Graduate Nurse, Acute Care; Med Surg Internship, s

Overview

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate and quality patient-centered care, educate physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers, and improve access to care in the communities we serve.

Acute care nurses practice in a premier environment that supports leadership development and celebrates the successes of the nursing team. Nurses provide advanced nursing care for patients with acute conditions and a wide variety of complexities. Our units are equipped with the latest technology and emphasize partnerships with the health care team and a focus on relationships with patients.

Sign-on bonuses may be available on select units up to $20,000 for qualified candidates. All graduate nurses will be required to participate in St. Luke's Acute Care internship, full-time paid position. There are a variety of specialties available in our network for acute care nursing to expand your skill set and strengthen knowledge with specific patient populations and disease processes.

• Oncology
• Neuroscience
• Renal
• Trauma
• Orthopedics
• Acute Rehab
• Cardiac
• Short Stay
• Medical-Surgical

Hospital locations – openings may vary by campus availability:
Allentown Campus;
Anderson Campus, Easton, Level 2 Trauma Center;
Bethlehem Campus, Level 1 Trauma Center;
Carbon Campus, Lehighton, Level 4 Trauma Center;
Easton Campus;
Geisinger St. Luke’s Campus, Orwigsburg, Level 4 Trauma Center;
Grand View Campus, Sellersville, Level 2 Trauma Center;
Miners Campus, Coaldale, Level 4 Trauma Center;
Monroe Campus, Stroudsburg, Level 4 Trauma Center;
Orthopedic Hospital, Allentown;
Sacred Heart Campus, Allentown;
Upper Bucks Campus, Quakertown, Level 4 Trauma Center;
Warren Campus, Phillipsburg NJ – to be considered for the Warren Campus, apply here RN All Specialties, Warren Campus.

Apply now to talk to a recruiter about our current openings. Full time, 36 or 40 hours per week. Holiday and weekend requirements per unit and company policies.

What the internship offers: a full-time competency-based program tailored to each individual; dedicated education team; bridging the preparation to practice gap; support transition from novice to advanced beginner; a progressive arrangement of seminars, workshops, supervised hands-on training, and simulation; clinical preceptorship; leadership, teamwork, and conflict management development.

Ideal candidates for application are nursing students with prospective graduation dates who will be eligible to sit for NCLEX and obtain licensure before start of internship; experienced RNs who have not worked in the acute care setting or have less than one year of experience.

The Acute Care RN Internship is conducted at various sites within the St. Luke’s University Health Network and is supervised by the Acute Care Internship Coordinator. Upon successful completion, interns will work in a St. Luke's Acute Care Unit caring for patients across the lifespan.

• Performs in-depth, systematic assessment of all assigned patients.
• Formulates collaborative and individualized plan of care, identifies expected patient outcomes, using the nursing process and prioritizes care, utilizing available resources in cooperation with ancillary and nursing staff to maintain standards of professional nursing practice.
• Functions as a professional role model and resource person, providing guidance to co-workers. Demonstrates the Network’s Service Excellence Standards in interactions with all customers.
• Maintains confidentiality of materials handled within the Network/Entity and proper release of information.
• Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.

Registered Nurse with current license to practice in the State of Pennsylvania or New Jersey (Warren Campus). Or graduate of an accredited nursing program. Temporary Practice Permit issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.

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