New Graduate Nurse Resident

Company: Good Shepherd Community Care
Location: Newton Center
Posted on: April 3, 2025

Job Description:

New Graduate Nurse Resident

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.

Recently named by The Boston Globe as one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts, our community based, mission-driven hospice and palliative care organization is now offering a New Graduate Nurse Resident designed to orient newly licensed nurses to the rewarding role of Hospice Nurse Care Coordinator. The New Graduate Nurse Resident will build confidence and skill through various learning modalities, guided experiences and extended preceptorships. Travel is required for this position. Care is provided in patients private homes and residential facilities throughout Greater Boston and parts of Metrowest. We are looking for recent graduates who would like to join us in our next program in September 2025.

Job Responsibilities:

The Nurse Resident will attend didactic classroom sessions and other unique learning experiences to gain an understanding of hospice nursing care including appropriate documentation, the admission process, clinical progress notes, recertification procedures, and various disposition documentation. Under the guidance and supervision of an NCC preceptor and TTP educators, the Nurse Resident will learn to provide, coordinate, and document initial and ongoing clinical assessments of the impact of the terminal diagnosis on the patients physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs and activities of daily living from the referral through bereavement phase.

Education, Skills and Experience:

Graduate of an accredited BSN or associates in nursing program

Successful completion of NCLEX exam

Strong interest in Hospice

Commitment to personal and professional growth

Basic computer proficiency

Good Shepherd Benefits:

Competitive salary

Four weeks paid time off in first year

12 paid holidays

Health and dental insurance, coverage begins as of your start date

Life insurance

403(b) with company match

Flexible Spending Account

Short and Long Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Partnership with Regis College for reduced tuition rates

Industry:

Healthcare

Employment Type:

Full Time - 40 hours

About Us:

Good Shepherd Community Care is one of the most trusted health care organizations in Greater Boston focusing on hospice and palliative care. Founded as Hospice of the Good Shepherd in 1978, we are the original Massachusetts hospice. After decades of caring for our community, we continue to remain an independent, not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization. We believe in the importance of mutual respect and acceptance and values diversity in our patients, families and caregivers, employees, volunteers, community, and partner organizations. We are committed to these values and honor the dignity of each individual through the care, support and education we provide. Our team members benefit from a collaborative work environment in a welcoming office, easily accessible to I-95, with on-site parking in Newton.

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