About this role
## Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a National Nurse Resident, you’ll step into a hands-on, supportive experience designed to help you grow and build confidence from day one. You won’t be on your own. You can expect real mentorship, meaningful feedback, and a team invested in your long-term success.Every day, you’ll collaborate with physicians and a multidisciplinary team to deliver care that sees each patient as an individual. You’ll administer treatments, track vitals, educate patients and families, and play a key role in making sure people feel seen, heard, and cared for.To succeed in this role, you’ll actively engage in our comprehensive, evidence-based Nurse Residency Program designed to support your growth and professional development. With a strong drive to learn and a team-first mindset, you’ll continue sharpening your skills while building a meaningful, fulfilling nursing career.
- Demonstrates the following essential leadership characteristics
- Emotional intelligence: Self-control, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness
- Ability to identify talent, coach and develop others
- Energy (capacity of acting, being active, positive force)
- Enthusiasm (inspiring zeal or fervor)
- Passion (a strong liking or desire for or to some activity, object, or concept)
## Job Requirements
Required
- Bachelors Of Science Nursing and Minimum of 3 years clinical experience in the acute care setting, upon hire and
- Minimum of 2 years clinical teaching experience and
- Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire
Preferred
- Masters Of Science Nursing, upon hire
Where You’ll Work
Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.
Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.