Through our partnership with Vermont State University (VTSU), our RN Pathway Program allows full-time UVM Health employees of our Vermont partners, who hold a current, unencumbered LPN license, the opportunity to continue earning a salary while studying to complete their Associate of Science in Nursing degree and become eligible to earn their RN license.
All candidates must:
Please note that priority acceptance into this program will be given to students currently enrolled in the UVM Health LPN Pathway Program and who have been accepted for Direct Progression for the RN program at VT State University.
RN Pathway Program applications will only be accepted during the defined application period.
Please have ready the following items to upload with your application:
*Please note that the Leader Approval Form must be accessed from a UVM Health account.
This program will follow the traditional academic schedule as defined by Vermont State University. Participants may choose which site they desire to complete their studies at and must be aware that they may be required to travel for classes and/or clinicals.
Visit the website of Vermont State University (link opens in a new window) to learn more about their nursing programs.
While enrolled in the RN program at VTSU, students will work their regular job 48 hours per pay period. Students will receive pay for an additional 24 hours per pay period to allow time for classwork, lab/clinical instruction, and studying.
UVM Health will prepay up to $5,000 per RN academic semester ($10,000 total, last dollar) towards tuition, academic fees, and textbooks. These funds will not carry over between semesters.
Pathway participants will complete the FAFSA and engage in the Financial Aid process with VTSU.
Participants should be sure to review the details of tuition expenses related to VTSU’s RN Program. Any remaining expenses related to tuition, academic fees, and textbooks would be the responsibility of the participant.
https://vermontstate.edu/academic-programs/nursing-as/?affordability
Participants in the RN Pathway Program are electing to use their annual UVM Health employee tuition assistance benefit towards related programmatic expenses.
The RN Pathway Program is administered through a platform called Navigator, part of the Guild Education System. Participants will have access to a virtual credit card that may only be used for approved Pathway Program costs.
Pathway participants will be held to all applicable UVM Health educational benefit repayment policies should they terminate employment (voluntarily or involuntarily), terminate participation in a program (voluntarily or involuntarily), or fail to fulfill their entire working commitment.
Each UVM Health partner assesses its new grad RN needs annually and determines how many employees it can support through the Pathway Program. This number, in combination with the number of applicants, determines how competitive each application period will be.
Participants will follow the UVM Health application and interview process for new graduate RNs. RN Pathway Program graduates are required to apply to open RN roles at their partner and may consider RN roles at other partners. Talent Acquisition will support participants in exploring available RN roles, but timing and availability of roles will vary by partner.
UVM Health does not guarantee participants an RN role upon completion of the program.
Being a full-time employee in a UVM Health Vermont partner is a requirement for application and enrollment. To be eligible for the program you’ll need to be hired as a full-time employee in any Vermont UVM Health partner.
Call 800-722-9922 and choose option 3 to talk with one of our talent acquisition partners about full-time job opportunities at one of our Vermont UVM Health healthcare partners.
In order to be eligible, you need to be a full-time employee.
At this time, the RN Pathway Program is specific to the Vermont partners within UVM Health.
Possibly, depending on the timeframe and your grades. VTSU will review the courses and grades on your transcript to determine whether they meet the requirements for this program. If you do need to retake courses, check out Pathfinder, which is a program offered by UVM Health in partnership with Community College of Vermont and will support employees who are seeking to enter a UVM Health Pathway Program to begin taking prepaid preparatory, prerequisite and corequisite courses.
You will need to complete the RN Program curriculum through VTSU (coursework and lab/clinical instruction) in its entirety. Please contact VTSU Admissions for specific questions related to your academic history.
Amounts paid under this Program have tax implications. Amounts that are paid to you, or your educational institution towards tuition, academic fees, books, supplies, or other related expenses, constitute payments that will be treated as taxable income and subject to all applicable state and federal withholdings should they exceed the annual tax-free threshold for employer-provided educational assistance under Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Appropriate taxes will be applied to any amounts above the annual tax-free threshold by payroll and withheld from your regular paychecks.
Please consult your personal tax advisor, as University of Vermont Health cannot provide you with individualized tax advice.
Our Pathway Programs are designed to support employees through the entirety of the academic program. Off-cycle enrollments will not be accepted.
Please complete the below form and a member of our team will be in touch.
Please contact:
Rebecca Aldrich, Workforce Development Program Manager – Rebecca.Aldrich@uvmhealth.org (link opens in a new window)
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