Responsibilities FEBRUARY 2025 RN NEW GRAD RESIDENCY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Nursing at GW Hospital
Nurses at GW Hospital identify as essential partners with providers, ancillary, and support staff in an academic medical center, that is Defining Medicine. Our professional RN staff seek best practice opportunities to enhance patient care through unit and system-based quality initiatives and shared governance. Evidenced based research, practice and interdisciplinary care contribute to our philosophy that Every Moment Matters in patient care. Recently, GW Hospital embarked on the ANCC Magnet journey. Our nurse leaders and staff are laser focused on exceptional patient outcomes and are defining healthcare for the 21st century. Nurses love working at GW Hospital as their top choice workplace for:
- Professional development opportunities
- Teamwork and Collaborative Care Model
- Experience at a Level I Trauma Center
- Interdisciplinary Care
- Advances in academic medicine
Job Summary
The GW Hospital nurse residency program combine lectures, e-learning, and hands on-skills lab experience with a clinical application in an acute care setting. Each intern is paired with an experienced RN preceptor in the clinical area. At the conclusion of the internship nurses begin the Nurse Residency Program as our goal is to achieve a successful and smooth transition for the new nurse. This one-year program is designed to assist the nurse in his/her continued development. The program includes monthly classes, debriefing sessions, and evidence based project, and Nurse Residency Coordinator oversight.
New grad RNs MUST have taken their NCLEX and passed before the start of the program. It is strongly recommended to sit for a DC RN license when registering to take your boards.
Units where we hire New Grads
- ICU & CVICU
- Emergency Department
- Cardiovascular Center / PCU / IMCU
- Med Surg / Telemetry units
- Operating Room
- Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Neuro Trauma (Comprehensive Stroke Center)
- General Surgery (Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence)
- General Medicine
- Oncology
- Rehab
- Women's Health (OB/GYN Post-Partum , Labor and Delivery, NICU Level III)
Qualifications - Min GPA of 3.0 or greater from an accredited NLN or AACN RN program.
- BSN required OR enrollment and completion of BSN within 5 years
- DC License or eligibility
- Current CPR Certification by AHA or ARC
RN Benefits, Special Incentives & Perks:
- up to $2,000 Relocation Assistance
- $500 for Personal Development annually
- 4x4 Incentive – Pick 4 extra shifts in 4 weeks schedule and get $3,000 Bonus on your next payday*(restrictions apply)
- $4 to $8 per hour shift differential
- $1,000 annual certification bonus
- $5,000 RN Referral Bonus
- $100 monthly commuter subsidy
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Challenging and rewarding work environment with advanced technological systems, processes, and practice
- 401(k) with company match up to 6%
- Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
- Shared Governance Model
- ASN-BSN Scholarship*(restrictions apply)
- No Mandatory Overtime. Schedule your own shifts
- L.E.A.R.N. Clinical Nurse Advancement Program with monetary reward
- Significant opportunities to grow and develop through job-related training, continuing education, and mobility up and across UHS subsidiaries.
- The Option to Waive your Paid Time Off Days and take an additional 12% Increase on your Base Rate.
- Employee discounts and much more…!!
Pay Transparency - To encourage pay transparency, promote pay equity, and proactively address regulations, UHS and all our subsidiaries will comply with all applicable state or local laws or regulations which require employers to provide wage or salary range information to job applicants and employees. A posted salary range applies to the current job posting. Salary offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience.
About The George Washington University Hospital:
GW Hospital is a 385-bed tertiary care, academic medical center located in downtown Washington, DC. Featuring a Level 1 Trauma Center and a Level 3 NICU offers clinical expertise in a variety of areas including cardiac, cancer, neurosciences, women’s health, and advanced surgery including robotic and minimally invasive surgery. GW Hospital is owned and operated by Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company that is one of the nation's largest healthcare management companies. Primary care and specialty outpatient care are available through the Medical Faculty Associates, a multi-specialty physician practice group of more than 750 physicians covering 51 specialty and subspecialty areas. The Medical Faculty Associates' doctors have offices in the Ambulatory Care Center, an outpatient clinic building located one block from the hospital https://www.gwhospital.com/
The mission of GW Hospital is to provide the highest quality healthcare, advanced medical technology, and world-class service to its patients in an academic medical center dedicated to education and research.
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $14.3 billion in 2023. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 96,700 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com
EEO Statement: All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
Notice: At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.
