Posting Note: The Supervisor of the Nursing Residency Program is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced nursing professional passionate about developing and supporting the next generation of pediatric nurses. This role provides operational oversight of the RN Residency Program and leads a dynamic team of Residency Instructors. This role will be integral to ensuring a consistent, engaging, evidence-based transition-to-practice experience for newly licensed nurses across the organization.
The ideal candidate is a collaborative and innovative leader who values mentorship, psychological safety, relationship-building, and professional growth. This leader will partner closely with nursing, education, and operational teams to foster clinical confidence, resilience, critical thinking, and excellence in patient- and family-centered care.
This position plays a vital role in shaping the future of pediatric nursing practice by supporting novice nurses as they transition into competent, confident professionals within a highly specialized pediatric environment. Join a team dedicated to clinical excellence, nursing innovation, and creating supportive learning environments where nurses can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.

Ideal Candidate Characteristics:
- Strong leadership presence with excellent relationship-building skills
- Passion for supporting and developing novice nurses
- Experience with nurse residency, onboarding, or nursing education programs
- Collaborative, approachable, and emotionally intelligent leader
- Strong communication, coaching, and mentorship abilities
- Organized with ability to manage programs, timelines, and teams
- Understands transition-to-practice challenges and psychological safety
- Pediatric experience preferred
- Data-driven mindset with focus on retention, engagement, and outcomes
- Innovative thinker with interest in modern learning strategies, ie SIM, AI, technology and professional development

Additional Preferred:
- Experience with simulation, competency systems, or residency accreditation standards
- Experience leading educators, instructors, or professional development teams

The RN Residency Program Supervisor (RRPS) provides leadership to the RN Residency Program and RN Residency Instructors. The RRPS is responsible for delivering a comprehensive and evidence-based training program for new RN hires that ensures a consistent learning experience and at the elbow support for preceptors.

• Collaborates with colleagues within the educational department to support the departmental strategic plan and ongoing institutional growth.
  
• Engages in ongoing organizational endeavors which support the philosophy and values of Phoenix Children's and nursing and the professional development of staff.
  
• Assesses effectiveness of program by monitoring and sharing program outcomes.
  
• Monitors staff performance and provides direction, coaching, recognition, counseling, and disciplinary action as appropriate utilizing just culture concepts/processes.
  
• Demonstrates the ability to lead decisions that reflect organizational standards and values – utilizes the Shared Governance process.
  
• Participates in dissemination of knowledge via podium, poster presentations, publication submission, and/or other forms of scholarly information exchange
  
• Plans, implements, and evaluates learning opportunities based on evidence using a variety of teaching strategies.
  
• Serves as a resource, mentor and role model for nursing, hospital staff and community.
  
• Seeks and takes advantage of opportunities to enhance own professional growth and development.
  
• Role-models, mentors, and promotes professional growth within the department, hospital wide and/or within the community.
  
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.
  

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable