Flex​/PRN - SOAR RN Student Externship

Job Title: Flex/PRN - SOAR RN Student Externship

Description

Variable / Flex

CP01 Carilion Medical Center.

R156739 Flex/PRN - SOAR RN Student Externship (Evergreen) (Open)

** June Cohort starts 6/1/26. This program provides continuous employment until graduation from RN Program.**

If you are looking for a summer only externship, please search for Job R156193 on our career webpage (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./careers

Carilion Clinic is an innovative, mission‑driven health system built on progress and partnerships. A courageous team that is always learning, never discouraged, and forever curious. Headquartered in Roanoke, VA, our system includes award‑winning hospitals, Level 1 and 3 trauma centers, Level 3 NICU, and more. Here, you can create your own path, make new discoveries, and, most importantly, make a difference.

In a place where the air is clean, people are kind, and life is good – make your tomorrow with us.

Through staffing office deployment, the Nurse Extern support nurses and other medical staff in caring for patients in a safe, compassionate manner a minimum of three (3) hours a week. Nurse Externs observe, document and communicate needs, concerns, and patient status changes to the health care team promptly in various roles and departments throughout the organization. Provide emotional support, education and guidance to patients during their hospital stay.

Under the direction of the registered nurse or healthcare team member assists with nursing practice interventions. Provides quality service through a team‑oriented, collaborative approach to patient care. Acts as a role model for excellence in customer service. Promotes positive patient outcomes through inquiry and evidence‑based practice.

• Provide basic patient care including activities of daily living
• Range of motion.
• Ambulation
• Positioning and skin care. Appropriate bathing and oral hygiene.
• Feeding and meal delivery.
• Toileting and incontinent care.
• Ensures a clean and safe working and patient environment
• Aids patient care team in collection of patient data and specimens. Reporting irregularities to the primary nurse. May participate in Interdisciplinary rounds (IDR)
• Patient rounding focusing on the 4P’s. Personal needs, Pain, Positioning, and Personal Items
• Ensures timely communication with the Central Operations Center and ensures timely interventions regarding identified events/concerns related to telemetry, bed alarms and/or virtual sitting
• Obtains urine, stool, and sputum specimens and processes specimens
• Obtains and records health, weights, vital signs, including pulse oximetry and pain level and I&O
• Communicates patient status and reports changes in patient condition to licensed professional.
• Aids patient care team by performing and explaining designated patient care procedures:
• Performs and educates patient regarding purpose of incentive spirometry.
• Transport patients.
• Preps patient for diagnostic tests
• Performs pulse oximetry
• Provides postmortem care
• Assists with admissions and discharges
• Assists nurse in emergency situations.
• Performs ostomy care.
• Performs suction (oral).
• Performs blood sugar finger sticks.
• Performs EKGs (department specific responsibility).
• Provides patient education
• Assists with proning of patient and bedside procedure under the direction of the RN
• Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• May preform communication liaison duties for daily patient communications with family.
• Answers telephone promptly using excellent Customer Service skills.
• Answers patient call light
• Assist with vaccine administrations
• Maintains and cleans equipment
• Communicates patient and family requests to appropriate personnel immediately after receipt of request.
• Responds and carries out patient and family requests when appropriate.
• Coordinates equipment/supply needs in collaboration with supply management personnel
• Notifies appropriate department of equipment malfunction
  -tags equipment according to hospital procedure
• Use early mobility techniques to minimize complications of immobility and improve patient overall functions while ensuring patient fall safety.
• Applies…