Clinical Extern, Inpatient Services

Baycrest Hospital

has an exciting opportunity for a

Posting Number: 9821

Position Type: Temporary, Part-Time (up to 3 months with potential for extension)

Shift Type: Day‑Evening, Alternate Weekends (subject to change)

Bi‑Weekly

Hours:

Minimum 15 Hours (possibility of additional hours based on operational needs of the unit)

Union: Non‑Union

Date Posted: April 16, 2026

Are you a Nursing student between 2nd and 4th year of a C‑NO approved Baccalaureate Nursing (BScN) Program, or in their final year of a C‑NO approved Registered Practical Nursing (RPN) program seeking a future working in post‑acute care with the geriatric population under the supervision of a specialized team of nurses? If so, we have an opportunity for you.

Headquartered in Toronto on a 22‑acre campus, Baycrest Health Sciences is unique in the world, combining a comprehensive and unparalleled system of care for aging patients, one of the world’s top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, dedicated centres focused on mitigating the impact of age‑related illness and impairment, and unmatched global knowledge exchange and commercialization capacity.

Inpatient Psychiatry Unit (4 East) provides assessment and short‑term management of mental health issues, by an interdisciplinary team, for adults over the age of 65. The major focus of the unit is on complex individuals who have been diagnosed with a mental illness and have comorbid medical diagnoses such as Parkinson’s disease.

Behavioral Neurology Unit (4 West) is a short stay secure inpatient unit for adults with neurologic complexities. It offers a specialized interdisciplinary service that focuses on diagnosis, assessment and treatment of complex neurological diseases and associated behavioural symptoms. The overall goal is to enhance the wellbeing of the client and improve their quality of life.

Complex Continuing Care Unit (5 West and 6 East) provides care for older adults with complex medical conditions in a non‑acute hospital setting. The Complex Continuing Care program helps patients and their families identify and implement strategies that support quality‑of‑life goals as well as short term and long‑term care needs.

Palliative Care Unit (6 West) provides 24‑hour pain and symptom management combined with emotional and spiritual support to patients with late or end‑stage malignant and non‑malignant disease in need of palliative care. We offer a 31‑bed unit with beds reserved for short‑term palliative applicants with a 90 day or less prognosis and long‑stay palliative applicants.

High Tolerance Rehabilitation Unit (7 West) is for patients requiring therapy as a result of musculoskeletal conditions. The purpose is to help patients attain maximum physical and functional goals, while addressing emotional, social and spiritual needs to help them return to living in the community as independently as possible.

Externs will be hired on contract, during which the extern will work part‑time hours to maximum of full‑time hours (37.5 hours per week). The scheduling of these hours will be determined based on unit needs and may include day/evening/night and weekend shifts.

• Participates in patient assessments and activities of daily living
• Contributes to care planning and evaluation
• Provides assistance with lifting, turning, transferring, transporting and ambulating as per the hospital policy
• Provides measures to ensure skin integrity and reduce pressure injuries
• Assists with comfort measures and patient safety by ensuring the environment is clean and tidy and free of hazards
• Communicates care (documentation/report)
• Engages in additional skills via delegation as approved by unit leadership
• As applicable, provides assigned care, under supervision, where they have the knowledge, skill and judgement to do safely, excluding controlled acts
• Supports patients’ independence, dignity, social, emotional and cultural well‑being
• Initiates and maintains a relationship with the client, their family and other care providers

• Nursing Students enrolled in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of a C‑NO approved baccalaureate program or 2nd year of a diploma…