Legacy Health
Hospital · Portland, OR
- 22
- open roles, live count
- $108k–$169k/yr
- posted pay across 20 roles
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Nights 2 · Rotating 1
Benefits
RNs rate compensation and benefits 4.3/5; no itemized benefit list in validated facts.
What stands out
New graduates
You enter through an ANCC-accredited RN residency with four cohorts a year and 16–18 weeks of precepted bedside time plus a full-year mentor.
As of 2025Source 1: legacyhealth.orgSource 2: rotationfinder.orgSource 3: legacyhealth.org
New graduates
You can hire straight into the Oregon Burn Center at LEMC—the only burn center in the state—or into Adult, Adolescent, or Emergency behavioral health at Unity, typically with only a few residents per cohort.
Experienced nurses
Registered nurses rate compensation and benefits 4.3 out of 5, higher than the overall company score.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
An ambulatory clinic resource-pool RN role lets you float across assigned departments under a clinical manager if you want variety without leaving the system.
As of 2025Source: legacyhealth.org
More about working here
Moving here
You work in a unionized nonprofit system founded in 1875 that spans Oregon and Washington, so your RN license must match the state of your work site.
As of 2025Source 1: thelundreport.orgSource 2: oregonrn.orgSource 3: opb.orgSource 4: glassdoor.comSource 5: legacyhealth.org
New graduates
Residency seats are full-time only, prefer a BSN, require under 12 months of RN experience and AHA BLS, and carry a one-year commitment to the department that hires you.
As of 2025Source 1: legacyhealth.orgSource 2: rotationfinder.org
Experienced nurses
Peers describe strong teamwork on the floor even while noting inconsistent leadership and distance from upper management.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Working conditions
- Union representation
- Union roles reported
Source 1: thelundreport.orgSource 2: oregonrn.orgSource 3: opb.org
- Scheduling
- Reviews note flexible schedules valued by some; high workloads in certain departments can challenge balance
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Floating
- Ambulatory Clinic Resource Pool RN role exists for floating across assigned departments/units
As of 2025Source: legacyhealth.org
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- Legacy Health RN Residency Program · Accredited Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center · 4 cohorts per year · Applications: Four planned cohorts yearly starting February, April, August and November; Winter '26 cohort app open
As of 2025Source 1: legacyhealth.orgSource 2: rotationfinder.orgSource 3: legacyhealth.org
- Preceptors and orientation
- 18 weeks (or minimum 16 weeks) of precepted bedside time with expert preceptors; full-year mentor; routine debriefing with trained facilitators; looping to other units
As of 2025Source 1: legacyhealth.orgSource 2: rotationfinder.org
The city
Living in Portland, OR
Portland costs about 5% above the national average, but the trade-off is tangible: post-shift food cart pods on Alberta, Saturday mornings at Powell's City of Books, and an aerial tram that glides you to OHSU above the Willamette. This is where nurses trade strip malls for rain-forest trails.
Browse roles in Portland
- Metro price level · Portland area
- 5% above the national average
- BEA index 105.4 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,655/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $90,919/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You are looking at a nonprofit health system headquartered in Portland, open since 1875, with hospitals and clinics on both sides of the Oregon–Washington line. Your license has to match the state where you actually work.
- Hospital · Portland
- Hiring nights & rotating
More about Legacy Health
If you are new, the door in is the Legacy Health RN Residency—an ANCC-accredited practice transition program with four cohorts a year. You get 16 to 18 weeks of precepted bedside time with expert preceptors, a mentor for the full year, regular debriefing, and time looping to other units. Seats are full-time only, BSN preferred, under twelve months of RN experience, and you commit a year to the department that hires you. Specialties in the mix include the Oregon Burn Center at LEMC—the only burn center in the state—and Adult, Adolescent, and Emergency behavioral health at Unity, where cohorts are small. If you already have experience, ambulatory clinic resource-pool roles exist for floating across assigned departments under a clinical manager. Nurses who review the place rate pay and benefits higher than the company overall, and many describe solid teamwork on the floor. The same reviews flag inconsistent leadership and a sense that senior management sits far from the bedside. Scheduling flexibility shows up as a plus for some; high workload on certain units undercuts balance for others. The workforce is unionized, and advanced practice providers recently struck over wages and raises—context worth knowing before you sign on.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Compensation rated highly by RNs
- Registered nurse reviewers rate compensation and benefits 4.3 out of 5, higher than the overall company score.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Collaborative culture vs management disconnect
- Staff describe strong teamwork and caring peers, but also favoritism, inconsistent leadership, and upper-management distance from frontline.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Overall recommend rates
- Company-wide 67% would recommend (3.5/5 from 992 reviews); RN-specific recommend rate is lower at 41% (3.8/5 from 80 reviews).
More review themes
- Senior management rating
- Senior management scores lowest among categories at 2.8 overall; RN CEO approval only 28%.
- Work-life balance
- Some value flexible schedules; others report high healthcare workloads undermine balance in certain units.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
What to weigh
Among RN reviewers, only 41% would recommend working here, and senior management scores 2.8 with RN CEO approval at 28%.
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 11, 2026
- Website
- legacyhealth.org ↗
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- ORNights 2 · Rotating 14 open
- ER3 open
- Women's Services2 open
- Ambulatory Clinic1 open
- Cardiopulmonary1 open
- Endocrinology1 open
Oregon Burn Center (LEMC)
OBC is the only burn center in the state; RN residency hires into this specialty at LEMC.
Source location unconfirmedSource: rotationfinder.org
Behavioral Health (Unity Center for Behavioral Health)
Unity Center hires RN residents into Adult, Adolescent, and Emergency behavioral health units; typically 1-4 residents per cohort.
Source location unconfirmedSource: rotationfinder.org
Ambulatory Clinic Resource Pool
Permanent RN Staff Nurse role in ambulatory clinic resource pool providing direct patient care under clinical manager.
Source location unconfirmedSource: legacyhealth.org
Open roles
Current openings at Legacy Health
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