What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Extern - ICU position at Tower Health?
Job Summary
Join the amazing team at Reading Hospital!!
10 week externship, 12 hour shifts, 36 hours biweekly, with weekend rotation
You are able to interview for up to 2 nursing divisions:
Emergency, Critical Care, Medical, Surgical Med Surg, Rehab, Periop, Maternal/Child, CVL, CVIR, Cancer Center, Radiation Oncology & Hemodialysis.
The Nurse Extern will perform patient care skills under the supervision of the RN preceptor and in accordance with Tower Health policies and procedures. It is a “professional nurse” focus for the prospective graduate nurse.
A Nurse Extern Will
Dress Code
White scrub top with Navy scrub bottoms.
May wear long sleeve, white shirt underneath scrub top.
White Scrub jacket or lab coat. Clean sneakers or clogs.
Must follow dress code stipulations that are applicable to Nursing personnel
Qualifications
Education Requirements:
SICU Overview
Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.
Why Reading Hospital?
Join the amazing team at Reading Hospital!!
10 week externship, 12 hour shifts, 36 hours biweekly, with weekend rotation
- Please note:
You are able to interview for up to 2 nursing divisions:
Emergency, Critical Care, Medical, Surgical Med Surg, Rehab, Periop, Maternal/Child, CVL, CVIR, Cancer Center, Radiation Oncology & Hemodialysis.
The Nurse Extern will perform patient care skills under the supervision of the RN preceptor and in accordance with Tower Health policies and procedures. It is a “professional nurse” focus for the prospective graduate nurse.
A Nurse Extern Will
- Accompany the RN preceptor at all times on the assigned unit; clinical, shared governance meetings, etc.
- Perform assessments along with the RN.
- Document in EPIC using Nurse Extern sign on.
- Perform duties listed on the skills checklist under the direct supervision of the RN
- Administer medications
- Perform peripheral IV insertion or obtain blood draws from Central Lines
- Administer Blood or Blood byproducts
- Administer titratable /vasoactive drip infusions or IV Push medications
- Perform independent double check verification
- Obtain or verify verbal or phone orders from providers
- Witness consents
- Provide discharge instructions
- Be utilized as the unit’s PCA
Dress Code
White scrub top with Navy scrub bottoms.
May wear long sleeve, white shirt underneath scrub top.
White Scrub jacket or lab coat. Clean sneakers or clogs.
Must follow dress code stipulations that are applicable to Nursing personnel
Qualifications
Education Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Nursing Student of an Accredited School
- Completed Fundamentals of Nursing course and at least one clinical rotation
- Recommendation letter from school
- BLS Certification
SICU Overview
- 20 bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- The Reading Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center and has a rapidly expanding Cardiothoracic and Neurosurgical Programs.
- Experience working with a variety of different, complex patient populations including surgical trauma patients, cardiothoracic, Transplant surgery (Kidney and liver) neurosurgical, and general surgical patients.
- 21 bed unit
- The Reading Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center and has a rapidly expanding Cardiothoracic and Neurosurgical Programs.
- Experience working with a variety of different, complex patient populations including Multi-System Organ Dysfunction, Cardiac Arrest, including Therapeutic Temperature Management, Critical Condition(s) with Underlying Psychiatric Component, Respiratory Failure, Hepato-Renal Disease, Acute Kidney Failure requiring Renal Replacement Therapy, CVA w/ post-thrombolytic therapy and/or mechanical thrombectomy.
Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.
Why Reading Hospital?
- 2025 America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award
- Recipient of Excellence Award: Stroke Care, Neurosciences, Pulmonary Care, and Critical Care
- Magnet Status
- Level 1 Trauma Center
- Ranked Among Top Ten Hospitals in Pennsylvania
- 5-Star Rating for Overall Hospital Quality
- Vizient Graduate Nurse Residency Program for all new RN grads
- Comprehensive benefits to include earned time off, enhanced tuition assistance, retirement savings with employer match and so much more!