Graduate Nurse Inpatient *Rn

GRADUATE NURSE INPATIENT
* RN LICENSE REQUIRED

Apply for the GRADUATE NURSE INPATIENT
* RN LICENSE REQUIRED role at UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center
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Sign-On Bonus Available. Relocation Assistance Available. Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials.

This is an off-cycle posting for our RN Residency program for newly licensed RNs. Our next cohort for Graduate Nurses without license will be posted in February 2026.

Minimum

Offer:

$30.84/hr.
Maximum

Offer:

$30.84/hr.
Compensation Disclaimer: Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: RN Residency Program
FTE: 0.90
Full Time
Shift: Rotating

Work within the nursing process to provide direct nursing care to assigned patients. Promote a positive work environment and quality patient care. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

• PATIENT CARE - Deliver safe, direct care to an assigned group of patients, under the supervision of an RN Preceptor
• POLICIES - Work within Hospitals, Nursing division and departmental policies
• CARE PLAN - Work in collaboration with the healthcare team, implement and document individualized care plans incorporating age specific considerations, including discharge planning and patient/family teaching
• MEDICATION - Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings
• TESTS AND PROCEDURES - Assist with special tests and procedures, ensure proper consent has been obtained
• EMERGENCY MEASURES - Assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden, adverse developments in patients
• ENVIRONMENT - Maintain a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with Hospitals standards
• MISSION AND GOALS - Assist to maintain, support, and implement department and Hospitals mission and goals
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may not seem right

• Essential:
  Program Graduate
• Nonessential:
  Bachelor's Degree

• Essential:
  Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate
• Nonessential:
  Nursing

• Essential:
  None specified
• Nonessential:
  No minimum experience required

English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo

• Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Proof or Prof Rescuers within 30 days
• Essential: NM Board of Nursing Graduate Permit or RN License

• Heavy Work:
  Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

• Sig Hazard:
  Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials require PPE
• Limited access to med room. Med Admin Policy, Att A
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

• Internship

• Full-time

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care