Student Nurse Extern II-Summer Externship 2027 (Full Time)

Student Nurse Extern-Level II

Are you a nursing school student enrolled in a BSN program entering your senior year? Are you looking for an exciting opportunity for the summer? All of our campuses have openings available for this exciting program. The Student Nurse Extern-Level II is responsible for providing health care to patients working closely with members of the health care team collecting data and implementing patient care.

The SNE will function under the discretion of an RN mentor where s/he is able to participate in the coordination and provision of individualized, quality patient care based on the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Additionally, the SNE will have periodic, designated observation opportunities with a designated RN in specialty areas to experience different nursing career path opportunities.

The Student Nurse Externship program is a 9-week, full-time position, 12 hour day shift between Monday-Friday (no weekends, no holidays). We will be holding 2 cohorts over the summer which will run from: May 18, 2026 - July 17, 2026, and June 8, 2026 - August 7, 2026.

Campuses available:

• 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
• Sacred Heart Campus, Allentown
• Upper Bucks Campus, Quakertown, Level 4 Trauma Center
• Warren Campus, Phillipsburg NJ

The Student Nurse Extern II Program is for nursing students currently enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing program having successfully completed junior year and entering senior year of nursing program.

Job duties and responsibilities include:

• Following the treatment plan as directed by licensed personnel.
• Performing tasks such as vital signs, intake and output measurements, glucometry, specimen collection, patient ADLs, restocking supplies, checking and/or cleaning equipment.
• Assisting with the admitting process and documenting on admission database as appropriate.
• Performing necessary functions to ensure patient comfort and satisfaction with service.
• Accepting responsibility for providing safe, appropriate, quality patient care.
• Communicating changes in patients' conditions to the RN.
• Documenting for all assigned responsibilities.
• Maintaining responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing education programs as appropriate.
• Complying with established chain of command for work-related problems.
• Maintaining confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/Entity as well as the proper release of information.
• Complying with Network and departmental policies regarding issues of employee, patient, and environmental safety and following appropriate reporting requirements.
• Demonstrating/modeling the Network's Service Excellence Standards of Performance in interactions with all customers (internal and external).
• Demonstrating Performance Improvement in the following areas as appropriate: Clinical Care/Outcomes, Customer/Service Improvement, Operational System/Process, and Safety.
• Demonstrating financial responsibility and accountability through the effective and efficient use of resources in daily procedures, processes, and practices.
• Complying with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.
• Demonstrating competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development, and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.

Additionally, the Student Nurse Extern-Level II will:

• Assist the RN to perform in-depth, systematic assessment of all assigned patients.
• Assist the RN to formulate a collaborative plan of care and identifying expected patient outcomes.
• Assist the RN to implement, evaluate, and document patient care interventions and effectiveness in accordance with the care plan.
• Assist the RN to organize, coordinate, and prioritize patient care consistently utilizing available resources.
• Assist with set-up and clean-up of procedures.
• Observe the administration of medications by the RN. The SNE will complete a medication administration form on patients. The SNE will evaluate comprehension of pharmacology and its relation to specific patients.

Physical and sensory requirements include standing for up to 10 hours per day, walking 6 hours per day, sitting up to 7 hours per day, consistently lifting, carrying, and pushing objects up to 10 lbs, occasionally lifting, carrying, and pushing objects up to 75 lbs, transporting patients weighing up to 250 lbs, frequently stooping and bending, frequently reaching above shoulder level, and the ability to perceive attributes of an object through touch, hear as it relates to normal conversation, and see as it relates to general, near, far, color, and peripheral vision.

Education requirements include a high school graduate or equivalent, currently enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing program having successfully completed junior year (two written instructor references) and entering senior year of nursing program.

Training and experience requirements include current BLS/CPR certification, attendance at St Luke's University Health Network orientation for this position, and the ability to read, write, and understand English.