RN Nurse Residency - Summer 'Cohort; Grads

RN Nurse Residency - Summer '26 Cohort (May Grads)

LMC Careers
Full Time
AM/PM Shift
Variable (Days and Nights required)

Sign-on Bonus: Up to $8,000

Summer 2026 RN Nurse Residency Programs for May 2026 Graduates

• Adult Acute Care
• Critical Care
• Emergency Department
• Operating Room

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.

Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

The RN Nurse Residency is for newly graduated Registered Nurses with less than one year of nursing experience. This year-long program includes:

• 12 PAID weeks of 1:1 Precepted Experiences on 1-2 Patient Care Units
• Online Orientation Modules
• Professional Development Classes
  • Clinical Lecture Day
  • Basic Arrhythmia (for required units)
  • Arrhythmia Treatment (for required units)
  • Complex Patient Management
  • Delegation/Communication
  • Time Management/Conflict Resolution
• Completion of Evidence-Based Project with Implementation Opportunity
• Scheduled Support Meetings with the Residency Coordinators

• Utilize the nursing process to promote and restore patient’s health status.
• Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
• Provide physical and psychological support to patients, family members and significant others.
• Use a systematic critical-thinking approach to guide data gathering, assessment, nursing judgement, intervention and evaluation of human responses as well as supervise assigned team members.
• Ensure all responsibilities are carried out in accordance with the mission, vision, strategic imperatives and standards of the organization, American Nurses Association, Emergency Nurses Association and in accordance with the provisions/statutes set forth by the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school within past one year is preferred.
• Entry-level nurses serving in their first nursing role are required to participate in the Nurse Residency Program.
• Entry-level nurses who are not in their first nursing role may participate in the Nurse Residency Program at the discretion of the program leadership team.
  • However, no longer than 12 months shall elapse from the time of graduation from the prelicensure nursing program to admission into the Nurse Residency Program.
• ADN, BSN, or MEPN degrees accepted.

* New graduate RNs who acquire their generic RN education through an on-line program will not meet LMC minimum qualifications.

Required Certifications/Licensure:

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure through SC (or multi-compact state),

or

• Graduate Nurse (GN) Licensure through SC
  • If hired with GN licensure, must pass NCLEX-RN by GN license expiration date to continue in Nurse Residency program.
• Current BLS certification.

• Immediately inform Management of receipt of official licensure notification by the Board of Nursing, denial of permanent licensure by the Board of Nursing, failure of NCLEX, revocation of temporary authorization, or any criminal charges (other than minor traffic offense).
• Flexibility to work dayshift or night shift, depending on unit needs
• While completing the RN Nurse Residency program, the Nurse Resident will be expected to adhere to the following organizational standards:
  • Patient Care and Support
    • Establishes positive rapport with patients, family, team members and other disciplines to provide a compassionate confidential environment, promote patient independence, and encourages collaboration between the treatment team members.
    • Uses ethical decision-making processes and advocates for acceptable patient outcomes.
  • Clinical Work Quality
    • Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
    • Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage…