Overview

Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow. 

At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.

As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.

Under supervision of an RN preceptor, the student nurse extern gains experiences and confidence in providing nursing care in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Under supervision of an RN preceptor, assesses patients to determine mental, physical, and spiritual needs
• Documents completely, timely, and accurately in the medical record
• Establishes a compassionate environment to provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and families
• Under supervision of an RN preceptor, provides health teaching and counseling to promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of patients
• Under the supervision of an RN preceptor, serves as an advocate for the patient by communicating and collaborating with other health service professionals
• Under supervision of an RN preceptor, assesses, plans, implements and evaluates an individual plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team
• Demonstrates ability to use clinical judgement in conjunction with critical thinking to recognize, act upon, and report changes in patient condition
• Serves as an advocate for the patient by communicating and collaborating with other health service personnel
• Exhibits self-directed growth by seeking educational opportunities to improve knowledge and skills

Qualifications

Education

• Enrollment in an accredited ADN or BSN program

Licenses and Certification

• Must be a student in good standing in an accredited nursing program and has successfully completed a nursing arts course (e.g., Basics in Nursing, Fundamentals in Nursing, Nursing 101, etc.)
• BLS

Experience and Skills

• Technical Experience: NA
• COVID Vaccinations

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