New Graduate Nurse Residency Vermont & New York WinterSpring '26 Cohort

Attention all August - December Graduates! Apply today for positions in Vermont and Northeastern New York for cohorts starting in February/March 2026 (depending on unit & affiliate).

Description:

Nurse Residency Programs across the health partners are designed to provide new nurses with the knowledge skills and critical behaviors needed to be successful starting their new career. Newly graduated nurses will engage with experienced nurses nurse educators and subject matter experts in a series of classes hands on skills sessions and precepted clinical experiences in order to be able to safely and confidently provide quality care to patients. Clinical preceptors will facilitate patient care experiences and provide direct supervision of care as you demonstrate skills and behaviors at the bedside. Applying to The University of Vermont Health Network is the first step in a career of lifelong learning as a registered nurse.

Units hiring (subject to change based on hiring need) include:

Alice Hyde Medical Center (Malone NY):

• The AliceCenter (Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living)
• Inpatient Medical/Surgical

Central Vermont Medical Center (Berlin VT):

• Medical-Surgical
• Emergency Department
• Intensive Care Unit
• Woodridge Skilled Nursing Facility

Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (Plattsburgh NY):

• Medical-Surgical (Oncology/Palliative)
• Medical-Surgical (Ortho/Neuro/Trauma)
• Medical-Surgical (Urology/Nephrology/Long Term Care)
• Progressive Care
• Skilled Nursing Facility
• Women & Childrens Center
• Resource Pool
• Inpatient Psychiatry
• Cardiovascular Care Unit
• Emergency Department

Elizabethtown Community Hospital (Elizabethtown NY):

• Emergency Department
• Medical-Surgical

Home Health & Hospice (Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties VT):

• Adult Home Health
• Pediatric & Adult High Tech
• Hospice (Community & Respite House)

Porter Medical Center (Middlebury VT):

• Medical-Surgical
• Birthing Center
• Emergency Room
• Operating Room/ASU/PACU
• Helen Porter Rehabilitation & Nursing

The University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington VT):

• Birthing Center
• Cardiology
• Cardiothoracic/Specialty Surgery
• General Medicine
• General Surgery
• Hematology/Oncology
• Inpatient Psychiatry
• Inpatient Rehab
• Medical ICU
• Mother/Baby
• Neonatal ICU
• Neurosciences and Surgery
• Orthopedics
• Pediatrics
• SICU/PICU

Many of our health care partners offer sign on bonuses with some being unit dependent. UVM Health Network policy that states internal employees are not eligible if they accept an opportunity outside of their current health addition sign on bonus policies for internal transfers vary by ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for specifics!