Nurse Extern

Overview

Your Experience Matters Sovah Health - Martinsville, VA is a 220-bed acute-care hospital providing over 22 medical specialties, including home health & hospice, advanced wound healing, cardiac rehabilitation, two cardiac catheterization labs, and medical & radiation oncology services. Located in Martinsville, VA, it is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare network committed to making communities healthier with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast.

From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

Schedule
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Variable Schedule

Job Location Type
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In Person

The Student Nurse Extern (SNE
1) Program provides nursing students with practical work experiences to facilitate their transition into the role of a registered nurse. The paid program offers learning and nursing engagement on a 24-hour per unit basis across acute care, critical care, emergency care, psychiatry, womens, and surgical/outpatient areas. SNEs gain hands-on experience in patient care, teamwork, critical thinking, communication skills, and professional development.

A Student Nurse Extern I who excels in this role:

• Performs clinical skills according to hospital policy and procedures
• Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure
• Maintains hospital and patient confidentiality
• Demonstrates concern for patient welfare by performing activities beyond primary care needs
• Applies knowledge of age-related factors appropriately to patients, utilizing established policies and procedures
• Responds promptly to patient requests by answering call lights and greeting patients in a cheerful, positive manner
• Tidies rooms, changes bed linens, ensures rooms are clean and orderly; assists with stocking items; sets up oxygen flow meters, humidifiers, and nasal cannulas as requested
• Performs courier duties to the lab and other departments to deliver lab specimens or other items
• Transports patients as needed
• Answers phones and greets patients and visitors; performs other related duties to facilitate quality patient care
• Takes and records vital signs, measures intake and output, weighs patient; reports observations to the RN
• Assists with routine procedures and patient comfort measures; explains procedures to reduce anxiety
• Assists with meals, ensuring proper positioning and nourishment per schedule or as requested
• Assists patients in and out of bed or wheelchair; supports positive communication
• Participates in in-service and staff activities to contribute to ongoing knowledge development
• Performs age-specific patient assessments and demonstrates awareness of growth, development, and psychosocial factors
• Adheres to Hospital's Standards of Performance

• Must be enrolled in a professional nursing program and have completed their first semester (Fundamentals of Nursing including clinicals)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association required

We Believe That Investing In Our Employees Is The First Step To Providing Excellent Patient Care. In Addition To Your Base Compensation, This Position Also Offers:

Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

The right candidate will, under the supervision of an RN, assist in assuring optimal patient care while continuing as a Nursing Student in good standing. The SNE I may perform acts that are routinely within a nursing assistant scope and may also perform additional acts taught in their nursing program provided they are prepared and clinically competent. Such acts may include phlebotomy and straight catheterization.

Sovah Health - Danville and Martinsville are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sovah Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care, with a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 other sites of care across the healthcare continuum.