Student Nurse Extern

About the Employer

Sovah Health - Danville is a part of Lifepoint Health. At Lifepoint, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce that can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities.

Variable Schedule

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. Throughout the paid program, learning and nursing engagement occurs on a 24‑hour per unit basis in a broad range of acute care, critical care, emergency care, psychiatry, women’s, and surgical/outpatient areas. SNEs gain hands‑on experience in patient care, teamwork, critical thinking, communication skills, and professional development.

• Performs clinical skills according to hospital policy and procedures.
• Performs technical skill according to policy and procedure.
• Maintains hospital and patient confidentiality.
• Demonstrates concern for patient welfare by performing activities other than primary care needs.
• Applies knowledge of age‑related factors appropriately to patients, utilizing appropriate policies and procedures.
• Responds promptly to patient requests by answering call lights, greeting patients in a cheerful positive manner, answering questions or fulfilling needs and alerting Registered Nurse as necessary.
• Tidies rooms, makes and changes bed linens and ensures rooms are clean, neat and orderly. Assists with stocking items in rooms. Sets up oxygen flow meter, humidifier and nasal cannula as requested.
• Performs courier duties to the lab and other hospital departments to deliver lab specimens (urine, stool, sputum) or deliver and retrieve other requested items.
• Transports patients to and from various areas as needed.
• Answers phones and greets patients and visitors. Performs other related duties as assigned that will facilitate achievement of quality patient care.
• Takes and records vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration), measures and records intake and output, and weighs patient as assigned. Observes patient’s physical appearance, attitude, response to medications and treatments, appetite, etc. and reports observations to Registered Nurse.
• Performs or assists with routine procedures such as enemas, sitz baths, surgical preps, turning patients and explains procedures to patient to facilitate understanding and reduce anxiety. Gives bedpans, urinals or assists patient to commode or bathroom.
• Assists patient with meals by preparing patient’s proper positioning, moving tray, and feeding patient as necessary. Ensures nourishment and water are given to patient in accordance with established schedule as requested.
• Helps patients in and out of bed and/or wheelchair. Performs back rubs, converses with patient in a positive friendly manner to reduce anxiety and encourage communication.
• Participates in various in‑service and staff activities to contribute to the ongoing development of knowledge and to improve techniques.
• Performs age‑specific patient assessment demonstrating awareness of growth and development for each age group. Demonstrates knowledge of age‑specific assessment, recognizing psychosocial levels and developmental patterns. Provides for age‑appropriate stimulation and learning needs.
• Adheres to Hospital’s Standards of Performance.

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:

• Comprehensive Benefits:
  Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage, tailored benefit options for part‑time and PRN employees, and more.
• Professional Development:
  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 part of any nursing assistant job description. SNE I may also perform additional acts that have been taught in their nursing education program provided they are individually educationally prepared and clinically competent to perform these acts.

Such acts include phlebotomy and straight catheterization.

Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent. Additional requirements include:

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

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