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

Legacy Health•Portland, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Legacy Health is hiring Senior Nursing 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. If selected to participate in the RN Residency Program you will be hired into a full time, benefited position on a specific Legacy unit. All candidates accepted into the RN Residency Program will be asked to sign an employment agreement stating a commitment to the Legacy Health unit of hire for at least 12 months. The RN positions at Legacy Silverton Medical Center, Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center and Unity Center for Behavioral Health fall under an agreement between the Oregon Nurses Association.

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.
As required by licensure.
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.