Nurse Residency Program

Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville offers a comprehensive 2-year residency program designed for new graduate nurses. The program focuses on enhancing clinical skills, leadership, and patient quality outcomes, aiming to ease the transition from student to professional nurse. Successful candidates will work under experienced Clinical Coaches to develop into competent healthcare providers, ultimately committing to the hospital after their residency.

Qualifications

• Must have an active FL RN license at least 2 weeks prior to the start date.
• Graduates must complete a 2-year residency commitment.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with a Clinical Coach for skills development.
• Participate in core curriculum training focused on patient care and safety.
• Adhere to a flexible work schedule, primarily night shifts after initial training.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Patient care

Education

Active FL RN license

Graduation from an accredited nurse licensure program

Job description

The complexity of health care now requires new graduate nurses to attain an unprecedented level of competency to deliver high-quality safe care. Experts have called for, and new graduate nurses are requesting, that employers provide additional programmatic support for the transition from student to registered nurse.

Why We Believe in the Residency Program

• Improve quality of patient care by providing additional training & support to new graduate nurses.
• Support development of highly- competent professionals who will provide patient care & leadership at the bedside.
• Improve job satisfaction – strengthen lifelong commitment to professional nursing.
• Transition from entry-level, advanced beginner to competent professional nurse that provides safe, quality care.
• Develop effective decision-making skills related to clinical judgment and performance.
• Develop strategies to incorporate research-based and other evidence into practice.
• Develop clinical leadership skills at the point of patient care.

A “new graduate” is defined as a nurse who has been licensed for 12 months or less.

• Graduates will work closely with a Clinical Coach. A Clinical Coach is a skilled and experienced nurse who uses a specific organized approach to learning, providing direct instruction, coaching, and evaluating the performance of the new nurses.
• Core curriculum is focused on leadership, patient quality outcomes, safety, patient satisfaction, and the advancement of nursing knowledge and experience.
• The residency will incorporate core nursing curriculum, competency development and unit orientations with education focused on clinical skills, critical thinking development, communication skills, and managing patient responsibilities and priorities. Best practices in learning and practice development will be employed.

Residency Program Design

Contract - The residency is a 2-year commitment. There is a one year residency program and a one year commitment to Baptist afterwards. Residents may transfer to other units after their initial year of residency.

Schedule - Residents will work 40 hours a week. It may not be Monday-Friday. For the first 3 months residents will be on dayshift. After the first 3 months, 95% of residents are moved to nightshift.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Baptist Health has 3 residency cohorts per year: spring, summer and fall.

Fall 2025 Residency (beginsOctober 13, 2025)

• Applications open on July 14, 2025
• Application review beginson July 21, 2025
• Applications close on August 30, 2025
• Residency Hiring Day:August 12, 2025

Application Process

Baptist Health will accept applications for the residency program during the application windows listed above. Graduation from an accredited nurse licensure program is required to apply. You must have an active FL RN license at least 2 weeks prior to the start date.

• Applications will be posted online on the date listed above. We anticipate a large number of applicants.
• A recruiter will review your information and qualified applicants will be sent an invitation to register for the Residency Hiring Day.
• If you are unable to attend the Residency Hiring Day, once offers from the hiring day have been extended (if there are positions remaining) you will be contacted by a recruiter regarding scheduling a 1:1 interview.
• Candidates will be notified of a final decision within a week of interviewing.