Kaiser Permanente Northwest Inpatient

When to apply

Windows run 9 to 10 days each. Cohort 5 (the next one) applications September 14 to 23, 2026, information session September 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM PT, Oregon RN license deadline November 30, 2026, start December 7, 2026. Cohort 4 (Jul 6-15) has closed. Five windows a year means a miss here costs about ten weeks, not six months.

Cohort schedule

FIVE cohorts a year across two medical centers, Sunnyside and Westside, the highest cohort frequency of any Kaiser market. 2026 starts: Feb 16, May 11, Jul 20, Sep 28, Dec 7.

Requirements

Active Oregon RN license by the start date; American Heart Association BLS; graduate of an accredited school of nursing; less than 6 months of paid RN experience. Preferred: BSN or above.

Specialties

Medical-Surgical and Telemetry, Progressive Care (ICU step-down), Cardiovascular or Medical-Surgical Intensive Care, Emergency Department

How to apply

Read the current requirements on the official page, gather the documents it asks for, then apply directly with the hospital.

Where these dates came from

Checked on the hospital's own page on August 17, 2026

Dates and requirements change on the hospital's schedule, not ours, and the official page is always the final word. kaiserpermanentejobs.org/nurse-residency-career fetched 2026-08-17; all five 2026 Northwest Inpatient cohort windows, licence deadlines and start dates stated in the Northwest Inpatient market block (the page spells the Nov 30 deadline "Novemeber" - transcribed here as November 30, 2026).

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