Nurse Residency Program, New Grad RN

Nurse Residency Program | New Grad RN | Spring 2027 Start

Sharp HealthCare

Hourly Pay Range: $64.210 - $72.970 - $93.760

Placement within the range is based on years of RN experience.

Key Responsibilities

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Requirements & Tech Stack

• Must be a graduate of a U.S. state-approved and accredited nursing program.
• Must have a current unencumbered California RN license by the program start date.
• Must have graduated no more than 18 months prior to the start date of the Nurse Residency program.
• Graduation date no earlier than September 2025.
• Must have less than 12 months of RN work experience on the start date of the Nurse Residency Program.
• Must have a current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS certification for a healthcare provider by program start date.
• If required by the specific unit, additional certifications including AHA ACLS, NIHSS, PALS, NRP, or others, must be completed by the program start date.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing.
• Preferred (Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center - Labor & Delivery): Experience in a similar setting, such as LVN, Healthcare Partner/Assistant/Tech, etc.
• Preferred (Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Emergency Department): Acute care hospital experience such as LVN, Healthcare Partner/Assistant/Tech, Nursing Assistant, EMT, or Corpsman.
• Preferred (Sharp Memorial Hospital - Emergency Department): BSN, Emergency Room healthcare experience, CCRN.
• Preferred (Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns - Maternal/Infant Services): BSN.
• Preferred (Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns - Perinatal Special Care Unit): BSN; Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification (C-EFM | required within 1 year of hire for New Grad RNs).

Unit Specific Details

Sharp Coronado Hospital

• Start Date: March 2027

• Accreditations/Designations: Planetree, Center of Excellence Total Knee Replacement and Total Hip Replacement, Bariatric Surgery Accreditation (MBSAQIP), PTAP

• Note: All units work 12-hour shifts, unless otherwise indicated.

• Acute and Progressive Care Unit

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for a diverse patient population including those needing both medical and surgical care. As an accredited hospital for both orthopedic and bariatric surgery, the Acute and Progressive Care Unit delivers personalized care for patients post-operatively, while also specializing in the care of patients with medical diagnoses.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Pneumonia, heart failure, sepsis, total knee and hip replacement, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass.

• Number of Beds: 44

• Villa Coronado Skilled Nursing Facility - Long Term Care

• Purpose of Unit: Customized treatment plans take each patient's social, emotional and spiritual needs into account. Our comprehensive occupational, speech and physical therapy programs are designed to advance recovery, and our specialized transitional care provides services for rehabilitation, wound care and IV antibiotics. We also provide hospice care services, both short-term respite care and long-term palliative care.

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

• Accreditations/Designations: Magnet, Planetree, PTAP

• Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual English/Spanish

• Note: All units work 12-hour shifts, unless otherwise indicated.

• Start Date: March 2027

• Nurse Float Pool

• Purpose of Unit: Supports our progressive care and medical-surgical units for their nursing staffing needs to ensure appropriate staffing levels and safe patient care can occur daily. Our team covers overflow areas within the hospital and assists where needed when emergency needs arise, caring for patients within their floating cluster.

• Float Units: Cardiac Surgery PCU, Neuro/Stroke PCU, Oncology PCU, Heart Failure PCU, Short Stay/Specialized Adult Focused Environment Units, Med-Surg/Telemetry Unit. Additional areas that the nurse float pool covers are: Surgical Procedure Area (SPA - Cath Lab recovery unit), Emergency Department RME area, ED Tele Admit area, Women's PCU postpartum.

• Short Stay/Observation PCU 4E

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for patients requiring less than two midnights in the hospital. The unit has approximately 25-30% short stay patients and the rest is overflow PCU patients.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Chest pain, post-procedural (cath lab), withdrawals, AMS, abdominal pain.

• Number of Beds: 33

• Heart Failure PCU 5E

• Purpose of Unit: Focuses on heart failure but can also care for a wide variety of cardiac patients who need continuous cardiac monitoring.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Myocardial infarction (chest pain, unstable angina) cath lab, angioplasty, hypertension, diabetes and renal failure.

• Number of Beds: 44

• Oncology PCU 5T

• Purpose of Unit: Cares for patients with cancer but can also care for a wide variety of cardiac patients who need continuous cardiac monitoring.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Leukemia, lymphoma, coronary artery disease, diabetes/renal disease.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Emergency Department

• Additional Required Certifications: AHA ACLS, PALS, NIHSS

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for pediatrics to geriatrics in emergent or urgent situations.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Abdominal pain, cardiac pain, shortness of breath, muscular skeletal pain, fever.

