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Student Nurse Extern Program - Kishwaukee Hospital - Resource Unit - Summer 2024

Company: 
Northwestern Medicine
City: 
DeKalb
State: 
Illinois
Employment type: 
Full time
Remote Position: 
No
Required degree level: 
Other
Company: Northwestern Medicine, Posted: April 19, 2024

Benefits

  • $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
  • $6,000 Student Loan Repayment ($3,000 part-time)
  • $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
  • $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
  • Annual Employee Merit Increase and Incentive Bonus
  • Paid time off and Holiday pay


Description

We are seeking Nursing Students that are graduating in August 2025, December 2025 or Spring 2026 for the Student Nurse Extern Program.

The Nurse Extern reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Northwestern Medicine's Nurse Externship Program allows nursing students the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of nursing work environments.

The Nurse Extern assists in the delivery of both direct and indirect nursing care as a Patient Care Technician (PCT) under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse within the scope of practice of unlicensed, assistive personnel and performs tasks for patients' activities of daily living to promote comfort and safety, assists RN's with the collection of patient data, and performs selected procedures.

Program Dates (mandatory full-time 8 week minimum commitment):

Application Due Date: Friday, April 19, 2024

Start Date: May 29, 2024

Shifts:

  • Night Shift
  • 12 hour shifts
  • Some Weekend shifts
  • No holidays or overtime


Additional Details:

Please be sure to mention in the notes section of your application which one of the following locations and unit you would like to be considered for. You may list more than one preference:

  • The locations and units available for summer 2024 are as follows:
    • Kishwaukee Hospital (DeKalb, IL)
      • Resource Unit - night shift


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Qualifications

Required :

  • Nursing students from an accredited nursing school that includes minimally the successful completion of Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical with clinical rotation. Must provide written documentation of successful completion OR successful completion of an accredited Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program.
  • Graduation date of either August 2025, December 2025or Spring 2026. (Please note - if you are graduating in Winter 2024 or Spring 2025 you are not eligible for this particular externship program).
  • Qualified candidates must have a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare certification.
  • Reliable, flexibleand punctual with schedules.


Required Documentation for Application Submission to be Uploaded:

  • Resume


*Please note, to be considered for this role, you mustsubmit allattachments after you apply. When you apply, you will receive an automatedemail to set up an account. Once your account isset up, you can log backinto your application, please navigate to the upload section and press the "+" sign to submit additional attachments if necessary. If you have any issues with uploading, please email [email protected].

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Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

While each of our 11 hospitals and more than 200 locations has a unique story, Northwestern Medicine is unified under one vision: to put patients first in everything that we do. Anchored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago, Northwestern Medicine brings academic medicine into the heart of local communities across the suburbs and beyond, close to where our patients live and work.

Northwestern Medicine is dedicated to providing the most advanced health care to the communities and patients we serve. The Northwestern Medicine clinical and administrative staff, medical and science faculty, and medical students come together every day with a shared commitment to superior quality, academic excellence, scientific discovery and patient safety.

Northwestern Medicine has:

  • More than 33,000 employees dedicated to exceptional service and care
  • More than 4,400 aligned physicians, including faculty, residents and scientists, offering treatment informed by the latest research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 6 hospitals honored by the Magnet® Recognition Program for meeting the highest standards for patient care and nursing excellence
  • Hundreds of locations throughout the Chicagoland area

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Whether directly providing patient care or supporting those who do, every Northwestern Medicine employee has an impact on the quality of the patient experience and the level of excellence we collectively achieve. This knowledge, expressed in our shared commitment to a single, patient-focused mission, unites us.

Mission

Northwestern Medicine is a premier integrated academic health system where the patient comes first.

  • We are all caregivers or someone who supports a caregiver.
  • We are here to improve the health of our community.
  • We have an essential relationship with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
  • We integrate education and research to continually improve excellence in clinical practice.
  • We serve a broad community and strive to bring the best in medicine closer to where patients live and work.

Vision

To be a premier integrated academic health system that will serve a broad community and bring the best in medicine—including breakthrough treatments and clinical trials enhanced through our affiliation with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine—to a growing number of patients close to where they live and work.

Values

Patients first: Putting our patients first in all that we do

Integrity: Adhering to an uncompromising code of ethics that emphasizes complete honesty and sincerity

Teamwork: Team success over personal success

Excellence: Continuously striving to be better

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