New Graduate RN Resident March 2026 Cohort

We are excited to offer the opportunity for our March 2026 New Graduate RN Residency program!

Start date is March 23 2026.

Please ensure your resume includes your graduation date and degree.

Timeline

Applications Accepted: October 20-27 2025. The posting will close at 9am on October 27 2025. We encourage you to apply early. Some units may close early if a high volume of candidates is received. Applications will not be accepted outside of this time frame.

Interviews: November 3-28 2025. You will be contacted via email and/or phone if selected for an interview. We are not able to accommodate onsite tours/visit outside of a scheduled interview.

Offers: Offers will be extend the week of December 1 2025 until all positions are filled.

*You will receive a follow up email within 3 business days of applying. Please follow the directions carefully as there are multiple steps to the application process and you will not be considered until all are complete *

Supplemental items are due no later than Octoberpm for consideration.

Application Process

Complete candidate application through Workday. Follow instructions in follow-up email to complete supplemental items.

Start Date: March 23 2026

• Graduation by Dec 23 2025. No exceptions.

• NCLEX test date by Feb 9 2026.

Onboarding Details:

• Applicant must present authorization to test (ATT) letter of your scheduled RN-NCLEX testing date 6 weeks prior to start date.

• Your NCLEX test must be taken and successfully passed on or before 4 weeks of start date.

• Current licensure verification as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois and BLS certification required through American Heart Association is required.

Please refer to our website for general new grad Q & A. review the below links and unit descriptions prior to applying. Not all units listed below are hiring for the current cohort. After your application is reviewed you will receive a list of units currently considering new grads and asked to rank them by interest.

Unit Overview

Program Overview

Department

Our 45-bed Emergency Department (ED) is a designated City of Chicago and State of Illinois Level I trauma center which treats some 58000 children annually. The ED consists of four 10-bed Pods which includes four trauma beds and one procedure room. Nurses in this unit care for children with a wide range of diagnoses ranging from multiple illnesses to the most severe multiple traumas. They are certified on Pediatric Advanced Life Support Adult Cardiac Life Support Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course and Trauma Nursing Care Course. The professional nurses work collegially with physicians paramedics respiratory therapists and social workers to triage and provide care.

Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: Internship 6 months
Orientation classes: Fluid and electrolytes sedation managing the trauma patient child abuse/sexual assault diabetic ketoacidosis fever in the neonate rapid sequence intubation managing the adult patient in the pediatric E.D. sickle cell disease restraint and seclusion.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

The divisions 64 bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is designated by the state of Illinois as a Level III NICU and provides the highest level of care to the most critically ill newborns in the region. The division cares for more than 2000 infants each year. As one of the top programs in the State and region we received transfers from 45 hospitals last year and we consistently receive the most referrals in Illinois from other Level IV NICU facilities. Our Neonatology program is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report. Patients in our NICU have immediate onsite access to 70 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists which allows us to treat a patient needs no matter how complex. Our team includes highly experienced neonatologists neonatal nurse practitioners neonatal nurses developmental care specialists respiratory therapists nutritionists social workers and child life specialists. We take a family-centered approach to care.
Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: Internship 22 weeks
Orientation classes: General NICU NCAST STABLE computerized charting prematurity respiratory surgical respiratory emergency observation experiences (ECMO OR Transport) neonatal resuscitation provider.

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

The nurses in this 60-bed unit provide care for critically ill infants and children who require close monitoring and life support systems. Our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides top-quality care using the most recent advancements in equipment and techniques with specialized attention to critical care and other specialty needs. PICU nurses participate in an interprofessional approach to the quality treatment of patients and their families with medically complex diseases organ transplantation multiple traumas various respiratory illnesses and many other pediatric critical conditions. The latest interventions and treatments are available in the PICU including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) specialty ventilation techniques and transplant services. The PICU provides family-centered care through bringing family members into care plan meetings and daily rounds which are led by PICU nurses. Additionally PICU nurses care for patients in the robust Pulmonary Habilitation Program which supports families as they train to care for their child who will be discharged home on a ventilator.

• Schedule: day/night rotating shift every other weekend

• Orientation length: Internship new graduate 24 weeks; Non-PICU RN experienced 18 to 20 weeks

• Orientation classes: GI GU Skills Medical Respiratory Hematology/Oncology Cardiovascular Neurology Stress Coping and Compassion

Cancer and Blood Disorders Unit

The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders consists of a 48-bed specialty inpatient unit 21-room clinic space and 26-private room outpatient infusion center. The division offers a family-centered interprofessional approach to providing the highest quality diagnostic and treatment services for children and adolescents with cancer hematologic and immunologic disorders and bone marrow transplant.
Schedule: Rotating day/night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: New-graduate RN Internship approximately 4 months
Orientation classes: Introduction to Hematology/Oncology APHON Chemotherapy Certification Stem Cell Transplant Class

Neurology/Endocrine/Neurosurgery/Orthopedic Surgery Unit

The nurses who work on this dynamic 32-bed inpatient unit care for patients receiving medical and surgical care in a variable acuity setting. The 19th floor is comprised of a highly skilled interdisciplinary team of nurses and allied health professionals with specialty knowledge in Neuroscience including Neurosurgery Neurology and Epilepsy. This team also helps to support primary investigators with inpatient clinical research trials. The 19th floor has a level IV comprehensive Epilepsy Center for advanced diagnostics and a robust epilepsy surgical program. The nurses on this floor also provide specialized care for patients receiving Orthopedic and Neurosurgical procedures Endocrinology and Clinical Research services and the patients seen in the Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics. Common diagnoses treated on this floor include: spina bifida head trauma seizures hydrocephalus encephalitis brain and spinal cord tumors diabetes hypoglycemia scoliosis hip dysplasia and others.

Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: New-graduate RN Internship approximately 4 months
Orientation classes: Variable

Pediatric Medical Surgical Unit

The nurses in this 48-bed acute medical and surgical unit utilize a patient and family-centered interprofessional approach to provide compassionate and high quality care for children of all ages with a range of complex illnesses and diseases. 20th Floor nurses treat medical patients with gastrointestinal liver and kidney diagnoses and surgical patients requiring pediatric general surgery specialty surgery and transplantations. The most common diagnoses treated include: appendicitis nephritis nephrotic syndrome short gut syndrome biliary atresia and pectus excavatum.
Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: Internship 14 weeks
Orientation classes: Pediatric Surgery/GI Kidney Skills Day

General Medical Infectious Disease Pulmonary Allergy Unit

The 21st floor is a 48-bed unit serving the general medical patient population. The 21st floor is the primary admitting area for specialty medical services of Pulmonary Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Our patient care team uses a family-centered approach to identifying patient needs and developing care management plans.
Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: Internship 14 weeks
Orientation classes: Variable

Cardiac Care Unit

The Cardiac Care Unit is a 44-bed acuity adaptable unit. We serve patients with all types of cardiac disease and illness including congenital heart disease cardiomyopathy cardiac arrhythmias and heart transplant. The CCU nurses care for patients ranging from birth through adolescence and into adulthood in some cases. The acuity adaptable model of care allows us to treat patients who are critically ill acutely ill and everywhere in between. All nurses in the CCU are critical-care-trained with the ability to provide elite care utilizing ventricular assist devices continuous renal replacement therapy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and other complex care delivery modalities.

Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: Six months in duration for new graduate nurses.
Orientation classes: Variable

Resource Team

The Resource Team is a team of nurses who provide supplemental staffing (full time/ benefit eligible position) to a variety of patient care areas including inpatient emergency department psychiatry pre- and post-procedural services Almost Home Kids and ambulatory in response to increased acuity census and staffing fluctuations. The team provides units the opportunity to maximize staffing and scheduling flexibility while minimizing overtime incentive pay and agency usage.
Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: Internship 4 months in the acute care areas followed by additional orientation to the ICUs and other areas at a later time
Orientation classes: Unit based classes PALS and NRP

Operating Room

Lurie Childrens has 21 operating room suites in which approximately 17900 procedures are performed each year. Surgical services offered include cardiovascular neurosurgery ophthalmology gastroenterology otolaryngology plastic surgery pediatric general surgery urology orthopedic dental robotic fetal and transplant surgery.
Schedule: Shift call and requirements to be determined after orientation
Orientation length: New Grad RN Internship 9 months
Orientation classes: Preoperative nursing curriculum for new graduates and nurses without OR experience

