New Grad Jobs In SC, NC, and GA

cutekittenj · Jan 23, 2011

Hey there.What part of GA do you want to relocate to? I live in Savannah,Ga and let me tell you, this is not a great place for new graduate nurses. Memorial University Medical Center has a peds unit but they only accept 20 new grads out of 500 applications. I was one of the ones not offered a job. I'm found a job in Waycross,GA which is a really small town in GA. The job opportunity for new grads is pretty in Waycross.

Shannon Nicole · Jan 23, 2011

Hello there,

Well I currently reside in San Diego where there are 2,000 applicants for 20 new grad jobs. Therefore, only 500 sounds promising. I really like Savannah and any other cities on the coast, including cities in North and South Carolina. Do you have further suggestions? Is Waycross on the coast? Thank you so much for your response. Any information is highly appreciated!!!

Thanks so much,

Shannon

nurseerina · Jan 24, 2011

I'm from Charleston orginally and from what I understand MUSC has a good new grad program. I had 4 years of experience when I moved to San Diego and it was difficult for me to find a job. I worked at Sharp Memorial before relocating to Okinawa, JP with my military husband. The unit I worked on actually did alot of hiring of new grads while I was there. I dont know the current situation now though. The only drawback to moving to the 3 states mentioned is the considerable pay difference as well as patient loads. In some hospitals it is common practice to have up to 6 patients, like at my first job. There are also not any nursing unions in the southeast. You may want to look at the Charlotte or Raleigh area. Both have teaching hospitals. One more word of caution of working at a hospital directly on the east coast (ie charleston or savannah): The east coast has a hurricane season during the fall months unlike San Diego. The hospitals maintain lists of people who "stay during the storm." If you're single and have no kids more than likely you'll be placed on the list of "people who stay".

FLmomof5 · Jan 24, 2011

From what I have seen, MUSC is challenging to get into as a new grad. Look in Spartanburg, SC. I see "new grads encouraged to apply" on many openings I see and I have family living near there....and they state that the market is good for new grads in the Upstate.

Good luck!!!

cutekittenj · Jan 24, 2011

Hello there,
Well I currently reside in San Diego where there are 2,000 applicants for 20 new grad jobs. Therefore, only 500 sounds promising. I really like Savannah and any other cities on the coast, including cities in North and South Carolina. Do you have further suggestions? Is Waycross on the coast? Thank you so much for your response. Any information is highly appreciated!!!
Thanks so much,
Shannon

Hey there. Sorry for all those typos in my previous post. Yikes 2,000. That is a lot of applicants. If you do want to try and apply to Savannah there will be some openings at Memorial University Medical Center in March or April.(I'll make sure I PM you the link on how to apply so you won't have to do that much searching;the job be available to apply for until those months I mentioned). St. Joseph/Candler Hospital will have some spots in April. Now the select specialty hospital in Savannah is hiring late February,early March. However they are only going to hire five people and you have to obtain a GA license before you can apply. However the recruiter is accepting resumes via email. Her name is Michelle Sellers. Her email is [email protected].

Waycross is not on the coast but it is an hour west from Brunswick,GA which is on the coast. Brunswick,GA hospital is not accepting anymore new graduates b/c they said they cost them too much money. However if you don't mind driving an hour to visit the coast then that may be a great place. You can also try to apply to Hilton Head Regional Medical Center. You have to have a SC license before you can apply. If you get this license, you can practice in 24 other states. CA is not one of them unfortunately nor is GA. But if you do decide to move in the area you can hit me up through pm. Good luck on your searches.

elkpark · Jan 24, 2011

You have to have a SC license before you can apply. If you get this license, you can practice in 24 other states. CA is not one of them unfortunately nor is GA.

