Baystate Health is offering up to a $5,000 Bonus to all NIGHT SHIFT nurses joining the residency program!

Department Overview:

• 46-bed Medical-Surgical and Intermediate Care Unit (IMC) with modern equipment and a wide variety of patients daily.
• Fast-paced environment where nurses work across various specialties, including orthopedics, plastics, and intermediate care.
• The IMC team supports critical care by stabilizing patients for ambulance or helicopter transport.
• Nurse-patient ratios: 5:1 in Med-Surg and 3:1 in IMC.
• Well-staffed with strong support from management, supervisors, and a team of nurse educators & coordinators on every shift.
• Comprehensive orientation program with evidence-based online courses, interactive lectures, and high-fidelity simulations.
• Smaller, community-focused hospital environment where every nurse receives personalized orientation and attention.

Why join the Residency Program at a Baystate Community Hospital?

• Comprehensive unit-based orientation
• Professional pathways exclusively available to nurse residents with an overarching goal of expanding professional development
• Diverse and engaging learning curriculum
• Layers of support at the unit, program organization, and system level
• Opportunities to shadow at any Baystate Health department, system wide
• Peer Support
• Multimodal orientation program utilizing latest evidence-based online education programs, interactive classroom lectures, and high-fidelity simulation.

A huge perk of being a Registered Nurse in a smaller, community hospital is that you never get lost in a crowd! Training can be individualized, cross-training into specialty roles is available and you have access to leadership on a daily basis.

What can you expect?

The Nurse Residency program runs in tandem with your RN position here at Baystate Wing Hospital with the Medical-Surgical, Telemetry team. This inpatient acute care unit is the largest unit in the hospital and has the capability to care for a broad spectrum of patient acuity.

You will be hired as a Registered Nurse, offered a competitive nursing rate and after orientation, will assume responsibility for the patient's plan of care.

At Baystate Health, we take care of our Registered Nurses as well as our patients! We offer the following benefits:

• Highly competitive nursing salary
• Sign on bonus (Sign on Bonuses are paid to external hires only; not applicable for internal or company transfers, unless otherwise specified. Former employees are eligible after 1 year post separation from Baystate Health)
• Nursing forgivable loan program
• High-quality, low-cost medical, dental and vision Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Retirement
• Wellbeing programs that include but are not limited to mental, physical and financial health
• Robust time off
• Union Seniority accruing day 1 

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE:

• Baystate Wing Hospital
• Palmer, MA
• Onsite parking

QUALIFICATIONS: 

MA Registered Nurse License

American Heart Association BLS CPR (can be obtained after offer)

We strive to be the place where we can help you build the career you deserve – apply today – YOU belong at Baystate!

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You Belong At Baystate

At Baystate Health we know that treating one another with dignity and equity is what elevates respect for our patients and staff. It makes us not just an organization, but also a community where you belong. It is how we advance the care and enhance the lives of all people.

DIVERSE TEAMS. DIVERSE PATIENTS. DIVERSE LOCATIONS.

Education:

Bachelors Degree in Nursing (Required)

Certifications:

Basic Life Support - American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association, Registered Nurse - State of MassachusettsState of Massachusetts

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