Nurse Extern- Mother Baby- Pennsylvania Hospital- Summer 2025 Program

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Pennsylvania Hospital is now accepting applications for our Summer 2025 Nurse Extern Program for the Mother Baby unit! 

The Nurse Externship is an 8-week summer employment opportunity for nursing students enrolled in an accredited BSN program who have completed at least one clinical rotation on a medical/surgical inpatient unit and are entering their final year of nursing school. This program is designed to enhance and solidify your nursing knowledge, critical thinking, time management, and skills under the direct supervision of a registered nurse preceptor. As a nurse extern you will follow your assigned preceptor’s work schedule, including some weekends, and will assist in clinical nursing care. The nurse extern position is primarily day shift, with some rotations to mid-shift. Additionally, the nurse extern must attend scheduled didactic educational seminars throughout the program. 

 

Qualifications/Requirements

- Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA or better in their BSN program 

- Must have completed the Nursing Foundations/ Fundamentals Clinical Course 

- Must be a rising senior (summer between junior and senior years)

- Must have current BLS certification through the American Heart Association

- Must be available for day and mid shift and working weekends

- Must attend all scheduled seminar

- Must be available June 1 through July 26, 2025, for full-time (36-40) hour weeks

- NO holidays are required

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.