
Nurse Extern Orthopedics
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Job overview
The Nurse Extern joins the nursing team at Mission Hospital to gain hands-on experience across the Registered Nurse role while progressing through a nursing program. The role supports patient care and builds skills for more advanced responsibilities. The position is in orthopedics at a regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Asheville, North Carolina.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Nurse Extern? At Mission Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.
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:
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Providing essential care for patients by helping with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), checking vital signs, supporting mobility, and ensuring comfort and hygiene
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Performing nursing tasks like wound care, catheter care, collecting specimens, and other basic procedures as you gain experience and grow in your competency
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Documenting care accurately and communicating timely updates with the nursing team to keep patient care seamless and coordinated
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Helping patients and families understand their care plans and offering guidance for their health and recovery
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Keeping patient areas clean and safe by following infection prevention practices, managing equipment, and maintaining an organized environment
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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:
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Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
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(CNA) Certified Nursing Assistant
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Enrolled in accredited nursing program
Benefits
Mission Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
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Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
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Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
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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
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Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
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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.
Mission Hospital (https://www.missionhealth.org/locations/mission-hospital) , a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, located in Asheville, North Carolina, serves as the regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Western North Carolina and the adjoining region. Mission Hospital is licensed for 853 beds and is the region’s only trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, and includes the only children’s hospital in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is also a Magnet® designated hospital for nursing excellence.
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.
"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Nurse Extern Orthopedics opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 16,357 open Nursing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- North Carolina median$76–106K/yr38 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$33–40/hr324 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 611 open Nursing jobs in North Carolina and 16,357 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- UNC Health Care176 open
- Advocate Health75 open
- HCA Healthcare (this employer)57 open
- Experience
- Nursing postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (6,962 postings).
- Education
- 2,155 of the 16,357 open Nursing jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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