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Nurse Extern PRN

Part-time

HCA Healthcare

Largo, FLPart-timeSeen 2mo agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
No compensation found
Location
Largo, FL
Role Type
Other
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Job overview

HCA Healthcare is hiring a Nurse Extern PRN. The Nurse Extern PRN role at HCA Florida Largo Hospital offers a hands‑on introduction to the Registered Nurse scope, allowing the candidate to provide essential patient care, document and communicate updates, and grow through learning opportunities while supporting patient comfort and safety.

Key focus areas include Provide essential care for patients by assisting with ADLs, checking vital signs, supporting mobility, and ensuring comfort and hygiene, Perform nursing tasks such as wound care, catheter care, and specimen collection while gaining competency, and Document care accurately and communicate timely updates with the nursing team.

Preferred (not required): Providing Essential Care, Helping With ADLs, Checking Vital Signs, and Supporting Mobility.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Providing Essential CareHelping With ADLsChecking Vital SignsSupporting MobilityEnsuring Comfort and HygienePerforming Nursing TasksWound CareCatheter CareCollecting SpecimensDocumenting Care AccuratelyCommunicating Timely UpdatesHelping Patients and Families Understand Care PlansOffering Guidance for Health and RecoveryKeeping Patient Areas Clean and SafeFollowing Infection Prevention PracticesManaging EquipmentMaintaining an Organized EnvironmentEngaging in Learning OpportunitiesSharing Ideas to Improve CarePartnering With Supervisor or Preceptor

Qualifications

Basic Cardiac Life SupportCompleted Fundamentals of Nursing

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Nurse Extern PRN today with HCA Florida Largo Hospital.

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:

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

  • Completed fundamentals of nursing required

Benefits

HCA Florida Largo Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

  • Time away from work programs 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 support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Largo Hospital is the premier healthcare provider in Pinellas County and beyond with 455 beds and is part of HCA Florida Healthcare, the largest healthcare network in Florida. Our hospital offers a wide range of specialty services, including advanced cardiac care, complex GI services, kidney and liver transplantation, weight loss surgery, advanced stroke care, and robotic surgeries. Our Graduate Medical Education program is affiliated with USF Morsani College of Medicine, ensuring that our patients receive the highest quality care from the most skilled and knowledgeable medical professionals. Pick HCA Florida Largo Hospital for all your healthcare needs.

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 costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Nurse Extern PRN opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

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.

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