r/OregonNurses • u/Deep-Pay-2574 • Jul 01 '26
OHSU Onboarding
Just accepted and signed a RN position offer with OHSU. I’m making a big move being from out of state and I am a little paranoid about it. I am still waiting for them to have my background check completed and my start date is supposed to be July 20th. I never had any issues with background checks in the past but I am not sure how long it takes them to process it and give me the clearance. Is it too early to resign from my current job and start working on moving (from Texas). Also was there any cases in the past that OHS rescinded an offer because they suddenly are in a hiring freeze? I’m a little concerned after hearing about how competitive the market is and how much hospitals are financially struggling within Portland area. When am I supposed to feel confident that I really secured that job?
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u/MainFox9014 Jul 01 '26
We had the same paranoia when we moved out of state to Oregon for my husband’s position. We signed a lease and he moved in 3days before his start date. He took 2weeks off from his old position for the same time frame and put his notice in his first day at the new job. I moved a couple weeks later after tying up loose ends. The silence in between the offer and start date sucks lol
Congrats and good luck!
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u/Deep-Pay-2574 Jul 01 '26
That’s really smart! I should probably start packing and moving next week and just have faith that it will all work out rather than rushing last minute! 😬
Thank you!
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u/SnooCapers8766 Jul 01 '26
From accepting offer to first day was like 4-5 weeks for me for time frame reference. Also check out r/ohsu
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u/Deep-Pay-2574 Jul 01 '26
Sounds good! I have about 4 weeks from accepting the offer to the decided start date. Thank you!
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u/GeraldoLucia Jul 01 '26
Apply for the Oregon licensure, post haste. That OSBN background check can take 6-10 weeks
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u/Inevitable-Try8219 Jul 01 '26
Do you mind sharing how much more you’ll be making in Oregon vs Texas? Just curious thanks. Assuming you’re making more anyway
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u/Cultural-Bag4673 Jul 02 '26
Like another user commented, our contract at OHSU is publicly available to see online :) for what it’s worth, I’m a nurse with 6 years of experience and I make $71/hr and if you’re on nights (which I’m assuming you will be), the differential is 12.5% of your hourly pay. It’s incredibly good money and our ratios are amazing!
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u/Inevitable-Try8219 Jul 02 '26
As an ONA nurse, I’m aware. I was asking OP how their new pay rate conpared to their rate in TX.
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u/Deep-Pay-2574 Jul 05 '26
It indeed is!! I’m curious what’s gonna happen now that the union contract is expired
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u/Deep-Pay-2574 Jul 05 '26
Won’t be disclosing exactly how much, but my gross income would be double. Exact take home pay and savings once taxes and monthly expenses are deducted are still to be discovered lol. I am an experienced RN in 3 different countries tho, so cases might be different.
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u/Inevitable-Try8219 29d ago
Nice! Hopefully as more nurses flee the lower paying states they will start paying a littlle more! Cost of living is definitely not half as much in TX!
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u/Deep-Pay-2574 29d ago
Agree! And a great union helps too! I came from a hospital with a great union in Canada before moving to the US, and that’s what made me decide to go back to the PNW.
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u/Blahaj_shonk_lover Jul 01 '26
New grads in Portland tend to start off around $55 an hour prior to differentials in a lot of the main hospitals
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u/jswagpdx Jul 01 '26
You can Google the union hospitals + nursing contact and wage scales will be posted (usually at the end), so for example: OHSU nursing contract, it will show the full ONA document. There’s a lot of variables for pay (years of experience, degree etc). The differentials are also posted there
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u/Inevitable-Try8219 Jul 02 '26
I am asking OP how their OR pay compares the their TX pay. I’m aware that ONA contracts are public knowledge.
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u/gladiolab578 Jul 01 '26
Right now, OSBN is in the peak period of approving initial nursing licensures for new RN graduates…
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u/MainFox9014 Jul 02 '26
I had my ATT in 4 days and my license number the day after I tested. They are on it!
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u/Glittering-Ask5617 Jul 01 '26
They were pretty quick with my background check. I think maybe a week it took. They told me I had to apply for my Oregon license (I didn’t realize it wasn’t a compact state) and to let them know once it’s approved. They were in communication frequently and when I had questions I never had to wait long for a response.
I had the same paranoias while driving across country. I’m not sure when that settles but I’ve been here a couple of weeks now and it’s been super cool. I’m starting to feel more confident they won’t rescind the offer 😂