RN Student Nurse Extern PRN Float Pool

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Certification support

Fertility and family benefits

Job summary

Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH, is seeking an RN Student Nurse Extern PRN to join the Float Pool. You’ll gain hands-on experience in the full scope of the Registered Nurse role while you progress through your nursing program.

You’ll assist with ADLs, vital signs, wound care, documentation, and patient education, learning from your supervisor to build your career plan. Active RN program enrollment, completion of Nursing Fundamentals, and BCLS within 30 days are required; prior

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited RN nursing program.
• Completed Nursing Fundamentals course.
• BCLS ( CPR ) within 30 days of start date.
• Previous experience not required.

Responsibilities

• Providing essential care for patients by helping with ADLs, checking vital signs and ensuring comfort and hygiene.
• Performing nursing tasks like wound care, catheter care and collecting specimens as you gain experience.
• Documenting care and communicating updates with the nursing team to keep patient care coordinated.
• Helping patients and families understand their care plans and health recovery.
• Keeping patient areas clean and safe by following infection prevention practices and maintaining equipment.
• Engaging in learning opportunities and building a personal career development plan with your supervisor.

Education

Actively enrolled in an accredited RN nursing program

Completion of Nursing Fundamentals course

Basic Cardiac Life Support within 30 days

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Catholic Medical Center as an RN Student Nurse Extern PRN in our Float Pool! Catholic Medical Center is also an HCA Healthcare facility,which is one of the nations leading provider of healthcare services in the United States.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Nurse Extern, you’ll be a valued part of the nursing team, gaining hands‑on experience as you explore the full scope of the Registered Nurse role. You’ll help deliver safe, compassionate care that improves patients’ lives while building the skills and confidence to take on more advanced responsibilities as you progress through your nursing program.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing essential care for patients by helping with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), checking vital signs, supporting mobility, and ensuring comfort and hygiene
• Performing nursing tasks like wound care, catheter care, collecting specimens, and other basic procedures as you gain experience and grow in your competency
• Documenting care accurately and communicating timely updates with the nursing team to keep patient care seamless and coordinated
• Helping patients and families understand their care plans and offering guidance for their health and recovery
• Keeping patient areas clean and safe by following infection prevention practices, managing equipment, and maintaining an organized environment
• Championing your growth and enhancing patient care by engaging in learning opportunities, sharing ideas to improve care, and partnering with your supervisor or preceptor to build your personal career development plan

What qualifications you will need:

• Actively enrolled and attending an accredited RN nursing program
• Completion of Nursing Fundamentals course required
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Previous experience not required

Benefits

Catholic Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.

Shape the future of healthcare at Catholic Medical Center

Located in Manchester, NH, Catholic Medical Center is a 330-bed acute care hospital and Level III Trauma Center serving southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Home to the nationally recognized New England Heart & Vascular Institute and The Mom’s Place—an innovative birthing center that pioneered couplet care—we’re proud to lead in both advanced medicine and compassionate service.

As part of HCA Healthcare’s statewide network of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester hospitals, three freestanding ERs, and over 70 care sites, you’ll join nearly 5,000 colleagues across New Hampshire who are committed to excellence, collaboration, and making a difference every day. At Catholic Medical Center, your work has purpose—and your potential has no limits.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do.” - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status