accidental death & dismemberment

Our inclusive culture welcomes and celebrates diverse backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives. Named an America’s Greatest Workplace for Diversity 2025, we offer 17 local diversity councils that work together to ensure Piedmont feels like family.

The staff nurse provides nursing care to patients from birth through the life‑cycle utilizing nursing processes to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. She/he functions within the framework of the organization’s policies and procedures and demonstrates professional growth and accountability. The staff nurse is responsible for maintaining standards of practice, coordinating patient care activities of all assigned staff in the provision of quality nursing care.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities: leadership skills, effective communication skills, initiative, independent judgment, ability to handle stressful environments.

• Minimum education:
  
  Graduate of a nursing program
• Minimum experience:
  
  New graduates of a nursing program eligible
• Minimum licensure/certification:
  Current license in the State of Georgia as a registered nurse; BLS certification required
• Additional qualifications:
  
  Bachelor’s degree preferred; advanced certification in field of specialty, if applicable