Graduate Nurse / Nurse Residency Program

Job Description

Graduate Nurse / Nurse Residency Program | Henry Ford Health

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Henry Ford Health, located in Jackson, MI. Henry Ford Health is a respected academic medical center that partners with millions on their health journey, offering a full continuum of services across Michigan and globally. This program is designed to support novice nurses in their transition from entry-level advanced beginner to a competent professional, ensuring the delivery of safe, quality patient care within a collaborative healthcare environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Jackson, MI (In-person)
• Team: Part of a structured nurse residency program supported by academic and clinical faculty/preceptors.
• Mission: To facilitate the transition of novice nurses into competent professional nurses, delivering safe, quality care.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Transition: Assist in developing from an entry-level advanced beginner to a competent professional nurse over a twelve-month program.
• Develop: Participate in the progressive development of critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills with academic and clinical faculty.
• Care: Deliver safe, quality care within a collaborative interprofessional healthcare team environment.
• Interpret: Function within established guidelines and interpret the philosophy and goals of Henry Ford Health to others in the work setting.
• Improve: Engage in finding and implementing solutions for variances from patient goals to promote optimum patient outcomes.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with less than six (6) months of experience in a related area of nursing practice. Must be enrolled in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program within 3 years of hire, completing it within 5 years. Ability to successfully pass NCLEX-RN and hold an active, unrestricted RN license within 60 days of hire.
• Experience: Less than six (6) months of experience in a related area of nursing practice.
• Skills: Critical thinking, clinical reasoning, development of therapeutic relationships, delivery of safe and quality patient care, and problem-solving for patient outcomes.
• Bonus: BLS Health care provider certification is preferred and must be successfully completed within orientation.