Job Description
Nurse Extern
Schedule: PRN | various shifts
Job Type: In-person
Job Location: Richlands, VA
Hourly rate: $17.16 - $20.38 p/hr.
Your experience matters
Clinch Valley Medical Center is a part of Lifepoint Health. 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. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those who are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.
Why join us
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 with medical plans tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave, and paid time off.
Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs).
Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
Position Summary:
The Nurse Extern will work under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse.
- Works collaboratively with the patient care team.
- Performs direct patient care under the direction, delegation and supervision of a registered nurse.
- Documents patient care given.
- Monitors, records, and communicate patient condition as appropriate to the supervising RN.
- Maintains positive professional relationships with patients/families, coworkers, and health care teams.
- Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
- Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
- Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
- Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.
- Supports performance improvement philosophy.
Required Skills:
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.:
Minimum Education:
- School of Nursing 3rd year student or higher.
Licenses/Certifications: Basic Life Support Health Care (BLS-HSP).
EEOC Statement
Clinch Valley Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Clinch Valley is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.