• Number of Beds: 42

• Labor & Delivery

• Additional Required Qualifications: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a similar setting, such as LVN, Healthcare Partner/Assistant/Tech, etc.

• Purpose of Unit: Provide 24-hour care to pregnant individuals during the antepartum, intrapartum and immediate postpartum period.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Intrauterine pregnancy, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, pyelonephritis, preterm labor.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital

• Accreditations/Designations: Magnet, Planetree, PTAP, Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center

• Note: All units work 12-hour shifts, unless otherwise indicated.

• Start Date: March 2027

• Innovations PCU 2N/2S/1S

• Recruiting: Intra-unit

• Purpose of Unit: 2N is a semi-private unit with overflow progressive care patients. We see a variety of diagnoses. We are the innovations unit with outside the box thinking. 2S/1S are ICU Step-Down units serving higher acuity patients. Types of patients can include but not limited to sepsis, chronic respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, titratable drips etc.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, coronary artery disease, gastrointestinal diseases, respiratory failure, sepsis.

• Number of Beds: 37

• Oncology PCU 2E

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Preferred Certifications: PCCN, OCN, CMSRN, Med-surg-BC

• Purpose of Unit: Progressive Care Unit that specializes in Oncology, Palliative Care, End of Life, Advanced Illness Management, and geriatric care (NICHE).

• Top 5 Diagnoses: PNA, DM, UTI, different CA dx, sepsis, and other wide range of diagnoses.

• Number of Beds: 37

• GI/GU Telemetry/PCU 3E

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN

• Purpose of Unit: Specializes in providing care for a variety of medical and surgical patients, including but not limited to gastrointestinal and urinary patient populations.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Abdominal pain, post-surgical/post-procedural, liver related disease processes, UTI, sepsis.

• Number of Beds: 37

• Pulmonary/CHF Telemetry/PCU 4E

• Recruiting: Internal

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for telemetry patients, primarily specializing in pulmonary failure, congestive heart failure, and renal failure.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, renal failure, coronary artery disease.

• Number of Beds: 37

• Neuroscience PCU 5E

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Required Certifications: NIHSS

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: SCRN or PCCN

• Purpose of Unit: Sharp Grossmont is the only Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center in East County and in Sharp Health System. This unit is the designated neuro/stroke progressive care unit.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: CVA, TIA, peripheral vascular disease, hypertensive urgency, diabetes mellitus.

• Number of Beds: 37

• for Neurosciences - PCU

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Required Certifications: NIHSS

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: SCRN or PCCN

• Purpose of Unit: This unit provides specialized care for patients with conditions such as stroke, brain and spine tumors, epilepsy and other neurological conditions.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: CVA, TIA, peripheral vascular disease, hypertensive urgency, diabetes mellitus.

• Number of Beds: 16

• Cardiac PCU 5W

• Recruiting: Internal

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN

• Purpose of Unit: Treats cardiac patients with a variety of cardiac conditions who need continuous cardiac monitoring.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Post-op open heart, post-procedure care for patients after cardiac catheterization including structural heart interventions, cardiac dysrhythmia, med-surg tele.

• Number of Beds: 33

• Acute Rehab

• Recruiting: Internal

• Additional Required Qualifications: NIHSS

• Purpose of Unit: Acute Rehab Medical-Surgical level of care (non-tele) emphasis on neuro or stroke. Patients admitted to Acute Rehab must tolerate 3 hours of therapy per day (PT, OT, ST). The new graduate role will focus on providing in-patient level of care and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team during a 12-18 day stay.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Stroke, Spine, Brain Cancer and other neurological disorders.

• Number of Beds: 18

• Emergency Department

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Required Certifications: AHA ACLS, PALS, NIHSS

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: Acute care hospital experience such as LVN, Healthcare Partner/Assistant/Tech, Nursing Assistant, EMT, or Corpsman; CEN.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides 24-hour emergency services.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Any condition from neonate through end of life.

• Number of Beds: 72

• Women's Acute Care Unit/Women's Health Observation

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: NA/HCP experience

• Purpose of Unit: Women's PCU.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Chest pain, laparoscopic procedures, COPD, CHF, gynecological and urinary, stable obstetric patients with acute medical conditions.

• Number of Beds: 32-40 on a split unit (we expand and contract based on ED volumes and perinatal volumes).

