Nurse Extern
Dignity Health
Bakersfield, CAJob$25–26.34/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Nurse Extern gains hands-on clinical experience alongside Registered Nurses while bridging academic learning and professional practice. The role assists with basic patient care, observes and participates in clinical procedures, and engages with patients and families under direct supervision. The extern must be enrolled in good standing in a nursing program and be within one year of graduating from an accredited school of nursing.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Nurse Extern, you will gain invaluable hands-on clinical experience, working alongside experienced Registered Nurses to bridge the gap between academic learning and professional practice. You will be instrumental in learning to provide high-quality, patient-centered care in a dynamic healthcare setting.
Every day you will assist the nursing staff with basic patient care activities, including vital sign measurements, personal care, ambulation, and documentation, under direct supervision. You will be expected to observe and participate in various clinical procedures, develop critical thinking skills, engage with patients and families, and adhere to all hospital policies and safety protocols, all while actively seeking learning opportunities.
To be successful in this role, you must be currently enrolled in an accredited nursing program, possess strong communication skills, a genuine desire to learn and contribute, a compassionate attitude, and a foundational understanding of nursing principles.
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Performs basic assessment, including vital signs, evaluation of patient needs.
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Performs personal care as needed.
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Calculates intake and output accurately.
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Performs simple tests such as bedside glucose monitoring.
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Demonstrates nursing skills such as oral and tracheal suctioning, ostomy care, insertion of nasogastric tubes, care of tube feeding, insertion and discontinuation of urinary catheters and drain care.
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Demonstrates proper safety techniques and body mechanics. Demonstrates proper principles of infection control and sterile techniques. Demonstrates proper procedures for medication administration.
Job Requirements
Required
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Must be within at least one year of graduating from an accredited school of nursing., upon hire and
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Must be enrolled and in good standing at school of nursing, upon hire
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Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1956, Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital is a 385-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Bakersfield, California. Serving nearly 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, maternity care, and orthopedics. Additionally, Memorial Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and its Lauren Small Children’s Center is the first comprehensive pediatric program in Kern County.
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Pay Range
$25.00 - $26.34 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 28,870 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25–26.34/hr
- California median$54–75/hr861 hourly ranges
- US median$34–45/hr13,056 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $25.67/hr, is 59% below the California median midpoint ($63/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Nurse hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,274 open Nurse jobs in California and 28,870 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health243 open
- Kaiser Permanente176 open
- Dignity Health (this employer)69 open
- Experience
- Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (12,043 postings).
- Education
- 3,102 of the 28,870 open Nurse jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Nurse jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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