New Graduate Nurse Residency - Vermont & New York

Vermont, Inc; Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, VT offers Nurse Residency Programs across its health network to help newly graduated nurses start their careers. Nurses engage with experienced mentors, nurse educators, and subject matter experts in classes, skills labs, and supervised clinical experiences to build confidence and bedside proficiency.

The Summer/Fall 2026 cohort includes placements at multiple partner sites across Emergency, Medical‑Surgical, ICU, Birthing, Cardiology, and

Qualifications

• Newly graduated nurses participate in a structured Nurse Residency Program.

Responsibilities

• Engage in classes, hands-on skills sessions, and precepted clinical experiences.
• Demonstrate skills and behaviors at the bedside under supervision.

Skills

LPN experience

Job description

Job Description

at The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, United States

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.

Units hiring for the Summer/Fall 2026 cohort (subject to change based on hiring need):

• Alice Hyde Medical Center (Malone, NY)
  • The AliceCenter (Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living)
  • Inpatient Medical/Surgical
• Central Vermont Medical Center (Berlin, VT)
  • Emergency Department
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Medical-Surgical
  • Surgical Services
  • Women And Children's Unit
  • Woodridge Skilled Nursing Facility
    • Resource Pool: requires LPN experience
• Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (Plattsburgh, NY)
  • Cardiovascular Care
  • Emergency Department
  • Inpatient Psychiatry
  • Medical-Surgical (Oncology/Palliative)
  • Medical-Surgical (Ortho/Neuro/Trauma)
  • Medical-Surgical (Urology/Nephrology/Long Term Care)
  • Operating Room
  • Progressive Care
  • Resource Pool
  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Women & Children's Center
• Elizabethtown Community Hospital (Elizabethtown, NY)
  • Emergency Department
  • Medical-Surgical
• Home Health & Hospice (Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, VT)
  • Adult Home Health
  • Hospice (Community & Respite House)
  • Pediatric & Adult High Tech
• Porter Medical Center (Middlebury, VT)
  • Birthing Center
  • Emergency Room
  • Helen Porter Rehabilitation & Nursing
  • Medical-Surgical
  • Operating Room/ASU/PACU
• 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
  • Resource
  • Surgical ICU/PICU

Many of our partners offer sign on bonuses with some being unit-dependent. UVM Health policy states internal employees are not eligible if they accept an opportunity outside of their current health partner. In addition, sign on bonus policies for internal transfers vary by partner.

The University of Vermont Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.