What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Extern, Nurse Residency position at Kindred Hospital Bay Area - St. Petersburg?
Description
Kindred Hospital Bay Area – Tampa is a 73-bed long term acute care hospital offering the same in-depth care you would receive in a traditional hospital, but for an extended recovery period. We partner with you physician and offer 24-hour clinical care seven days a week so you can start your journey to wellness. For those who need special medical attention, we offer an Intensive Care Unit. Come and join us!
What makes Kindred Healthcare a great place to work? Our people, of course! Our clinicians answer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people. In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize their job effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction. This is who we are.
Who are you? To succeed in our high-energy, high-reward environment, our clinicians provide compassionate critical care and deliver exceptional patient experiences, meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.
As our most acute level of care, Kindred’s transitional care hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.
As a Nurse Extern you will:
- Under the supervision of the RN, assists with the delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment Planning Intervention and Evaluation.
- Assists professional nursing personnel in providing patient care in assigned area.
- Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides personal care, education, emotional support.
- Performs more complex clinical skills under the direct supervision of the RN.
Qualifications
As a Nurse Extern you will have:
- Graduate of an accredited RN program awaiting to take NCLEX or
- In the final year of an accredited RN program.
- Clinical rotations in an accredited RN program.
