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Graduate Nurse - Mercy Springfield
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Available To New Grads
Our application questions provide you an opportunity to tell us the units for which you'd like to be considered. The following departments have openings for new graduates:
- 5A Mother Baby
- 5B Med Surg OB/GYN
- NICU
- PICU
- Pediatrics
- Labor and Delivery
OB/GYN (5B) nurses provide care for post-partum, mother/baby couplets and medical-surgical patients. Patients served include various GYN conditions, GYN/Oncology, Obstetrical Complications, and Mother/Baby Couplets. Our medical/ surgical population consists of various GYN surgical procedures, bariatric weight loss surgical procedures, colon resections and other minor colon surgeries, and general medical patients.
Labor and Delivery nurse works with mothers during the final stages of pregnancy helping with birthing, monitoring the mother's vital signs, and becoming astute in signs and symptoms of possible complications.
Mother Baby nurses, also known as a postpartum nurse, is a nurse who cares for people and their newborn babies immediately after birth. Mother baby nurses have a desire to educate and care for new parents and their newborns.
NICU nurses at this level care for very sick newborns, usually with congenital problems or who are very premature. They may need incubators, ventilators, surgery, and other supporting equipment.
PICU is the section of the hospital that provides sick children with the highest level of medical care. It differs from other parts of the hospital, like the general medical floors. In the PICU, kids get intensive nursing care and close monitoring of things like heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure.
Pedicatric nurses care for children from infancy through the late teen years and their families.
You must provide official transcripts from Nursing School prior to starting.
Incentives and Benefits for GNs:
- Sign On Bonus $5,000 (Pay out $1,250 at 6mo, 12mo, 18mo, 24mo) Nightshift Only
- $3000 Relocation Assistance for full time only.
- GN Loan Forgiveness Program to aid in paying off your RN student loan debt.
- Up to $370 per month directly towards loan payments ($20,000 cap).
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $2,000 annually for continuing education.
- Loan and Reimbursement combined total cap $20,000
- Shift differential $2.50 evenings/$4.20 nights
- Weekend differential: $2.20
- Health/Dental/Vision available 1st day
Qualifications:
- Required Education: Nursing Degree from an accredited school
- License: RN license in our state (must obtain within 90 days of graduation date)
- Certifications: Must have a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider card or complete a course within their probation period.
- Licensure: Must be eligible to take board of nursing exam.
- Other: Working Conditions, Mental and Physical Requirements: Stand and walk most of the time on duty. Meet unit specific physical demands. Significant amount of bending and stooping, as well as lifting and turning patients with assistance. May be required to work differing schedules, shifts, days of the week, or work frequency according to patient care requirements. High risk exposure to blood and body fluids. Physical demands are attached plus push, pull, and grip up to 50 lbs., pinch up to 15 lbs., kneel, crouch, and crawl minimally. Equipment Used: Unit Specific
Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.
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