Nurse Intern - Med Surg (12-24 hours per week) #3396

Job Description

Job Description

Our Med Surg Department is looking for a Nurse Intern to join their team! 

Hours will vary between 12-24 hours per week

Shift times: 

7PM-7AM 

7AM-7PM

The Nurse Intern (NI) is a nursing student who is currently enrolled in a nursing program leading to a Registered Nurse, or who has failed the licensure exam and is awaiting a re-take of the exam and will then be identified as a Nurse Technician.

The Nurse Intern always functions under the DIRECT and PRESENT supervision of the RN.

Education and Training Required:

• High school graduate or equivalent.

• Active certification as a nursing assistant (CNA) preferred.

• The student nurse will be in their fourth (4th) semester of a two year Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) program or in the fourth (4th) year of a four year Bachelors Degree of Nursing (BSN) program.

• Completion of basic clinical skills as required by their current nursing program.

• Graduate nurses who receive notification of failure of State Boards shall practice under the position description (NT).

• BLS Certification required.

Physical Demands:

• Frequently stand, walk, and sit.

• Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds while transferring and positioning patients and maneuvering equipment while using gait belts and transfer devices.

• Occasionally push and pull up to 25 pounds for transporting patients and moving equipment.

• Occasionally bend to the floor, squat, kneel, crouch and reach overhead to assist with patient care or retrieve equipment or supplies.

• Occasionally handle objects, smell, feel control knobs, switches and levers.

• Frequently carry objects weighing 10 pounds or less.

• Occasionally carry objects weighing 11 – 15 pounds.