New Grad Registered Nurse (Rn) - Organ Transplant

Company Description

THE MEDICAL HEART OF MARYLAND

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Treating over 330,000 patients every year, the University of Maryland Medical Center is at the vital core of Maryland’s health care system and community. We’re known for our prestigious expertise in innovative research and education, along with the talented staff and advanced centers that make it all possible. The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the world’s first center dedicated to trauma, treats more than 7,500 critically injured patients a year with an incredible 97 percent survival rate. We also have one of the nation’s largest kidney and pancreas transplant programs at The Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Division of Transplantation, home to Maryland’s first steroid-free protocol and pancreas/kidney transplant. From our National Cancer Institute-designated UM Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center to The University of Maryland’s Children’s Hospital, one of the largest pediatric centers in the state, we are dedicated to saving and transforming lives.

New Grad Registered Nurse (RN) - Transplant Intermediate Care
Full-Time - Rotating Shift
Baltimore, Maryland

Come elevate your skills and experience by working with a world class 800-bed, Magnet designated Academic Medical Center with a comprehensive and technologically advanced surgical suites.

We are looking for talented Transplant IMC - Registered Nurses to join our nursing team here at University of Maryland Medical Center. 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.

As a Registered Nurse at UMMC, you’ll experience:

• A highly competitive wage scale: Annual merit increases and a base wage scale that is measured against to market standards.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• Generous tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per year for your graduate degree at University of Maryland School of Nursing.
• An Achievable Professional Advancement model: Opportunities to progress in function, skills, and pay through our achievable promotion schedule;
• The opportunity to work in a specialized care environment at an Academic Medical Center with a nursing centered care model and Magnet Designation;
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision and dental coverage including prescription drug coverage, Tax-Free Savings Plans and more!

Responsibilities/Tasks

• Functions effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team.
• This role is reserved for the new graduate or nurse with less than 12 months experience.
• 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.
• Is accountable to patient, family and team members for care provided, and to the nurse manager for totality of work performance.
• 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).
• The nurse will utilize this time to learn the institution and nursing practice.

Located in downtown Baltimore near the Inner Harbor and Camden Yards, you won’t find a more vibrant place to work!

Apply for the College Incentive Assistance Program: https://www.umms.org/tuition-incentive-program

Qualifications

• 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; or Proof of NCLEX.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• BLS certification.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.