RN Resident Program Labor and Delivery

Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

As our National Resident RN, you will experience a dynamic and supportive residency, receiving personalized attention to foster long-term success and cross-training across our interconnected Nursing units.

Every day you will deliver individualized patient care by collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary teams, administering treatments, monitoring vital signs, and educating patients and families, all while embracing varied nursing tasks.

To be successful in this role, you will actively engage in our comprehensive, evidence-based Residency Program, utilizing clinical orientation, practice, and mentorship. You will demonstrate a passion for learning and teamwork within a collaborative, patient-centered environment.

• Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and Patient Care: Builds skills to utilize current evidence based practice knowledge, the nursing process, critical thinking and problem solving skills to provide holistic care to individuals across the lifespan and care continuum.
• Interprofessional Collaboration and Communication: Learns to collaborate and communicate with the interprofessional team to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
• Leadership: Develops accountability for own practice, delegated care, and the coordination of care delivery. Behaves in a manner that supports colleagues, and maintains respect, trust and dignity.
• Professionalism: Acquires and maintains knowledge in nursing practice and assumes responsibility for the professional development of self.
• Taking Ownership: Has a basic understanding and knowledge of the current situation or issue at hand; ability to take full personal responsibility or ownership for assignments, activities, decisions and results.
• Teamwork: Basic understanding and knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; participates effectively as part of a team.

Two (2) vacancies

Program Start date: 10/5/2026

In-person interview for internals: 7/21/2026

In-person interview for externals : 7/28/2026 - 7/30/2026

Please take a moment to view the informational video to learn more about our program.

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a minimum of an Associate’s Degree in Nursing
• Zero (0) - twelve (12) months of professional nursing (RN) experience
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
  • To qualify must have a CA RN license by 8/17/2026
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - American Heart Association
• ACLS - American Heart Association, within 90 Days and
• NRP - American Heart Association, within 90 Days
• Additional certifications may be required based on population(s) served and services provided
• Ability to:
  • Deliver excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing interventions, and evaluating patient care outcomes.
  • Read, analyze, and interpret hospital policies and procedures, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
  • Write reports and procedures and document them in the medical record.
  • Effectively present information and respond to questions from co-workers, managers, patients, physicians, family members, and the general public.
  • Calculate figures and amounts such as weights, dosages, flow rates, proportions, percentages, and volume.
  • Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
  • Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Critically think and problem solve.
  • Read, write, and speak English.
  • Must be able to complete the entire program with a perfect attendance record
  • Must be able to work 3 days per week after completing the first 12 weeks
  • Must be able to work and train on either night or day shifts, including holidays
  • Must agree to the terms and conditions of the program
     

Preferred:

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing