Nurse Extern Early Admissions Unit

It is more than a career, it's a calling – MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital.

Worker Type: PRN

Job Highlights: All candidates must be currently enrolled in an accredited school of nursing and have completed their fundamentals of nursing class and first clinical rotation. Graduation date must be within 18 months to qualify.

Scheduling: Student nurse externs commit to a minimum of 24 hours over four weeks. Flexible scheduling is available to help work around your school schedule.

Program Length: The Student Nurse Externship ends upon graduation from nursing school with the goal of transitioning to a graduate nurse position and joining the Graduate Nurse Residency program.

Our Student Nurse Externship provides real‑world, hands‑on clinical training across various units, all under the guidance of a dedicated preceptor.

Opportunities include:

• 1:1 clinical training with experienced nurses
• Apply classroom knowledge to a clinical setting
• Expand your knowledge of hospital practice
• Explore various specialties
• Build a professional network

Under supervision and in collaboration with other health care professionals, assists in performing a variety of nursing care services for patients.

Primary Responsibilities

• Completes patient care tasks based on skills deemed competent in nursing school under direction of RN.
• Contributes to overall quality and safe care for patients by answering patients’ calls for help, taking vital signs, and monitoring their behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration.
• Creates a positive patient experience by assisting patients with activities of daily living, including baths, ambulation, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene, and bed management.
• Assists and performs procedures such as dressing changes, enemas, ostomy care, toileting, turning, cough and deep‑breathing exercises, catheter care, specimen collection, and recording intake and output.
• Provides compassionate care, timely responses, open communication, and emotional support.
• Maintains charting and communicates information to team members.
• Participates in unit meetings, committees, and special projects.
• Informs licensed nurse of any changes in patient condition or needs.
• Prepares patients for discharge and accompanies them when appropriate.
• Stocks and maintains supplies and equipment with cost containment focus.
• Provides orientation to new patients and families.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safety.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education: Current enrollment in an accredited school of nursing and completion of first clinical rotation.

Experience: No experience required.

• Constant standing and walking; frequent hearing and speaking with patient and team.
• Frequent lifting/carrying 0‑25 lb; occasional lifting 25‑50 lb; occasional patient handling.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, keyboard use.
• Frequent vision use at short and long ranges; occasional vision for spatial judgment.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting; repetitive movements.
• Occasional use of smell and occasional driving.

Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) required.

State of

Work Location:

Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.

Schedule:

Variable Shift (United States). Job Type: Employee. Department:
Med Surg - Early Adm. Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

0.

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options:
  Voluntary benefit offered through Daily Pay for eligible hourly team members, giving instant access to earned unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage:
  Upfront tuition coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.