Registered Nurse New Grad Residency – August 2025 Start

South Shore Health; Weymouth (MA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking new graduate nurses for a highly structured residency program designed to support their transition into clinical practice. This intensive program offers hands-on training, lectures, and mentorship, preparing nurses for successful careers in a magnet-designated facility. Candidates will engage in a full 14-week orientation, working night shifts and rotating weekends. This is a unique opportunity to join a supportive team dedicated to providing exceptional care to the community. If you're passionate about nursing and ready to make a difference, this program is the perfect starting point for your career.

Qualifications

• Must pass NCLEX prior to August 8 with a valid MA RN license.
• No prior RN working experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Administer medications following policies and procedures.
• Develop and document individualized patient care plans.
• Ensure patient safety and compliance with standards.

Skills

Medication Administration

Patient Care Documentation

Safety and Quality Assurance

Professional Development

Technology Utilization

Education

BSN Preferred

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Tools

Nursing Software Applications

Job description

If you are an existing employee of South Shore Health then please apply through the internal career site.

Requisition Number: R-19109

Facility: LOC0001 - 55 Fogg Road, Weymouth, MA 02190

Department Name: SSH Med Surg Admin

Status: Full time

Budgeted Hours: 36

Shift: Night (United States of America)

South Shore Health System offers a highly structured and intensive residency program for New Graduate RN’s twice per year. This highly sought after program is designed to support successful transition to clinical practice for the novice nurse (no prior RN working experience). We welcome complete applications from nurses who are committed to joining this magnet designated facility and providing the best quality of care to our community, friends, neighbors, and family from the South Shore area.

Below is the timeline and instructions to successfully apply: (Internal Candidates please apply via the internal SSH portal) Please submit one PDF of the following documents:

• Resume: Please let us know your NCLEX status on your resume (Exam Date, Date Pending, RN#, etc.)
• Letter of Intent (Why Med/Surg at SSH?)
• One letter of recommendation

The program begins August 25, 2025. Residency members will work full time and participate in a variety of activities to support the transition including lectures, simulated scenarios, and hands-on skills training. Nurses will be assigned a preceptor and transition to independent practice over the course of the program.

Candidates are expected to complete the full 14-week orientation program in full with their cohort, and be available to work 36-40 hours per week encompassing all shifts, including every other weekend rotation. Upon completion, New Graduate nurses will be scheduled to work 36-hour Night shifts with every other weekend rotation.

Base Pay: $37.04

Off Shift Differentials: Weeknights $8/hour, Weekend Nights $15/hour

Staff Nurse Responsibilities include:

1. Medication Administration
   a. Demonstrates knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for administering, transcribing, and recording medications.
   b. Completes medication reconciliation process following SSH policy and procedure.
   c. Demonstrates proper procedure for the documentation of narcotic withdrawal, administration, verifies count, wastes per policy and resolves narcotic discrepancy.
2. Plan of care/Documentation/Patient Family Centered Care/Patient Experience
   a. Develop, evaluate and update individualized plan of care for patient and document outcomes.
   b. Initiating admission assessment within 8 hours of admissions, identifies and documents patient/family/significant other teaching needs upon admission and throughout hospitalization.
   c. Continues assessment/reassessment and identifies care needs within established nursing practice.
   d. Documents all patient care following the department of nursing policy, unit based standards, disease processes (CHF, PNA vaccines) and nurse sensitive indicators (falls, skin, CAUTI).
3. Safety/Quality
   a. Verifies patient identification with two identifiers prior to the start of any invasive procedure, including "time out", administration of care, medications, labeled specimens and documents confirming the correct patient, procedure, site, equipment and consent.
4. Professional Development
   a. Obtains at least 5 contact hours per year in area of practice.
   b. Practices within the legal boundaries of MA Nurse Practice Act.
5. Technology
   a. Utilizes software applications required by department and unit standards.
6. Compliance
   a. Works within legal, regulatory and ethical standards relevant to the position.
7. Patient and Family Centered Care
   a. Conveys respect for values, preferences, and expressed needs of the patient and family.
8. Age & Culture
   a. Possesses age and cultural knowledge and awareness.

Minimum Education: BSN Preferred, Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required

Certifications: American Heart Association BLS required prior to start

Must pass NCLEX prior to August 8 with a valid MA RN license.

Must not have any prior RN working experience.