Nurse Extern
Shift: PRN, 12 hours shifts
Your experience matters
At Memorial Medical Center, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person. As a Nurse Extern joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
Department/Unit Summary
This position will float through Med Surg, Telemetry, Emergency Dept, ICU and other areas as directed. There are multiple openings for this position.
How you’ll contribute As a nurse Extern under the supervision of an RN, performs basic patient care activities, including monitoring vital signs, possibly taking blood glucose measurements, and recording intake and output.
- Assists patients with tending to personal care and activities of daily living, including but not limited to bathing, grooming, eating, and ambulation.
- Reports abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental, and emotional conditions to nursing staff.
- Assists with keeping patient rooms and common areas stocked, clean and orderly.
- Assists in-patient admissions, transfer and discharge procedures.
- Transports patients as directed in a safe manner, utilizing appropriate means of transportation.
- Meets appropriate nutritional needs of patient by passing meal trays and snacks, opening packages, cartons, positioning of items/patient and ensuring that the tray is completely set up for the patient. Feeds patients who are unable to feed themselves. Assists with picking up trays after use.
- Observes and reports the skin condition of every assigned patient. Patients at moderate or high risk are assessed every shift for skin changes and findings are reported to the patient's nurse.
- Measures and records intake (NPO, % percent diet/snack, fluids consumed by mouth, etc.) and output (foley, drains, etc.)
- Supports family centered, patient focused environment in all interactions with patients, families, visitors and volunteers.
- Collects, labels and transports specimens.
- Performs point of care testing according to department policy.
- Provides clerical support to the unit.
- Insert and remove foley catheters utilizing sterile technique.
- Demonstrates understanding of properly collecting timed specimens and sequence to follow in the event the time sequence is interrupted.
What we offer
Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus flexible-spending and health- savings accounts
- Competitive paid time off and extended illness bank package for full-time employees
- Income-protection programs, such as life, accident, critical-injury insurance, short- and long-term disability, and identity theft coverage
- Tuition reimbursement, loan assistance, and 401(k) matching
- Employee assistance program including mental, physical, and financial wellness
- Professional development and growth opportunities
Qualifications and requirements
Applicants should have the following:
- Must be enrolled in a Nursing Program and must have successfully completed the first semester of an accredited nursing program.
- BLS required.
About our Health System
Memorial Medical Center is a 199 bed acute hospital located in Las Cruces, NM and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.
EEOC Statement
“Memorial Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MMC is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.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.
