What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Extern - Med Surg, Intermediate Care, Pavilion 6 position at Cooper University Health Care?
Pavilion 6, an Intermediate surgical and medical surgical unit with 30 single rooms, is deeply committed to providing exceptional patient care. Our surgical services include surgical oncology, urology, bariatrics, and thoracic and colorectal surgery. Our leadership structure, comprised of a clinical director, an assistant clinical director, clinical nurse managers, and a clinical educator, is dedicated to supporting our staff and patient safety.
Pavilion 6 is supported by our unit secretaries, critical care technicians and registered nurses seven days a week. We work towards having all of our nurses’ cross-trained in surgical intermediate within the first year at Cooper. Pavilion-6 fosters a close relationship with our providers, as our APN’s and Surgical Residents are easily accessible for support, questions, and directions with patient care. They have offices right here on the unit, along with our leadership team and our transitional care team.
The purpose of this role is to give current nursing students (traditionally between junior and senior semesters) the opportunity for real world acute care hospital experience focusing on patient care, service and excellence and assisting the Registered Nurse with high quality outcomes.
- Administers Nursing care under the direction of the Professional Registered Nurse
- Acclimates to the Acute Care Nursing setting
- Participates in nursing activities previously learned/demonstrated as part of the nursing school curriculum
- Learn the role of professional nursing and the collaboration and integration of technology and the interprofessional team.
- One Letter of Recommendation (Faculty or Professional) required; two preferred
- Ability to work 36 hours per week with no planned time-off
