Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 28,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 25 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.
What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact - because when it comes to caring for people, we're all in.
Description
The Baptist Health October 2025 New Grad RN Residency is now accepting applications
exclusively for the North Region locations, which include Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Bethesda East Hospital and Bethesda West Hospital. This comprehensive, evidence-based onboarding, education and training program is designed specifically to transition newly graduated registered nurses from students to safe, competent professional practitioners. The program is designed to help them gain the experience, judgment, skills and confidence they need to navigate the complexity of hospital life. Integrated into our hospital's educational structure, the BHSF New Grad RN Residency includes guided preceptor clinical experience, instructor-led core curriculum, interactive classes and skills labs, a formal mentoring program, debriefing/self-care sessions, and 360-degree evaluation. RN Residents, with support, progress to the competent level quickly, safely, and effectively. The length of the residency program is 18-22 weeks.
The Residency is projected to begin on October 20, 2025. This opportunity is open to recent RN graduates with less than 6 months of acute care experience, or RNs with under 1 year of experience in non-acute care settings. The availability of the program is subject to change and will proceed based on organizational needs. To express interest in the event that an RN Residency is offered, please register. All applications must be submitted through our applicant tracking system. Placement, interview, and location preferences are not guaranteed.
Why Join our RN Residency Program?
Clinical Learning Support - The Baptist Health South Florida residency is fully integrated into our educational structure and has more than 500 employees serving as preceptors, managers, clinical educators and mentors.
Preceptor Program - Clinical preceptorship following the Married State preceptor model geared to guide the novice nurse towards the clinical immersion including communication and socialization into the culture of the nursing within the organization
Collaborative Support Model - also part of the RN residency supportive components brings together the team in a meeting to discuss the resident progression. The team includes the leader, educator, preceptor and resident to establish goals for the residents’ success.
Tuition Assistance – Advance your nursing education to BSN, MSN and beyond through our tuition assistance benefit.
Estimated pay range for this position is $33.04- $42.01 / hour depending on specialty.
Qualifications
New Grads must be graduates from a nursing program accredited by the CCNE or ACEN by August 2025; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred. Associate degree graduates must commit to obtain a BSN within 5 years of hire. Candidates selected must obtain a Florida RN license along with a current BLS card prior to the start of the residency.
The RN Residency requires full flexibility. Candidates selected will be required to attend all didactic and clinical components, therefore
time off is not approved during the duration of the residency.
Candidates selected for the residency will need to provide a copy of the following documents:
- 3 Letters of Recommendation from your clinical professor/instructor, preferred.
- Copy of Nursing Diploma or Unofficial Transcript reflecting the degree awarded date.
- BLS for Healthcare Provider card issued by the American Heart Association which must be current until at least 1/2026.
EOE, including disability/vets
