RN Resident - Program Application - Cohort 43 February 15, 2027

Legacy Health•Portland, OR

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Senior Nursing students: Apply for an RN Resident position at Legacy Health today! Legacy Health is hiring students into open RN Resident positions before graduation and NCLEX. You won’t start work until you graduate and pass the NCLEX. Under the supervision and guidance of an assigned RN preceptor, or mentor, the Nurse Resident develops the basic knowledge and clinical skills necessary to function independently in a Registered Nurse position. The Nurse Resident is a recent nursing graduate with less than one year of nursing experience. Positions may be available at any Legacy facility: Emanuel, Good Samaritan, Meridian Park, Mount Hood, Randall Children’s Hospital, Salmon Creek, Silverton, and Unity Center for Behavioral Health. Applicants to previous rounds of the Residency program need to submit all the required materials for each program. Program start date: Monday, February 15, 2027. Application deadline: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 5:00 PM Pacific. If selected to participate in the RN Residency Program you will be hired into a full time, benefited position on a specific Legacy unit. Information regarding the specific time and location of interviews will be made available to the qualified candidates via email or phone, after the application deadline. These interviews may be held in person or remotely, and are conducted by the nursing department(s) that are hiring.

Requirements

Oregon or Washington RN license, as applicable, must be active by the Friday before the program’s start date.
Less than one-year experience as a registered nurse.
Legacy Health does not provide immigration sponsorship.
As required by licensure. BSN or degree in progress strongly preferred.
Less than one year of RN experience.
Current applicable state RN license required.
AHA BLS Healthcare Provider required.

Nice To Haves

BSN or degree in progress strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Participates in classroom, simulation, and actual clinical learning experiences to develop professional nursing practice knowledge and skills.
Provides evidence-based care to patients under the direction and guidance of an assigned preceptor or expert nurse resource.
Receives evaluation and feedback, and direct observation by the assigned preceptors, mentors, Nurse Educator and and/or Manager.
Recognizes own limitations and is willing to ask for help, assistance, support or expertise as needed.
Demonstrates progressive proficiency and independence in performing selected clinical skills.
Able to synthesize data from multiple sources to effectively determine a course of action and plan of care.
Implements a plan of care/nursing actions based on sound scientific rationale.
Integrates components of the nursing process into the patient’s care experience.
Demonstrates organizational skill in the prioritization of care, time management and the utilization of time, human and material resources.
Utilizes effective communication within assigned work group and the broader the interdisciplinary team.
Displays flexibility, adaptability and self-reliance as a care team member.
Assumes responsibility for own learning needs and professional development.