• for Neurosciences - Neuroscience ICU

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Required Certifications: NIHSS, ACLS

• Purpose of Unit: This unit provides a higher level of care for individuals requiring critical treatment for neurological conditions.

• Number of Beds: 16

Sharp Memorial Hospital

• Accreditations/Designations: Magnet, PTAP, Joint Commission Center of Excellence for Total Joint Replacements

• Note: All units work 12-hour shifts, unless otherwise indicated.

• Start Date: March 2027

• Oncology Acute Care 1W

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: OCN, chemo/bio provider by ONS.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care to oncology patients at all points of their journey - from diagnosis, treatment, symptom management, and palliative care services.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Leukemia/lymphoma, colon, lung, gallbladder, pancreatic.

• Number of Beds: 30

• Orthopedics/Neurology Acute Care 4N

• Purpose of Unit: Medical-surgical unit specialized in providing exemplary post-surgical care for orthopedic and spinal patients.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Total joint replacement, traumatic fracture, back/spine pain, bone/join infection, cellulitis.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Medical Acute Care 5N

• Purpose of Unit: Specializes in acute care medical-surgical population.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Renal (especially continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and readmitted long-term kidney transplant patients), diabetes, cardiac monitoring, respiratory support.

• Number of Beds: 31

• Surgical Acute Care 6N

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: CBN, CMSRN.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for patients who require surgical intervention, primarily specializing in post-surgical care.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: General laparoscopic, ambulatory bariatric, colorectal, urologic, and mandibular surgical patients.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Medical/Surgical 7S

• Purpose of Unit: A medical-surgical telemetry unit providing patient-centered care for diverse patient populations, including the management of acute illnesses and the stabilization of chronic conditions.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Pneumonia, Cellulitis, COPD/asthma exacerbation, electrolyte imbalances, general abdominal surgeries.

• Number of Beds: 18

• Medical Neuroscience Unit

• Additional Required Qualifications: NIHSS.

• Purpose of Unit: Medical Neuroscience Unit (MNU) provides care for stroke/TIA and a range of other neurological disorders/diagnoses as well as mixed acuity medical-surgical patients.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Stroke, seizure, TIA, SAH, non-traumatic post-craniotomy patients.

• Number of Beds: 48

• Short Stay Observation (SSO) PCU

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for rule-out diagnoses and post-procedure recovery.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Chest pain, arrythmias, syncope, SOB, trauma, various surgical procedures including mastectomy and thyroidectomy.

• Number of Beds: 60+ (four floors)

• Trauma/Neurology/Head & Neck PCU 4W

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN, TNCC.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries, craniotomies, spinal surgeries, and patients recovering from head and neck surgeries. Provides care for both surgical and medical patients requiring progressive level of care.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Traumatic injuries, craniotomies, laryngectomies, skin flaps, general surgical and medical progressive care.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Surgical Transplant PCU 5W

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN, CCTN.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides exceptionally specialized nursing care to patients with kidney or heart transplants. This unit focuses on providing patient and family centered quality care by promoting clinical excellence and improving quality of life.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Renal transplant, heart transplant, living kidney donor, congestive heart failure, left ventricle assist decide, respiratory failure requiring ventilator support.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Cardiac Surgical PCU 6W

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN.

• Purpose of Unit: Cares for patients that undergo a wide range of general and cardiothoracic surgeries and procedures.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Coronary artery/valve disease, acute myocardial infarctions, arrhythmic disorders, peripheral vascular disease.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Cardio-Pulmonary Medical PCU 7W

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: PCCN.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for patients with complex cardio-pulmonary medical conditions such as heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and acute coronary syndrome that often require continuous cardiac monitoring, non-invasive mechanical ventilation, and/or ongoing cardiac infusions for stabilization.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: CHF, sepsis, renal disease, diabetes, pneumonia, COPD, coronary artery disease.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Emergency Department

• Additional Required Qualifications: AHA ACLS, AHA PALS, NIHSS.

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: BSN, Emergency Room healthcare experience, CCRN.

• Purpose of Unit: Provides care for critically ill patients, primarily specializing in medical disorders.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: STEMI, Stroke, Trauma receiving center.

• Number of Beds: 71

Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns

• Note: All units work 12-hour shifts, unless otherwise indicated.

• Start Date: March 2027

• Maternal/Infant Services (MIS)

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Required Certifications: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: BSN.

• Purpose of Unit: Provide nursing care and support to postpartum mothers and their newborns.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Post op cesarean deliveries, status post vaginal deliveries, well newborn care.

