Summer 2027 New Graduate Nurse Residency — Rehab Unit (IRC)

Job overview

The Summer 2027 New Graduate Nurse Residency — Rehab Unit (IRC) is an onsite role in Arlington, VA. Pay is $40–$47.48 per hour. VHC Health is a not-for-profit health system and teaching hospital serving the Washington, DC metropolitan community. The residency supports new graduate nurses as they transition into professional practice through a structured preceptorship on their home unit and monthly cohort sessions. Residents build clinical reasoning, decision-making, leadership, and evidence-based practice skills while providing direct and indirect nursing care to assigned patients.

What you'll do

• Provide direct and indirect nursing care to assigned patients
• supervise assigned personnel
• participate in a structured preceptorship and monthly cohort sessions
• develop clinical reasoning, decision-making, leadership, and evidence-based practice skills.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

new graduate nurse residency

summer 2027

rehabilitation unit

irc

registered nurse

arlington va

vhc health

paid residency

preceptorship

monthly cohort sessions

$40–$47.48/hour

rn licensure

bls certification

medical dental vision

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage subject to eligibility, plus wellness and retirement benefits.

Why this role

Approximately one-year paid residency. Requires an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in nursing, Virginia or compact-state RN licensure, and BLS certification; new graduates require one year of nursing/patient care in an acute-care setting.

About the employer

VHC Health is hiring for this role. Industry: Home Health Care Services. Sector: 62.