New Grad Registered Nurse (RN) - Transplant IMC

What You Will Do:

New Grad Registered Nurse (RN) - Transplant IMC
Full-time - Rotating shift

University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has achieved Magnet status in recognition of the hospital nursing excellence. UMMC is a teaching hospital with 757 beds based in Baltimore, Maryland, that provides the full range of health care. It has more than 35,000 inpatient admissions and 165,000 outpatient visits each year. The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (also known as Shock Trauma) is the world's first center dedicated to saving lives of people with severe, life-threatening injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisions, violent crimes and other traumatic incidents. Our vision is to provide high value and compassionate care, improving health in Maryland and beyond, educating future health care leaders and discovering innovative ways to advance medicine worldwide.

The Surgical Transplant IMC is a monitored, 27-bed inpatient unit. The unit receives kidney, pancreas, and liver transplant patients, kidney and liver donor patients, paired kidney exchange patients, high MELD score pre-liver patients and patients readmitted for complications of transplantation. It is supported by a transplant specific ambulatory care center.

Be Part of Something Greater!

Responsibilities/Tasks

• This role is reserved for the new graduate or nurse with less than 12 months experience.
• The nurse will utilize this time to learn the institution and nursing practice.
• It is expected that a nurse in this role successfully pass the probationary period within 12 months (18 months maximum with a defined action plan developed with manager).
• Utilizes the nursing process as the frame of reference for practice as a professional nurse.
• Participates in activities to develop own practice, and to support group practice goals at the unit level.
• Functions effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team.
• Is accountable to patient, family and team members for care provided, and to the nurse manager for totality of work performance.

What You Need to Be Successful:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to compact state requirements outlined by the Maryland Board of Nursing.
• BLS required.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.