New Graduate RN Residency, Adult Emergency Department (Start Date: September 7, 2026)

• Start your nursing career at BMC in the Emergency Department, the busiest Level 1 Trauma Center in New England, where you’ll care for diverse patients, make a meaningful impact every day, and grow as part of a team committed to exceptional, compassionate care.
• Boston Medical Center has implemented a comprehensive new graduate nurse transition to practice program incorporating the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies.
• New graduate nurses are hired in cohorts.
• The cohort members attend nursing orientation together, followed by a series of educational days over 6 months.
• These activities, besides being educational, also bring the group together promoting social support and relevant discussion of common situations encountered in the first year of practice.
• The new graduate nurse residency includes a variety of experiential learning modalities that provide opportunities for assimilation and application of clinical theory and concepts to bedside practice.

Position

• New
• Graduate
• RN
• Residency
• Department:
• Adult
• Emergency
• Department
• Schedule: Full time, 36 Hours; 12-hour Shifts. Must be available to work any shift, including weekends, until the completion of training. The specific shift assignments will be determined near the end of the orientation. You must obtain licensure for practice in Massachusetts before the start date and work full-time for six months in varying shifts. The selected candidates must make a two-year commitment to the unit that invests in training them. Upon completion of orientation, the nurse’s shift will be determined and assume positions of 36 Hour Night shift per week with every third weekend and every other holiday. SCHEDULING SUMMARY This schedule provides maximum exposure to the new clinical environment, colleagues, and patient populations. All cohort participants are paid as employees ($38.05 per hour) and will receive benefits according to Boston Medical Center’s established policies and procedures. Each nurse is responsible in collaboration with their preceptor and clinical nurse educator to devise weekly goals. Basic computer proficiency is inclusive of the ability to access, enter, and interpret computerized data/information. Effective interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with various healthcare team members, patients, and families. Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work. Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the Medical Center preferred. Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and co REPORTING STRUCTURE Following the American Nurses Association’s “Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice,” the registered nurse, under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager, is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care. ROLE DESCRIPTION The role is designated for nurses who have graduated from nursing school within twelve (12) months before their date of hire and encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients and their families across the healthcare continuum. The registered nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes using the model of care designed by the nursing department and following established BMC policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, and standards of practice.
• New
• Grad
• Residency
• Program/ 24 weeks of orientation includes: ENA education modules Precepted clinical orientation shifts Telemetry Class IV Class ED specific
• Classes
• TNCC certification
• ACLS
• Certification
• Application
• REQUIREMENTS: REQUIREMENTS EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE Graduation from an accredited BSN program within twelve (12) months before the date of hire required. If graduating from an ASN program, Registered Nurses are required to enroll in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program by the end of the first year of employment and receive their BSN by the end of the semester in which their four (4) year anniversary of employment at BMC occurs. Emergency Technician experience or ED Nursing practicum at a Level 1 Trauma Center strongly preferred BLS Required KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Basic computer proficiency is inclusive of the ability to access, enter, and interpret computerized data/information. Effective interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with various members of the health care team, patients, and families. Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work. Analytical ability and critical thinking skills to solve clinical nursing issues.