New Graduate Nurse Residency - Vermont & New York Summer 2026 Cohorts

Attention all May 2026 Graduates! Apply today for positions in Vermont and North Eastern New York for cohorts starting in June, July, August, September, and October 2026 (depending on unit & affiliate).

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 University of Vermont Health is the first step in a career of lifelong learning as a registered nurse.

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

Alice Hyde Medical Center (Malone, NY):

• The Alice Center (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. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for specifics!