Almost Home Kids Chicago Location

Almost Home Kids - Naperville Location

Almost Home Kids provides a bridge from hospital to home through an innovative community-based care system for children with medical complexities. We respond to the needs of families train caregivers offer respite care advocate for accessibility and inclusion and educate healthcare professionals.
We serve children who are technology assisted or have complex medical needs are eligible for our services.
We offer three care programs at Almost Home Kids: transitional respite and respite transportation care.
Transition Care referrals are accepted from Hospital Discharge Planners Social Workers Nurses and Physicians. Parents who feel their child would benefit from Transitional Care can contact their childs community or hospital care coordinator or social worker.
In addition to the care programs Almost Home Kids provides:
Support to the family by actively seeking financial assistance
Training programs for families and health care providers
Community support training and exceptional medical care as your child grows. Once a child receives care at Almost Home Kids they are part of the Almost Home Kids Family.
Schedule: Night shift every other weekend
Orientation length: New Grad RN Internship 12-16 weeks
Orientation classes: Variable

Job Description:

This position provides family centered care utilizing the Relationship Based Care model with a focus on relationships with patients colleagues and self. Understands and integrates appropriate growth and development processes into care delivery of patients with acute and chronic diseases disorders found in neonatal pediatric adolescent and adult patients. Applies enhanced specialty knowledge and skills to provide best outcomes to patients within the designated patient care area(s). Utilizes the nursing process and performs responsibilities aligning with the Magnet Model: New Knowledge Innovations & Improvements Exemplary Professional Practice Structural Empowerment and Transformational Leadership with a constant focus on Empirical Outcomes. Demonstrates nursing excellence desire for constant professional growth and an inclusive approach to care and collaboration. Actively supports the organization and departments goals and core principles that guide Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago.

Min Quals:

• Associate degree in nursing or higher required. Required to enroll in a BSN program within 2 years of start date (tuition reimbursement can be applied).

• Less than 1 year RN experience at time of cohort start date

• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Illinois.

• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients/families physicians and hospital staff.

• Special certifications may be required by the department.

Job Duties:

• Performs nursing assessments utilizing a variety of assessment methods and/or area-specific tools.

• Develops or individualizes existing plans of care and develops goals relative to family needs. Evaluates and documents changes to the plan.

• Develops or individualizes teaching plans/protocols to meet patient and family learning needs. Identifies patient preferences and needs including motivation to learn. Evaluates and documents changes to the plan.

• Performs nursing care according to procedures/protocols. Anticipates impending emergent situations and intervenes effectively.

• Communicates with the family and members of the interprofessional team to identify health care needs. Communicates changes in patient status. Utilizes appropriate resources for referral or consultations.

• Keeps up to date in nursing practice by utilizing the best evidence in current nursing and healthcare literature for information and problem solving.

• Incorporates current hospital and departmental quality initiatives into daily activities.

• Adheres to communication service excellence and professional image standards that support the hospital vision mission and philosophy.

• Works cooperatively as a team member to foster achievement of unit/hospital goals.

• Identifies learning needs and seeks resources to advance nursing practice and achieve professional goals.

• Performs job functions adhering to Magnet core principles with a customer service focus of new knowledge exemplary practice structural empowerment and transformational leadership to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients families co-workers and others. Creating an environment that welcomes is inclusive safe reliable and equitable for all.

• Demonstrates knowledge of pertinent aspects and competency with protocols related to the use of chemical disinfection high level disinfection and sterilization if required as part of the responsibilities of the role.

• Other job functions as assigned.

Competencies of RN 1:

• New Knowledge Innovations and Improvement:

• Participates in new practice initiatives as evidenced by: incorporating QI initiatives using best practices. Utilizing resources to influence care.

Exemplary Professional Practice:

• Solidifies critical thinking and anticipates care needs for patient/family and interprofessional care. Demonstrates nursing process when providing patient education.

Structural Empowerment:

• Participates in governance activities on a unit. Identifies opportunities for professional growth and sets goals to address them.

Transformational Leadership:

• Demonstrates leadership that impacts the care environment creates change through inspiration works collectively with peers to support organizational goals and advances the profession of nursing