New Graduate Nurse Residency Program Fall

Position: New Graduate Nurse Residency Program Fall 2026
Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Essential Functions Assess:
Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.

Plan:
Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).Implement:
Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.

Evaluate:
Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.

Professionalism:
Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.

Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills Patient Care Delivery Nursing Fundamentals Interdisciplinary Teams Documentations Professional  Etiquette Accountability Patient  Care Coordination Communication Patient  Evaluation Critical Thinking#newgradRNWe believe in you and in fostering your nursing career by providing personalized training and development and offering innovative technologies. This 12-month residency program, starting, November 2, 2026 , will include a combination of unit-based learning with a preceptor and classroom-based training and will help provide you with additional support as you begin your nursing career with us.

Please apply to be considered for the New Graduate Nurse Residency program. You must have an active RN license prior to the start of the program but are welcomed to apply prior to obtaining your RN license.

Once you apply a list of open units will be emailed to you with the opportunity to choose 3 units at any of our 5 locations for interviewing.

Saint Joseph Hospital is part of Intermountain Health, a nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on helping people live their healthiest lives. Our 365-bed facility is one of the top-ranked hospitals in Denver, and has been awarded the highest national recognition possible for nursing excellence – Magnet designation – by the ANCC. We are proud to extend the mission of Intermountain Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.

Our deep community roots date back to 1873, making us one of the oldest hospitals in Colorado.

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