RN New Graduate

New Graduate Registered Nurse

Allina Health hires new graduate RNs to join our team in providing care that is patient centered, collaborative in nature and exceptional in quality. We have one application for new graduates with less than 1 year of RN work experience. Allina is dedicated to supporting our new graduate RNs with a precepted orientation and New Grad Nurse Residency Program for the first several months of professional practice as you make the transition from student, to professional nurse.

This program aims to create a sense of community by bringing individuals together to discuss key areas of professional nursing practice. Program content includes Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, Information Technology, Clinical Ethics, Wellbeing, Conflict Resolution, Medication Safety, Culture of Safety, and Quality Improvement, and is brought to our residents from key team members across the system. We are a not-for-profit, women-led health care system, one of the largest employers in Minnesota and an organization committed to our values of compassion, integrity, excellence and teamwork.

Key Position Details:

• Important Dates:
  New grad RNs are encouraged to apply prior to graduation, but can do so after graduation as well (May grads can apply as soon as January, December grads as soon as August). We hire and start new graduates year-round depending on available positions.

Application Requirements:

• We define a new graduate as a registered nurse with less than 1 year of RN work experience.
• Please include a current, detailed copy of your resume.
• You will indicate your preferences for location and department on the application.
• By applying, you will be considered for all RN positions within the Allina system that hire new grads.

Work Schedule:

• Various shifts and FTEs may be available. You would interview and be considered for all work schedule availabilities.
• Straight night shifts or a day/night rotation are often available for new grads. Straight evening or day/evening positions may be possible depending on openings.
• Shifts may be 8 or 12 hours.
• Weekends may be every other or every third.
• FTEs for new graduates are often 0.75-0.9 (60-72 hours per two-week pay period).
• The work schedule details are determined during the job offer and are dependent on what positions are available at that time.

Pay:

• Pay for RNs in the hospital follows the union step scale which factors in degree and length of service. The current base rate at our metro hospitals for a bachelor's prepared new grad nurse is $46.20/hour.
• Specifics around pay including shift, weekend, and/or float differentials would be discussed at the time of the job offer.

Unit Availabilities:

• There may be availabilities in Home Care or a wide variety of inpatient units within the 12 hospital campuses of the Allina Health system that hire new grad RNs, such as:

• Cardiac Telemetry
• Float Pool
• Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation
• Medical Surgical
• Neurology
• Oncology
• Orthopedics
• Progressive Care
• Short Stay Observation
• Spine

Allina Health Hospitals in the Twin Cities Metro Area:

• Coon Rapids, MN
  - Mercy Hospital
• Fridley, MN
  - Mercy Hospital - Unity Campus
• Minneapolis, MN
  - Abbott Northwestern Hospital
• Shakopee, MN
  - St. Francis Regional Medical Center
• St. Paul, MN
  - United Hospital

Allina Health Hospitals outside of the Twin Cities Metro Area:

• Buffalo, MN
• Cambridge, MN
• Faribault, MN
• Hastings, MN
• New Ulm, MN
• Owatonna, MN
• River Falls, WI

Job Description:

Required Qualifications:

• Associate's degree in nursing
• Graduate from an accredited nursing program

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing

Licenses/Certifications:

• Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN upon hire / WI Department of Safety & Professional…