CAREERS

Nursing at Meritus Health

Join Our Nursing Team

  • Self-scheduling - Enjoy what matters most to you
  • Professional Nursing Ladder- Grow your career where you want it go
    • RN II-C - $1.00 added to base pay with certification
    • RN III - $2.00 added to base pay
    • RN IV - $4.00 added to base pay
  • Low Patient Ratios
  • Up to $7.00 in shift differentials
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Nursing Tuition Reimbursement 2024

  • Paid Continuing Education
    • Nurse Certification and Continuing Education Funds

Mission:

To provide high-quality, compassionate and individualized nursing care to all of our patients and their families. We are committed to leading the way to promote health, provide hope and preserve dignity for each patient.

Vision:

Our care will focus on our patients as individuals. We will provide every patient an experience customized to his/her medical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Congruent with the health system’s vision, Meritus Health’s nursing division will be nationally recognized in creating a thriving culture that exemplifies caring and knowledge in the practice of nursing.

Values:

Service: Consistently strive to meet and exceed customer expectations through active listening, compassion, and empathy.

Excellence: Continually identify opportunities for innovation to improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of nursing care through the use of the quality improvement (Plan-Do-Study-Act) and Lean processes.

Integrity: Be accountable for our own behavior, decisions and outcomes. Nursing practice is based on the ANA Code of Ethics.

Respect: Treat all customers with courtesy and fairness; embrace diversity.

Caring: Be present and create a healing environment for patients and families.

Our Amazing Nurses are on a path of success—and it’s a culture that’s worth a closer look:

Autonomy and accountability. Five nursing councils allow nurses at all levels to be change agents, researchers, innovators, quality leaders and educators. As a frontline nurse, you have a voice in nursing practice through shared governance, team meetings and quality improvement initiatives.

Leadership by example. Nurse executives, directors and nurse managers stay visible by rounding on patients and leading town hall meetings. As our chief nursing officer says, “The only way to know what’s going on is to see and hear it firsthand.”

Professional growth. At Meritus Health, we’ll help you be your best or move outside your comfort zone. Whether it’s career ladders, a RN-to-BSN program, nurse leader internships, nursing certification, precepting or mentoring, we’ll give you the chance to evolve.

A family vibe. Our nursing team is a unique mix of career nurses and recent nurse graduates. Together, they form a supportive, tight-knit environment that makes you feel like you belong. And because we’re a community hospital, you’ll get the personal satisfaction of caring for families, friends and community members.

If you like what you see, join our team of Amazing Nurses who are healers, motivators, collaborators, innovators, teachers and partners in patient care.

As part of a growing community, we are always looking for new nurses.

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Nursing Residency Program

The goal of the Nurse Residency Program (NRP) is to guide new graduate nurses through a collaborative and efficient introduction to Meritus Medical Center (MMC), while providing   foundational tools, resources, increasing competence and confidence and providing support to help guide their transition to professional practice.  Residents will progress through essential curriculum as directed by Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program™. Topics covered within the curriculum include: leadership, quality outcomes and the professional role.

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Program Details

  • Residents will be hired for a specific unit within the hospital.
  • During the first year, residents will orient to their unit with an assigned preceptor(s) in addition to attending the monthly nurse residency seminars.
  • Nurse residents will begin an evidence-based initiative during the course of the program.
  • Formal and informal mentorship opportunities will be offered throughout the program.
  • Applications for Nurse Residents open year-round.
  • Meritus Health is a member of the Maryland Nurse Residency Collaborative, a statewide program engaged to promote best practice, and provide a standardized approach to education for new to practice nurses.
  • In 2022, Meritus obtained ANCC PTAP accreditation for the Nurse Residency Program. This distinction is considered the “gold standard” for transition to practice programs.

Financial Support Program

  • To assist new graduate nurses with student loan repayment, Meritus is now offering eligible employees $455/ month (for 33 payments).
  • Monthly payments are delivered directly to the employee and is reported as taxable income on W-2.
  • Eligible employees are required to be at a .9 FTE or higher and must have received their undergraduate degree within the past 6 months.
  • Additional rules and restrictions may apply.

Requirements

  • Graduate of a BSN, ASN/ADN accredited nursing program
  • Ability to sit for NCLEX and hold a Maryland or Compact State License

Inclusion Criteria

All RN’s with less than one-year acute care experience are required to participate in the Nurse Residency Program. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • A newly licensed, new to practice RN
  • An RN who may be entering the acute care setting for the first time
  • An RN who has transferred from another facility to MMC before completion of a residency program
  • An LPN who recently obtained their RN and is joining the acute care setting
  • An RN returning to practice after recently completing a refresher course
  • Any other case-by-case situation in which the leadership and education team deem appropriate for participation

For more information about the nurse residency program and its curriculum please email Sonja Akers at Sonja.Akers@meritushealth.com.

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