January 2025 RN Residency Program - New Graduate and Acute Care Transition Nurses - Cottage Health

We are accepting applications for our January 2025 RN Residency Program (application will be open 10/10/24 - 10/20/24). We are considering both new graduate nurses and nurses with limited or no acute care experience for this structured, supportive program. AHA BLS required. Your CA RN license must be active a week prior to the program start date October 9, 2024; interim permits are not considered.

Complete 1 application and include on your resume: the status of your RN License / ATT / BRN Paperwork with anticipated timeframes. Please refer to the list of units below and provide your top 3 departments for consideration in the appropriate spaces of the application. In order to increase the likelihood that your application is shared with hiring teams, please include at least one of the italicized departments in your priority list.

The units considering applications are:

Adult Inpatient Departments
Neurology/Urology (1RT)
Oncology (1C)
SBCH Orthopedics (1WC)
Pulmonary/Renal/ (3WC)
Trauma (3RT)
Telemetry (2C)
Nursing Resource Unit (NRU) (float to the 6 units listed above)
GVCH Orthopedics
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital
SBCH Surgical Intensive Care Unit
SBCH Medical Intensive Care Unit
GVCH Critical Care Unit

Emergency Services
SBCH Emergency Department

Women's & Children's Services
Birth Center

Surgical Services
SBCH Surgery Department
Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.

Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter.

If you're already a Cottage Health employee, please apply on this link only.