Registered Nurse New Graduate Spring Cohort

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Practice big-city medicine with a small-town feel to make a positive difference in your community.

Up to $30,000 in hiring incentives  (only available for certain departments and may change at anytime)

Position Details

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Shift Details: Full Time, 36 hours/week, variable shifts
• Primary Location: St James Hospital, Butte Montana
• Entry Pay: $ 32.73/hour

Manager Interviews will start February 17th.

Minimum Qualifications:

Registered Nurse - Licensed

• Current RN License in state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for healthcare providers.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Meet our nurses

Next New Graduate Resident Nurse Residency to begin on 7/6/2025

The Registered Nurse New Graduate Transition to Practice Residency Program is based on the Vizient and American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Vizient/AACN) Nurse Residency Program™.  This program is specifically designed to ensure you have the clinical knowledge, tools and support you need as you begin your professional nursing career!

How our paid, 12-month program sets you up for success:

• Our curriculum focuses on 4 main pillars - leadership, quality outcomes, professional development & evidence-based practice - & is based on the most up-to-date evidence
• Your clinical orientation/preceptorship on your unit of hire will be tailored to your individual experience and readiness for independent practice.
• There will be monthly skill sessions & an evidence-based practice project focusing on a topic pertinent to your clinical unit
• You’ll have dedicated site & system residency coordinators to support you throughout the program and beyond.

About St. James Healthcare:

St. James Healthcare is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 98-bed Level III Trauma Center has provided care in Southwest Montana and the surrounding area since 1881, and our clinical network ensures community needs are met. We have Life Flight services available 24-7-365 to receive & transport patients as needed.  We offer comprehensive, specialty care, including a da Vinci Robotics surgery, and are proud to extend SCL Health's missions by treating the poor, the vulnerable, our community and each other.  

• Serving the greater Butte community since 1881
• Largest hospital in southwestern Montana and the only acute care facility in Butte, serving a seven-county area
• 98 beds
• Level III Trauma Center, Level II NICU
• Comprehensive benefits package

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Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.- and -Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.- and -Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.- and -Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carr