Nursing Intern

Job Description

About the Job: Nursing Internship (PRN)

Join SGMC Health as a Nursing Intern and become a temporary member of our healthcare team, providing patient care while developing essential skills for your future as a Registered Nurse. This PRN position offers varied hours and shifts, providing a flexible learning environment on our Main Campus within the NURSING INTERNSHIP Department.

What It’s Like at SGMC Health

• Purpose: No matter your role, we are collectively working towards goals that make our community a better place.
• Excellence: We strive to do the right thing the right way, are accountable, require competence, and are compassionate in our service.
• Team Spirit: We encourage teamwork, support personal and professional development, acknowledge individual talents, and support innovation and empowerment.
• Award-Winning Performance: We are committed to providing the best care, recognized locally, statewide, and nationally for the exceptional care our staff provides.

Why You Will Love SGMC Health

SGMC offers great benefit options tailored to your role, including healthcare, supplementary benefits, ways to save for the future, and opportunities for career advancement and skill development. Some of these fantastic benefits include:

• Low Healthcare Insurance Premiums
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee discounts
• Company paid life insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Cancer Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• On-the-job training and skills development
• Opportunities for growth and advancement
• Employee Assistance Program

Position Summary

As a Nursing Intern, you will:

• Function as a temporary member of the health care team providing patient care.
• Utilize this temporary position to learn and develop skills essential for a future Registered Nurse.
• Promote the delivery of quality patient care through the implementation of the nursing process for all age groups.
• Function as a patient advocate, seeking to improve services and performing duties in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Maintain an atmosphere that consistently supports and enforces South Georgia Medical Center’s values, goals, policies, and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

To succeed in this role, you should possess:

• High school graduate or GED equivalent.
• Completion of junior year of an approved RN School of Nursing is required.
• Current CPR certification.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients/families and staff members.
• Ability to work well both individually and as a team member.
• Ability to adapt to new situations, set priorities, and use problem-solving techniques positively.
• Ability to read and interpret policies and standards of care related to patient care issues.
• Ability to function under the supervision of an RN and in collaboration with other discipline’s team members.
• Ability to communicate clearly with, and care for a diverse population of patients/family units of all ages, cultures, and/or persons occasionally exhibiting stressed behavior.

Working Conditions – ADA Information

This role primarily operates in a hospital setting and may involve rotating shifts and units. It requires moderate to frequent lifting (excess of 50 lbs), bending, and assisting in the same using correct techniques. You must be able to operate office equipment, computer terminals and keyboards, and computerized lab equipment. Exposure to blood and body fluids and infectious diseases is likely on a daily basis. Extensive walking during shifts is required. The physical functional capacity for this role is defined as “very heavy” by the Saunders Method for healthcare workers.

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