Registered Nurses

Lifespan; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 49,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifespan invites new graduate nurses to join The Miriam Hospital Emergency Department in Providence, RI. This RN role emphasizes patient advocacy, adherence to nursing processes, and the hospital’s care standards. The cohort begins October 19, 2026, with a 36-hour weekly schedule and night shifts.

Nurses receive onboarding and opportunities for growth within Lifespan's care teams. The position requires RI RN licensure, a nursing degree (BSN preferred), CPR certification, and commitment to

Qualifications

• RN license in Rhode Island required at time of appointment.
• Baccalaureate in Nursing preferred; adheres to Nurse Practice Act.
• CPR certification required upon hire.
• Three months to achieve general staff nursing proficiency; specialty units may require relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Recognizes and reports deviations from patient or established norms.
• Documents nursing interventions and patient responses to treatments.
• Maintains patient safety and supports bedside care.
• Assists in planning care and prioritizing assignments.
• Provides basic comfort and patient/family education as needed.
• Assists with coordinating care with other health team members.

Skills

RN licensure RI

Nursing knowledge

CPR certification

Lifespan patient care

Team guidance to LPNs/CNAs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Job description

New Graduate Nurses Only - the cohort will start on October 19, 2026, for the Miriam Hospital Emergency Department.

SUMMARY

Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager (or designee), and within hospital and departmental policies and procedures, the professional registered nurse acts as a patient advocate in the application of the nursing process. All essential functions performed in this position reflect the age specific needs of the patients.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recognizes and reports deviations from patient or established norms.
• Identifies deviations from established norms not related to chief patient's complaints.
• Reports patient's responses to treatment(s), and documents nursing interventions.
• Provides basic comfort and support according to patient needs.
• Fosters patient(s) and family participation in achieving optimum level of patient's functioning and performing activities of daily living.
• Sets priorities in individual patient's assignments.
• Seeks guidance and resources, when necessary, in management of patient care.
• Identifies and assesses emergency situations.
• Initiates appropriate response and intervention.
• Plans for potential needs during emergency situations.
• Defines nursing diagnosis and expected patient's outcomes.
• May modify nursing plan of care based on diagnosis and/or outcomes.
• Documents on appropriate nursing assessment forms.
• Implements nursing interventions and evaluates based on patient's outcomes.
• Modifies plan or care accordingly, including documentation.
• The Registered Nurse maintains knowledge of contemporary, professional nursing practice within the legal framework of the Rhode Island Nurse Practice Act.
• Attends training and retraining, as needed, to maintain current knowledge of hospital and patient's care practices and procedures.
• Utilizes established protocols and collaborates with the health team to facilitate therapeutic interventions and attainment of desired patient outcomes.
• Participates in quality improvement processes and risk management activities.
• Attends unit-based, or hospital meetings to facilitate patient care management.
• Functions in a cooperative and productive manner in the work environment.
• Integrates complete physical assessment with nursing assessment, and records reviews in developing a comprehensive and individualized plan of care.
• Follows all documentation guidelines per policy and procedure.
• Maintains quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control in accordance with established hospital department policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Maintains safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
• Demonstrates self-direction in maintaining and advancing clinical and professional competency.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• Provides functional guidance and direction to LPNs, CNAs, and other licensed personnel, as required.
• May assume shift charge responsibility on an assigned unit. Responsibility includes maintaining an overview of unit activities and delegating work responsibilities with equitable assignments.
• Makes bed and patient assignments, and assigns primary patients to staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:Graduate of a school of nursing, Baccalaureate in Nursing preferred, with current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island. Conformity to the Code of Professional Nurses. Understanding of the provisions of the Nurse Practice Act of the state of Rhode Island. Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and sensitivity to cultural diversity in each step of the care process.

Certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation upon hire.

EXPERIENCE:Registered nurses should develop general proficiency as a staff nurse within three months of employment. For specialty units, general nursing experience, appropriate to the specialty, is preferred.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:Prolonged standing and walking. Exposed to all patient elements. May be required to lift/turn patients and equipment. Repeated bending, squatting, stooping.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:None.

Pay Range

$35.70-$71.40

EEO Statement

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location

The Miriam Hospital - 164 Summit Ave Providence, Rhode Island 02906

Work Type

36 hrs/week, 7pm-7:30am , every other weekend, every other holiday, on call requirement

Work Shift

Night

Daily Hours

12 hours

Driving Required

No