Student Extern - Med Surg
Philadelphia, PAContractPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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The Student Extern supports the patient care team under the general supervision of an RN, providing direct patient care according to established protocols and the clinical skills completed in a local college nursing program. Newly hired externs initially function as nursing assistants. After supervisor clearance, they may move to the skill level appropriate to their training.
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Overview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Roxborough Memorial Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.
Roxborough Memorial Hospital is a 131-bed community hospital. The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of the Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and northwest section of Philadelphia communities for more than a century, having first opened its doors in 1890. Roxborough Memorial Hospitals School of Nursing has been educating nurses since 1898. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.
Responsibilities The Student Extern is an adjunct to the patient care team. The extern performs at the level that has successfully been completed and passed in the clinical section at a local college. Under the general supervision of an RN the extern provides direct patient care in accordance with the established protocols, the skills they are able to perform are expanded. All newly hired externs will first function in the capacity of a nursing assistant, regardless of their nursing program clinical level. When the student has been cleared by the Supervisor, they may be moved to their appropriate skill level. Qualifications Education and Work Experience
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Successfully completed the first semester of a nursing program.
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Must be in good and academic standing
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Current Basic Life Support Certification.
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Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.
Employment Status Per Diem Shift Variable Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
How this job compares
Set against the 2,340 open Nursing Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$43–57K/yr32 salary ranges
- Pennsylvania median$16–17/hr133 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 224 open Nursing Assistant jobs in Pennsylvania and 2,340 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Geisinger55 open
- Aveanna Healthcare40 open
- Genesis Healthcare16 open
- Experience
- Nursing Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (432 postings).
- Education
- 21 of the 2,340 open Nursing Assistant jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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