Overview

Now accepting applications for the Summer/Fall 2026 Nurse Residency Program!

Our Nurse Residency Program is designed for any recent RN graduates and nurses with less than one year of acute care experience. It will provide the best possible start for your nursing career. Including: a dynamic combination of classes, lab experiences, a preceptor unit-based orientation, as well as training in our Simulation Center.

We utilize state of the art human patient simulators, that will strengthen your assessment, critical thinking, and clinical skills, and help you become a safe, practicing, and confident Registered Nurse!

This is a full time, paid, comprehensive program, specifically designed to meet the unique needs of today’s new nurses. You can expect an orientation that focuses on the skills and knowledge base required for nursing in D-H’s academic, acute care environment.

The program incorporates a muti-faceted orientation process, which focuses on the skills and knowledge base required for nursing in our academic, high-tech, acute care environment. Our nurses have an opportunity to strengthen their assessment, critical thinking, communication and technical skills in a safe learning environment.

Multiple Start Dates Available to work best within your schedule!

The Nurse Residency Program emphasizes adult learning principles and promotes clinical and leadership skills during the transition from student nurse to acute care professional nurse.

Residency Activities/Benefits Include:

• Clinical orientation with a thoughtfully chosen preceptor• Simulation based exercises with our Patient Safety Training Program• Competency and skills assessment and verification• Professional Shadowing and immersion with Nursing Leaders, and specialty areas• Direct exposure to the many opportunities available to D-H Nurses• Information about the community D-H serves• Ongoing support for professional growth and development with Nursing Education

•Competitive pay and benefits, as well as relocation and professional supports!

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.

Required Licensure/Certifications

Required Licensure/Certification Skills:

Licensed Registered Nurse in New Hampshire required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required

Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 54 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital, and multiple clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Bennington and Windsor, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.

Nurse Residency - Registered Nurse (RN)

Nurse Residency - Registered Nurse (RN)

Overview

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Required Licensure/Certifications

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