Extern - Nursing - (Fall 2026 Cohort)

Facility:

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department:

1648 Educational Services

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

Hours:

Varied

Work Shift:

Rotating (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

 

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. 

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

 

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)  

• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

A flexible nursing extern will participate in a flexible Externship with a designated RN peer mentor for a patient, or a group of patients, for a designated time frame and provides care for these patients through therapeutic use of self, the patient care/problem solving or nursing process and through other health care team members.

Education:

▪ Required: Currently enrolled in an accredited Nursing Program
Experience:
▪ N/A
Skills:
▪ N/A
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ N/A

Keywords: Nurse Extern, Flextern, Flexternship, Senior Flex