• Number of Beds: 72

• Perinatal Special Care Unit (PSCU)

• Recruiting: External

• Additional Required Certifications: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: BSN; Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification (C-EFM | required within 1 year of hire for New Grad RNs).

• Purpose of Unit: Provides in-hospital care for women with high-risk pregnancies.

Sharp Tri-City Medical Center*

• These units are accepting applications under a different posting. To be considered for Sharp Tri-City, you must apply to the other posting.

• Preferred Qualifications: BSN.

• Accreditations/Designations: Joint Commission Accreditation – Gold Seal of Approval, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award.

• Note: All units work 12-hour shifts, unless otherwise indicated.

• Start Date: February 2027

• Recruiting Instruction: All units accepting applications from internal and external candidates.

• Acute Care - 1N Orthopedics/Neuro

• Purpose of Unit: Medical-surgical unit specialized in providing adult patients post-surgical care for orthopedic and spinal conditions.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Total joint replacement, traumatic fracture, spine surgery, sepsis, pneumonia.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Acute Care - 2P Oncology

• Additional Preferred Qualifications: ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate.

• Purpose of Unit: Medical-surgical unit specialized in providing adult patients chemotherapy/oncology care, comfort care, and pain management.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Sepsis, pneumonia, COPD, acute kidney failure, cellulitis.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Acute Care - 4P Medical-Surgical

• Purpose of Unit: General medical-surgical unit providing care to adult patients for acute illness, injury, and surgical recovery.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Sepsis, acute kidney failure, acute respiratory failure, cellulitis, pneumonia.

• Number of Beds: 32

• Telemetry (2E/W, 3E, 3P, 4E/W)

• Purpose of Unit: Provide care to adult patients post-stroke or with complex cardio-pulmonary medical conditions that often require continuous cardiac monitoring, non-invasive mechanical ventilation, and/or ongoing cardiac infusions for stabilization, including care of patients post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) procedures.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Sepsis, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, acute respiratory failure.

• Number of Beds: 96

• Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

• Purpose of Unit: Provide intensive care to adult patients with actual or potential life threatening medical and surgical conditions, including cardiopulmonary, renal, neurological, neurosurgery, complex cardiovascular surgery, and STEMI care. Services include invasive hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, temporary pacemakers, cardioversion, IABP/Impella management, targeted temperature management, thrombectomy, TAVR, and vasoactive/sedation drips.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Aortic stenosis/TAVR, sepsis, STEMI, acute respiratory failure, cardiac arrest.

• Number of Beds: 28

• Emergency Department

• Purpose of Unit: Provides 24/7 emergency care for patients with acute illnesses, injuries, cardiac, neurological, and another life-threatening conditions.

• Top 5 Diagnoses: Chest pain, head injury, UTI, abdominal pain, syncope.

• Number of Beds: 41

Application Information

• Applications accepted:
• Internal candidates: Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2026 (9am PST) - Friday, Nov 13th 2026 (5pm PST)
• External candidates: Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026 (9am PST) - Friday, Nov 13th 2026 (5pm PST)
• Program Start Date: February/March 2026 (hospital-dependent)
• For questions about the application process, reach out to [email protected].
• Review each clinical area/program requirement prior to beginning the application process.
• You may submit one application per job posting.
• For this cohort, there will be one posting for Sharp Tri-City Medical Center, and one posting for the remaining Sharp hospitals. You may apply once to each posting.
• During the application process, you will be asked to select a preferred unit/program of interest and an alternate.
• Units that will be accepting New Grads for the spring cohort are listed above. Units that are only accepting intra-unit candidates (only open to current employees of that department), or internal candidates (only open to Sharp employees) will be so defined in the list above, and in the application questionnaire.
• If you apply to a unit you are ineligible for, your application will not be reviewed for that unit, and we cannot guarantee submission to your alternate or another unit.
• Prior to submitting your application, please verify the accuracy of all information entered.

Recruitment Definition Reminders

• Intra-unit: only open to employees currently working in that specific unit/department.
• Internal: only open to Sharp employees (all Sharp team members, regardless of location).
• This does not include students on clinical placement, or volunteers.
• External: open to all internal and external candidates.
• Sharp employees are eligible to apply for Internal or External units.
• If there is no recruiting instruction listed, assume the unit is accepting all internal and external applications.
• Note: If you apply to a unit you are ineligible for based on above criteria, your application will not be reviewed for that unit, and we cannot guarantee submission to an alternate unit.