Seattle Children's August 2024 Residency

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Hi!! I applied for seattle children's residency program for the August 2024 cohort and just wanted to make a thread for anyone else applying, current employees with advice, etc!

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Hi!

I also applied yesterday for their PICU or CICU!

 

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Hey, thanks for making this thread! I applied to Surgical 5 and Surgical 6! Good luck to both of you, maybe I'll see you this Summer :)

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Hi! I start their RN residency program later this month & would be happy to connect with you guys & answer any questions 😊! I saw that their application JUST opened yesterday & already it looks like most departments are no longer hiring which is unfortunate. 

BayAreaRN98 said:

Hi!

I also applied yesterday for their PICU or CICU!

 

Hi! Are you also from the Bay (given your username)? I'm a new grad here & start the residency with Seattle Children's this month! I haven't found many others who are from here & applied out of state. 

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Nicole Reavis said:

Hi! I start their RN residency program later this month & would be happy to connect with you guys & answer any questions 😊! I saw that their application JUST opened yesterday & already it looks like most departments are no longer hiring which is unfortunate. 

Hi! Are you also from the Bay (given your username)? I'm a new grad here & start the residency with Seattle Children's this month! I haven't found many others who are from here & applied out of state. 

Yeah I am from the Bay! I grew up there but went to nursing school in SoCal!  I just finished nursing school in early March. And LOL I feel like most people from the Bay typically apply there because of pay, unions, it's home, etc. But I've always been drawn to Washington/Seattle so I thought why not! 

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BayAreaRN98 said:

Yeah I am from the Bay! I grew up there but went to nursing school in SoCal!  I just finished nursing school in early March. And LOL I feel like most people from the Bay typically apply there because of pay, unions, it's home, etc. But I've always been drawn to Washington/Seattle so I thought why not! 

Congrats on graduating 😊! I went to nursing school here in the Bay & had been applying for residencies since September. As much as I love it here I applied to Seattle Children's on a whim just to see what would happen because it's so hard to get into the major hospitals here. I even debated waiting another application cycle to brush up on interview skills before applying out of state, but I got impatient & it's very discouraging as a new grad here LOL. 

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Nicole Reavis said:

Congrats on graduating 😊! I went to nursing school here in the Bay & had been applying for residencies since September. As much as I love it here I applied to Seattle Children's on a whim just to see what would happen because it's so hard to get into the major hospitals here. I even debated waiting another application cycle to brush up on interview skills before applying out of state, but I got impatient & it's very discouraging as a new grad here LOL. 

Dude I know! I saw that UCSF Benioff closed their residency for the Summer so that wasn't an option. And then Stanford's residency is like applying for school so I didn't want to do that LOL. And then I don't see myself living in Sac so I didn't want to apply to UC Davis residency. It's been a journey LOL, we'll see what happens with Seattle. I have my screening interview with the recruiter on Tuesday, any advice? 

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BayAreaRN98 said:

Dude I know! I saw that UCSF Benioff closed their residency for the Summer so that wasn't an option. And then Stanford's residency is like applying for school so I didn't want to do that LOL. And then I don't see myself living in Sac so I didn't want to apply to UC Davis residency. It's been a journey LOL, we'll see what happens with Seattle. I have my screening interview with the recruiter on Tuesday, any advice? 

I didn't know Benioff offers an actual residency? I thought it was just an RN 1 position for new grads LOL. I applied to Stanford Children's for this Spring & it was easily the most time consuming process out of all the hospitals I applied to 🙃. Me & some classmates also applied for UC Davis & honestly it was kind of a nightmare because of their ongoing hiring freeze, plus it took them months to reject people even though it seemed like the positions were filled pretty quickly. 
 

My best advice for the screening interview is be prepared to really talk about why you want to work there/why their mission & values align with what you want. You'll be asked a couple of pretty basic behavioral style questions & I think I answered them with patient examples from clinical rotations. It really didn't feel like an interview, but more so a conversation. None of the questions were tricky or very lengthy. 

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Nicole Reavis said:

Hi! I start their RN residency program later this month & would be happy to connect with you guys & answer any questions 😊! I saw that their application JUST opened yesterday & already it looks like most departments are no longer hiring which is unfortunate. 

Hi! Are you also from the Bay (given your username)? I'm a new grad here & start the residency with Seattle Children's this month! I haven't found many others who are from here & applied out of state. 

Hey! What unit are you starting on and was it what you applied for? And did you graduate with your ASN or BSN?

BayAreaRN98 said:

Dude I know! I saw that UCSF Benioff closed their residency for the Summer so that wasn't an option. And then Stanford's residency is like applying for school so I didn't want to do that LOL. And then I don't see myself living in Sac so I didn't want to apply to UC Davis residency. It's been a journey LOL, we'll see what happens with Seattle. I have my screening interview with the recruiter on Tuesday, any advice? 

Oh wow you've heard back already? Good luck on the interview screen!!

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Kylie Miller said:

Hey! What unit are you starting on and was it what you applied for? And did you graduate with your ASN or BSN?

Oh wow you've heard back already? Good luck on the interview screen!!

Hi! I'll be starting in the NICU & this was the only unit I wanted to be considered for (I could be wrong, but I think it asks if you only want to be considered for your top choice). I graduated with my BSN!
 

For reference, I applied the day that the application opened since their site recommended it & I also heard back to schedule a screening interview within 2-3 days. I just looked to see what units are hiring again & it looks like many have already stopped which is crazy 🥲 they didn't go that fast when I applied. 

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Nicole Reavis said:

I didn't know Benioff offers an actual residency? I thought it was just an RN 1 position for new grads LOL. I applied to Stanford Children's for this Spring & it was easily the most time consuming process out of all the hospitals I applied to 🙃. Me & some classmates also applied for UC Davis & honestly it was kind of a nightmare because of their ongoing hiring freeze, plus it took them months to reject people even though it seemed like the positions were filled pretty quickly. 
 

My best advice for the screening interview is be prepared to really talk about why you want to work there/why their mission & values align with what you want. You'll be asked a couple of pretty basic behavioral style questions & I think I answered them with patient examples from clinical rotations. It really didn't feel like an interview, but more so a conversation. None of the questions were tricky or very lengthy. 

Good to know! Thank you for the advice 😊

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I applied for medical f3 and surgical r5! has anyone else heard back about interviewing?

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