Student Nurse Extern I, Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Student Nurse Extern I, Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Schedule: PRN | various shifts

Job Type: In-person

Job Location: Danville, VA

Your experience matters

Sovah Health is At 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 ®.

More about our team

The Student Nurse Extern (SNE 1) program provides nursing students with practical work experiences to facilitate their transition into the role of a registered nurse. Throughout the paid program, learning and nursing engagement occur on a 24-hour per unit basis in a broad range of acute care, critical care, emergency care, psychiatry, women's, & surgical/outpatient areas. SNEs gain hands-on experience in Patient Care. Teamwork, Critical Thinking, Communication Skills, and Professional Development.

How you'll contribute

A Student Nurse Extern I who excels in this role:

• Performs clinical skills according to hospital policy and procedures.

• Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure.

• Maintains hospital and patient confidentiality.

• Demonstrates concern for patient welfare by performing activities other than primary care needs.

• Applies knowledge of age-related factors appropriately to patients, utilizing appropriate policies and procedures.

• Responds promptly to patient requests by answering call lights, greeting patients in a cheerful, positive manner, answering questions or fulfilling needs, and alerting the Registered Nurse as necessary.

• Tidies rooms, changes bed linens, and ensures rooms are clean, neat, and orderly.

• Assists with stocking items in rooms. Sets up oxygen flow meter, humidifier, and nasal cannula as requested.

• Performers courier duties to the lab and other hospital departments to deliver lab specimens (Urine, stool, sputum), or deliver and retrieve other requested items.

• Transports patients to and from various areas as needed.

• Answers phones and greets patients and visitors. Performs other related duties as assigned that will facilitate the achievement of quality patient care.

• Takes and records vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration), measures and records intake and output, and weighs patient as assigned. Observes patient's physical appearance, attitude, response to medications and treatments, appetite, etc., and reports observations to Registered Nurse.

• Performs or assists with routine procedures such as enemas, sitz baths, surgical preps, and turning patients, and explains procedures to patients to facilitate understanding and reduce anxiety. Gives bedpans, urinals, or assists patient to commode or bathroom.

• Assists patient with meals by preparing the patient's proper positioning, moving the tray, and feeding the patient as necessary. Ensures nourishments and water are given to the patient in accordance with the established schedule of as requested.

• Helps patients in and out of bed and/or wheelchair. Performs back rubs, converses with patients in a positive, friendly manner to reduce anxiety and encourage communication.

• Participates in various in-service and staff activities to contribute to the ongoing development of knowledge and to improve techniques.

• Performs age-specific patient assessment, demonstrating awareness of growth and development for each age group.

• Demonstrates knowledge of age-specific assessment, recognizing psychosocial levels and developmental patterns.

• Provides for age-appropriate stimulation and learning needs.

• Adheres to Hospital's Standards of Performance

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:

Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

The right candidate will, under the supervision of an RN, assist in assuring optimal patient care, while continuing as a Nursing Student in good standing. The SNE I may perform acts that are routine for any nursing assistant job description. SNE I may also perform additional acts that have been taught in their nursing education program, provided they are individually educationally prepared and clinically competent to perform these acts. Such acts include phlebotomy and straight catheterization.

• Applicants must have a High school diploma or equivalent required Additional requirements include:

• Must be enrolled in a professional school of nursing program and have completed their first semester (Fundamentals of Nursing, including clinicals).

• Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association required.

EEOC Statement

Sovah Health - Martinsville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sovah Health - Martinsville is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.