For more than 70 years, Mercy Medical Center Redding has offered comprehensive health care in the North State, providing acute care and a full range of medical services. The 267-bed hospital offers major medical services including a Level II Trauma Center as well as specialized Cardiovascular Care, Stroke Care, Orthopedics, Neurological Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Care, Maternity Care, and da Vinci Robotic Surgery. It is the sole provider of obstetrical services, along with the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Shasta County. In addition, the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a member of the Dignity Health system and is a sister facility to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. As one of the area’s largest not-for-profit employers, we are proud to give back to the community by providing many programs and services to benefit overall health. Visit here to learn more.
Position summary:
This position is a New Graduate Residency Transition-to-Practice Program for the newly licensed RN.
Application period: October 20th-October 27th
Residency Program Start Date: February 9th, 2026
Program Description
As a CommonSpirit Health Nurse Resident, you will be supported professionally and emotionally by a network of expert nurses who act as teachers, preceptors, mentors, and educators. The Nurse Residency Program is a total of 12 months, including an 18 week clinical immersion experience with a trained preceptor. Upon completion of the 18-week preceptorship, the nurse resident will begin a mentorship journey with a qualified mentor to complete the 12-month transition-to-practice experience.
This is a robust, focused program that will foster the development of critical thinking, evidence-based decision-making, stress management, and leadership skills. The content is created to prepare the newly licensed nurse resident to deliver safe, effective, and quality patient care. The nurse resident will experience the true meaning of interdisciplinary care via clinical rotations with departments such as Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, Lab, Physical Therapy, Wound Care, Radiology, Cath Lab, and Rapid Response.
The program begins with a three week schedule consisting of eight hour days, five days per week. This time includes didactic, simulation, and hands-on skills training. The new nurse resident will then move to three 12 hour shifts with a dedicated preceptor in their unit of hire, with an additional four hours of online and didactic content throughout the remainder of the 12 month program. After program completion and competency validation, the graduate nurse will be in a full-time, three day (36 hour) benefited position within their assigned unit.
Our residency program promises to set the new graduate nurse up for a successful and rewarding career at Mercy Medical Center Redding
Available Departments
Department assignments are based on several criteria including background, work experience, effort to obtain additional education/certifications, and skills. Department assignments will be determined by the interview team and offers will be made prior to the program start date.
Upon successful completion of the program, the RN will be placed in a full-time, benefitted position within one of the departments listed below:
Eligibility information and application requirements for this program are provided in the qualifications portion of this job posting, below.
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Why Choose Us?
We offer comprehensive, affordable healthcare benefits, for your and our dependents, Flexible Spending plans, an Employee Assistance Program, and Retirement benefits. You will start earning Paid Time Off (PTO) and long-term sick leave, from day one. And once you are ready to continue your education, we offer Tuition Reimbursement.
Minimum Qualifications for this program:
What must be included with your application?
Questions?
Due to the volume of calls received during application periods, please do not call Human Resources, the Education Department or Recruiter with questions. Questions should be emailed to Andrew.Forshee@CommonSpirit.org. Responses will be provided within 24-48 hours of receipt.
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