New Graduate Registered Nurse (RN)
Worcester, Massachusetts
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 20 · New grads welcomed
- License
- RN license Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; CPR.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Our new grad program promotes learning with hands-on experience to help establish valuable clinical and critical thinking skills for your tr
- License
- Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; CPR. Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; CPR.
- Experience
- We offer externships to continue building your skills and gain hands on experience.
- Also asks
- Graduated from state approved school of nursing or an accredited school, or currently enrolled in nursing school with a graduation date within the next 6 months Required: Graduated from state approved school of nursing or an accredited school, or currently enrolled in nursing school with a graduation date within the next 6 months
- Also asks
- Not a graduate yet?
- Also asks
- Our externships are an amazing opportunity to learn more about Saint Vincent Hospital and the culture of the specific units you are interested in following your graduation.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Worcester staff RN median is $40/hrWorcester staff RN postings that state pay run $34/hr to $48/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $40/hr, across 50 postings. This posting's $34/hr to $71/hr is wider than that, so where you land depends on the offer.
- Sign-on bonus
- $25,000
The workplace
You’re weighing Saint Vincent Hospital on Summer Street in Worcester—a Tenet hospital that has cared for central Massachusetts for more than 125 years. On the RN-ICU side, posted wages run $34.37–$70.88 an hour, and eligible nurses can see a sign-on…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
Original listing
Posted on Saint Vincent Hospital’s careers page.
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New Grad Registered Nurse Positions Available! Hiring for Cardiac, Med Surg, Emergency Department, Progressive Care and more! Up to $25,000 sign on bonus (pay as you go), tuition reimbursement, generous pay and benefits package.
Apply today!
We are currently recruiting for RNs with under 6 months of experience and upcoming nursing graduates! Please consider applying for our program where you will be a part of our supportive community of clinical educators, experienced nurses, and fellow residents. Our new grad program promotes learning with hands-on experience to help establish valuable clinical and critical thinking skills for your transition from student to RN!
About Us
Saint Vincent Hospital offers a whole new experience in health care. By combining our advanced, state-of-the-art facility with our commitment to providing the best quality of life to the many members of our Worcester community. Saint Vincent Hospital excels at offering the best care in a friendly atmosphere.
From our advanced heart and vascular services, to our comprehensive orthopedics and rehabilitation programs, our robust surgical facility including our Da Vinci robotic surgery and Cyberknife technology, to our comfortable and compassionate women & infants programs - you don't have to travel far for high-quality health care: We're right here, in the heart of Worcester. Our New Graduate RN program offers innovative curriculum delivered through a comprehensive 12-month program focused on creating a solid foundation at the start of your nursing profession. We designed an environment to help you develop delegation and priority setting skills, holistic patient care through interdisciplinary communication and establishment of valuable professional relationships.
You will have the opportunity to experience different shifts, patient populations, and unit cultures.
Job Responsibilities
Will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide safe and competent patient care. Will specifically, assume responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing direct nursing care to assigned patients. Will also assume responsibility for the supervision of staff to which nursing care is appropriately delegated.
Onboarding Process: Please be advised that candidates must successfully complete a background check and pre-employment health screening which includes a drug screen. Education Required: Graduated from state approved school of nursing or an accredited school, or currently enrolled in nursing school with a graduation date within the next 6 months Not a graduate yet? We offer externships to continue building your skills and gain hands on experience.
Our externships are an amazing opportunity to learn more about Saint Vincent Hospital and the culture of the specific units you are interested in following your graduation. Certifications Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; CPR. Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.
If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.
What's around it?
Worcester, MAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,487/mo
- Household income
- $70,102/yr, all local households, not nurse pay