I believe you're referring to the NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact) -- just to be clear, one has to live (maintain a permanent residence) in a "compact state" (member state of the NLC) in order to get a license with "compact privileges" (recognized by the other NLC member states). If you apply for a SC license from outside of SC, you'll get a SC license, but it will be just a regular, "traditional" license that is only good within SC. If you live in and have a license in a compact state, that license will be recognized by any other compact state for work purposes, but only as long as you maintain your permanent residence in your home state. If you move to another state, even another compact state, you still have to apply for a new license (unless you maintain a home, pay taxes, etc., in your old state).

The NLC really only matters to two groups of nurses -- a) travel nurses, and b) those who happen to live close enough to the state border with another compact state that they can commute to the other state for work. For most nurses, the NLC will never really have any effect.

jminor036 · Feb 10, 2011

Hey there. Sorry for all those typos in my previous post. Yikes 2,000. That is a lot of applicants. If you do want to try and apply to Savannah there will be some openings at Memorial University Medical Center in March or April.(I'll make sure I PM you the link on how to apply so you won't have to do that much searching;the job be available to apply for until those months I mentioned). St. Joseph/Candler Hospital will have some spots in April. Now the select specialty hospital in Savannah is hiring late February,early March. However they are only going to hire five people and you have to obtain a GA license before you can apply. However the recruiter is accepting resumes via email. Her name is Michelle Sellers. Her email is [email protected].

Thank you for this info!!! I graduated with my ADN in early December and moved to Savannah in late December. I had no idea it was hard for new grads to get jobs here. Because I couldn't find a job right away, I decided to continue school for my BSN at Armstrong. Now I'm in school 3 days a week, but I really would like to find a job as soon as possible. Do you think they'll be lenient as far as working part time or as needed?? Have you heard anything about Liberty Regional or Effingham County? I know they are small hospitals, but I'll take what I can get as this point.

NPvampire, MSN, RN, APRN · Mar 10, 2011

Wow, I was thinking of moving to Florida coast, but I didn't know the hospitals had a "must stay" list!!! Whoa! I will have to rethink that, as my family comes first, always.

I live in Georgia, and to the gal who wants to move from California...I think you're in for a real culture shock, salary shock, and nursing overtime-rule shock. Here you don't make anything other than straight time unless it's more than 40 hours per week, and then just 1.5x. Some hospitals don't even pay the holidays. I'd go further north if I were you.

boogsmom · Mar 13, 2011

I think Florence SC has a good pediatrics floor. It's nothing I'm interested in, so I've not paid too much attention to it. McLeod Hospital is the name (sorry if I misspelled it). I like in Myrtle Beach & there isn't much there for what you're interested in. Good luck! I loved SD (we lived in Palm Springs for a few years) so much when we were there. The South is a whole different pace, but it's home!

cutekittenj · Mar 25, 2011

Thank you for this info!!! I graduated with my ADN in early December and moved to Savannah in late December. I had no idea it was hard for new grads to get jobs here. Because I couldn't find a job right away, I decided to continue school for my BSN at Armstrong. Now I'm in school 3 days a week, but I really would like to find a job as soon as possible. Do you think they'll be lenient as far as working part time or as needed?? Have you heard anything about Liberty Regional or Effingham County? I know they are small hospitals, but I'll take what I can get as this point.

Opps. Sorry for responding so late. I hope I am not too late. Effingham County hospital are not hiring any new grads right now. The human resources said it is due to the fact that it is a small hospital that they need their nurses to be up and running quickly.

Liberty Regional in Hinesville,GA are only hiring new graduate nurses who did their clinicals at their site. I never got a chance to do clinicals at their site so I wasn't eligible for consideration. I'm sorry I had to bring back bad news. But if you considering this area still, Memorial Hospital said they are posting up a new graduate position April 1. They plan on interviewing 40 people and hiring 15-20 people.

Shannon Nicole · Mar 25, 2011

Well, I will be taking my NCLEX in CA, therefore, my license will work in all states. We have the highest passing NCLEX score in the country so that is why we get to have reciprocity in all states! So I am up for anything in any state that is warm and on the coast (just not the west coast)!