Graduate nurses who have completed an accredited professional nurse-training program and experienced nurses with less than one year of Acute Care RN experience are candidates for nurse residencies.
Residency positions are posted by campus several months before the program starts. Winter (February) nurse residency positions are posted in September or October, Summer (July) nurse residency positions are posted in January or February, and Fall (October) nurse residency positions are posted in June or July.
- Visit http://www.mhs.team
- Search “Nurse Resident.”
- You will see a list of each campus participating in the current nurse residency.
- Click on the campus(es) you are interested in and complete the application process.
- Within the application, you will be asked to select the top three units you are interested in from the list of participating units.
Include an updated resume with clinical experience and your anticipated graduation date. A cover letter is optional but highly encouraged. Please do not attach your transcript or recommendation letters.
Yes! You can apply to multiple campuses and select your top three units of interest from the list of participating units for each campus.
Five of our campuses participate in the Nurse Residency Program: Methodist Charlton, Methodist Dallas, Methodist Mansfield, Methodist Midlothian, and Methodist Richardson. Please search our career site to determine which campuses are participating in the current nurse residency.
Critical Care Units:
- Intensive Care Units
- Intermediate Care Units
- Neuro Critical Care Unit
- Neuro/Trauma Intensive Care Unit
- Transplant/Progressive Care Unit
Emergency Services:
- Emergency Department
Medical-Surgical Units:
- Cardiac/Telemetry
- Clinical Decision Unit
- General Medical Surgical
- Nephrology
- Neuro/Pulmonary
- Oncology
- Ortho/Surgical
- Renal/Telemetry
- Urology
Surgical Services:
- GI Lab
- Operating Room
Women’s Services:
- Labor and Delivery
- NICU
- Nursery
- Postpartum Unit
Not all campuses offer residencies in all specialties. Please see the participating units per campus within the application.
Our nurse residency is a 12-month program consisting of more than 350 precepted hours, approximately 120 hours of educational classes, and a culminating evidence-based practice project. Continuing support, professional development, and mentorship are provided throughout the program. Please note: Employment contracts are not included with nurse resident positions.
No, but we do offer a $250 reimbursement for the NCLEX® exam preparation course. We also have an aggressive incremental step pay increase for the first three years of employment.
Normally, an employment contract is NOT included with nurse resident positions.
No. However, we do offer tuition reimbursement for continuing education for full-time employees.
Sponsorship is issued on a case-by-case basis.
Our campuses offer nurse extern positions for nursing students who are in their last two semesters of an accredited professional nursing school. Externs may work in their areas of interest, which may include women’s services, labor and delivery, telemetry, intensive care, surgery, emergency, medical-surgical, operating room, or other areas.
Nursing students can search and apply for nurse extern positions, which are posted online with all other positions as they become available. They can also apply for Patient Care Technician (PCT) positions after completing their first semester of clinical rotations.
