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Career Pathway Registered Nurse

Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, NH Full Time
POSTED ON 8/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/12/2026

Introduction
Do you have the career opportunities as a Career Pathway Advisor RN you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Catholic Medical Center which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Catholic Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Provides strategiccoordinationto all nurse externs and new graduate nurses from the time ofhirethroughonboarding.



  • Collaborate with new grad StaRN/nurse extern recruitment team


  • Scope includes all new nurse hires (LPN & RN)


  • Attend, facilitate, & coordinate events (cohort kick-off, graduation celebrations, recruitment events, etc.)


  • Provide routine touchpointsand communicationfor nurse externs to optimize engagement and retention


  • Engage all new hires during weekly for the first 3 months of employment


  • Attend bi-weekly retention committee


  • Problem solve with new nurse and preceptor for any issues that are identified or risk for successful employment


  • Identifies andescalate concerns to unit director, CNO, and other identified stakeholders as needed


  • Providesguidance and directionfor future career pathways


  • Supports the new nurse through all steps of the orientationand onboardingprocess


  • Develop retention plan to convert to RN/LPN hires


  • Attend clinical recruitment luncheonsto promote and recruit future nurse externs


  • Engage with senior practicum students for potential nurse extern employment


  • Advises hiring managers and facilitates/participates in selection decision-making meetings


  • Utilize and leverage data systems and tools, in order to examine, validate, and drive performance


  • Provide relationship management and support that facilitates stakeholder connections and alignment of intentional student engagement activities that result in exemplary clinical experiences


  • Optimize work environment to enhance programs for new graduates to elevate engagement and optimize retention.


  • Must be self-motivated and a self-starter who works well under pressure.



  • Must be highly organized with demonstrated ability to multi-task and manage a high volume of nurse externs.


  • Requires superb communications skills, both verbal and written.


  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships.


  • Technologically savvy, including proficiency with MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)


  • Performs other duties as assigned


  • Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement.”


  • Nurse extern alignment to optimize and prioritize workforce planning needs


Performance Effectiveness


  • Student rotationconversion to nurse extern hires


  • Nurse externconversion to RN/LPN hires


  • First year turnoverreduction


  • Improvement of nurse extern hires YOY

What qualifications you will need:


Associate Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma




Experience in relevant program management and project management experience


3 years clinical operations, recruitment and/or education in healthcare experience


Benefits

Catholic Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
  • Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcare

Shape the future of healthcare at Catholic Medical Center

Located in Manchester, NH, Catholic Medical Center is a 330-bed acute care hospital and Level III Trauma Center serving southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Home to the nationally recognized New England Heart & Vascular Institute and The Mom’s Place—an innovative birthing center that pioneered couplet care—we’re proud to lead in both advanced medicine and compassionate service.

As part of HCA Healthcare’s statewide network of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester hospitals, three freestanding ERs, and over 70 care sites, you’ll join nearly 5,000 colleagues across New Hampshire who are committed to excellence, collaboration, and making a difference every day. At Catholic Medical Center, your work has purpose—and your potential has no limits.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Career Pathway Advisor RN opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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