Opportunities for New Nursing Graduates
Launch your nursing career with confidence and support through BC Children's Hospital New Grad Nurse Program. You will gain specialized experience, mentorship and a warm welcome into our expert pediatric care team.
About the New Grad Nurse Program
We place all new graduates hired as a registered nurse (RN) or registered psychiatric nurse (RPN) into a regular or temporary position, with a minimum of 0.7 to full-time-employee hours for the first six months of employment.
The program is available for the first 18 months after nursing graduation. It gives new graduates the unique opportunity to consolidate their nursing practice and start their career specializing in pediatrics, child and youth mental health, perinatal, oncology or adult mental health nursing.
Units available to new grads
We welcome new grads into the following BC Children's Hospital units, as well as Sunny Hill Health Centre:
- Mental health programs
- Medical and surgical units
- Nursing Resource Team
- Oncology/hematology/bone marrow transplant
- Emergency department
- Operating room Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) training
Orientation and training
New grads also benefit from in-depth orientation, training and mentorship by experienced team members.
The BC Children's Hospital nursing team includes designated new graduate leaders, who are available to support new graduate nurses and connect them to supports and ongoing training opportunities.
New graduate hiring
BC Children's Hospital offers ongoing hiring opportunities specifically for new graduate nurses. You can search for these jobs using the term "new grad".
You can apply for all jobs for which you are qualified if you have:
- Graduated from a nursing program
- Registered with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
We also hire new graduate nurses who:
- Have completed their final preceptorship at another health care facility
- Did not have their final placement in pediatrics
- Do not have medical/surgery experience - we hire new graduates directly from school
- Did not complete BCIT Theory 1 and 2 courses - they are not required to apply for a new grad nurse position