RN Residency (April 2026 Cohort)
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- Currently in your final semester of an accredited ASN, BSN, or MSN program OR within 12 months of RN license issuance at program start.
- Eligible to work in the United States for the entire one-year program duration.
- Current BLS American Heart Association for Healthcare Providers certification.
- Two letters of recommendation (from clinical instructor, clinical manager, professor, or employer).
- Valid Georgia RN license (must pass NCLEX per Grady Health System requirements).
- Relevant clinical experience through nurse externships, senior practicums, or related work experience.
Benefits
- Extended orientation with a trained, experienced nurse preceptor.
- Monthly interactive classes bridging academic knowledge with real-world clinical practice.
- Dedicated support from an Advanced Clinical Nurse Residency Program Coordinator.
- Hands-on experience completing a clinical evidence-based group project.
- Professional development opportunities to accelerate career growth.
- Specialty training tailored to your chosen unit.
Born in Atlanta, that means something at Grady. A downtown icon since day one. Elevating heathcare by doing what we love - caring for our city. For over 130 years, we have been a beacon of hope to the community. We do this by working shoulder-to-shoulder with amazing people. Smart people. Dedicated people. All serving a critical need in the community - in our Hospital, Correll Pavilion, 8 neighborhood, Ponce de Leon and Park Place centers, and Grady EMS. Grady cares the most for the community in all the ways Atlanta needs us. Grady is: • Atlanta's only nationally verified Level 1 trauma center • Georgia's only Burn Center for adult and pediatric patients • Advanced Comprehensive Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center • State-of-the-art Heart and Vascular Center with an award-winning heart failure program • World’s first 24/7 sickle cell center • One of the nation's top HIV/AIDS centers • One of the nation's most advanced hospital-based 911 EMS services • Georgia's first cancer center for excellence • Georgia's largest Mental Health provider • Georgia's only poison control center • Home to more than 60 specialty care centers - including orthopedics, diabetes, women's, eye, and G.I. • Eight neighborhood-based primary and specialty health centers around Atlanta - with more to come • Home of Atlanta's Jesse Hill Market, our Food as Medicine program Grady earned American College of Surgeons accreditation for our Trauma and Cancer care, The Joint Commission for our advanced comprehensive stroke center, the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Plus award, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives for our technology with Most Wired honors, Baby-Friendly, USA named us Baby-Friendly Hospital, and accredited imaging and lab disciplines.