Student Extern - ER
About the role
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. At Garden City Hospital, we pride ourselves on community involvement and commitment to preserving access to quality and compassionate healthcare. We are a state-of-the-art medical facility with over 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital, offering medical education to students, residents and fellows from across the country. The residency and fellowship programs offer graduate medical education to more than 80 trainees in specialties. Garden City Hospital has an award-winning staff of over 350 of the area's best and brightest physicians from almost every specialty. Learn more at www.gch.org .
Responsibilities
- The Student Extern is an adjunct to the patient care team.
- The extern performs at the level that has successfully been completed and passed in the clinical section at a local college.
- Under the general supervision of an RN the extern provides direct patient care in accordance with the established protocols, the skills they are able to perform are expanded.
- All newly hired externs will first function in the capacity of a nursing assistant, regardless of their nursing program clinical level.
- When the student has been cleared by the Supervisor, they may be moved to their appropriate skill level.
Qualifications
- Should be in final six months of an accredited nursing program.
- Must be in good academic standing.
- Current Basic Life Support Certification.
- Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.
Schedule
Per Diem Shift Days