Nurse Extern- 4 North Surgical/Intermediate- Augusta- PRN
Part-timeAugusta, GAPart-timePosted 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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The Nurse Extern supports licensed staff in providing care and service to patients and families under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. The role performs basic to intermediate nursing care activities, supports assigned patients’ plans of care, and works with a nursing preceptor to assist in managing the preceptor’s patient load.
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How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
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Job Summary:
The Nurse Extern is an unlicensed staff member who supports licensed, professional staff in providing care and service to all patients & families. Under direct supervision of a registered nursing professional, performs a variety of basic to intermediate level nursing care activities that contribute to the comfort and safety of patients. Supports the plan of care for assigned patients. The Patient Care Extern works directly with a nursing preceptor and assists in managing the preceptor's patient load.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Under supervision, performs tasks to include, but not limited to Vital Signs, AM/PM Care, I & O measurement, tube feedings (bolus, gravity, pump), simple dressing changes, post mortem care, pin care (orthopedic patients), ostomy care, discontinuing indwelling urinary catheters, urine collection. Under supervision, performs tasks to include, but not limited to Phlebotomy, capillary blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, finger and heel sticks (as required by a registered nurse). Under supervision and nurse unit dependent, perform tasks to include but not limited to: tracheostomy care, discontinuing peripheral intravenous lines, in-line suctioning of ventilator patients. Under supervision, perform tasks to include, but not limited to: ensure laboratory specimens are properly labeled and promptly delivered to appropriate departments, assist in the coordination of unit activities to ensure that patients' needs are met efficiently, serve as a runner between pharmacy, pathology, and x-ray. Other duties as assigned. Reacts promptly and appropriately to emergency situations, provides input into the plan of care by reporting pertinent information involving patient/family to the appropriate nurse, provide safe transportation to ancillary departments while utilizing hand-off communications. Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
Required Minimum Education:
- High School Diploma General or GED General
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
- BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor or BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support
Additional License(s) and Certification(s):
Required Minimum Experience:
Less than 1 year Must have completed Nursing Fundamentals and be actively enrolled in an ADN or BSN Program Required
Required Minimum Skills:
Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,353 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$71–95K/yr159 salary ranges
- Georgia median$24–42/hr39 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 87 open Patient Care jobs in Georgia and 3,353 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Georgia
- CVS Health34 open
- Wellstar Health System (this employer)18 open
- Emory Healthcare11 open
- Experience
- Patient Care postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (864 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,030 of the 3,353 open Patient Care jobs (61%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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