New Graduate Residency Program

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

Required Behaviors:

• As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission

Required Qualifications:

• Must have a valid New Mexico Nursing license (GN license is accepted), Compact Nursing License, or proof of scheduled NCLEX testing date
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing school within past eleven (11) months
• Must meet the requirements for obtaining and maintaining life support certifications as outlined in the Life Support Certification policy

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must attend all scheduled monthly educational seminars and participate in data collection over a twelve (12) month period
• Will complete and present an Evidence Based Practice Project as a requirement for completing the residency program
• Must successfully demonstrate continuous improvement in knowledge and practice as evidenced by staged orientation documentation and residency assessments
• Uses the Nursing Process to provide and monitor patient response to therapeutic interventions
• Provides individualized patient care appropriate for the area of practice
• Must demonstrate understanding and application of competencies as required by area of practice
• Accountable for professional nursing practice
• Responsive to current safety and quality initiatives and sustains improvement
• Collaborates with patients/families and peers in the provision of patient care
• Adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures and any applicable laws and regulations
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work:

                                                     Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

• Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance
• Must be able to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist frequently
• Must be able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds frequently
• Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids and meets OSHA training requirements

Special Demands:

• Sets limits when dealing with angry, hostile, or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe, respectful environment that will support the delivery of care
• Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families