New Graduate (RN) StaRN, Multiple Departments Available

Full Time, Various Shifts Available, 0.9 FTE

HCA Florida Northwest Hospital

Margate, FL

Facility Description:

HCA Florida Northwest Hospital is a 289-bed healthcare complex, continuously expanding and incorporating the latest technology in the delivery of care. Awarded the Gold Seal of Approval™ from the Joint Commission which indicates our high standards in performance providing the highest level of services to the population to our community. HCA Florida Northwest Hospital is also certified by the Joint Commission as primary stroke center and an accredited chest pain center by the American College of Cardiology. We are recognized as a Comprehensive Bariatric Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program.

Our facility continues growing to meet the needs of the community we serve and features expanded capabilities in emergency, critical care, as well as women's and children's services. Out state of the art maternity care includes the only Level III NICU in northern Broward County. The breadth and depth of these service lines translates to increased professional opportunities for our colleagues. We invite you to join a dynamic team of dedicated healthcare professionals and explore your grow potential.

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, and employee stock purchase program.

The HCA Nurse Residency Program will provide education, support and guidance to new graduate nurses as they begin their careers in HCA Healthcare hospitals. It is a yearlong, extensive clinical orientation (StaRN) and professional development curriculum for new graduate nurses that culminates in an evidence-based poster presentation.

Specialty Training Apprenticeship for Registered Nurses

The StaRN Program is primarily designed to provide the graduate nurse with the tools necessary to succeed in today's hospital environment.

StaRN will assist the graduate nurse with the transition out of the classroom setting onto the unit by providing the following training:

• Didactic training: introduces nurses to core curriculum and hospital initiatives in a classroom setting
• Simulation training: reinforces nursing skills learned in a didactic setting
• Hands on training: 6-8 weeks with a facility preceptor in a nursing unit

Certifications achieved:

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification
• Electrocardiogram (ECG) Dysrhythmia Interpretation
• NIH Stroke Scale Certification

The schedule during the first portion of the StaRN is Monday through Friday, 8-hours a day, 40 hours a week. The preceptorship portion of the program consists of three 12-hour shifts at the hospital. Attendance is mandatory for the entire program.

Professional Development Program (remaining 9 months):

• Paired with a trained mentor for integration and socialization into the culture of professional nursing
• Monthly resident seminars following a core curriculum for professional development
• Completion of an evidence-based poster presentation

Program acceptance requires a minimum two (2) year, full time commitment to the hospital and unit.

Units that may hire StaRN residents include, but are not limited to:

• Medical/Surgical
• Telemetry
• Orthopedics
• Oncology
• Progressive Care / Stepdown
• ICU
• Emergency

Full-time - Day shift & Night shift (rotating weekends)

To learn more about HCA's StaRN training and Nurse Residency program, click here to check out our video: HCA East Florida StaRN program

• Recent (under 1 year) graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• FL RN Licensure, or Recognized Compact Licensure (subject to Florida State Licensing Requirements, including/not limited to ongoing eligibility and duration provisions)
• Strong communication skills required
• Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, lifting of patients and/or equipment up to 50 pounds