Nurse Intern

Community Health Systems • Gadsden, AL • 5h ago

Job Summary

The Nurse Intern supports patient care under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), assisting with essential care tasks and fostering a therapeutic environment. This role emphasizes hands-on learning, collaboration with the healthcare team, and providing safe, compassionate, and organized care to enhance the patient experience and contribute to the healing process.

Essential Functions

Provides basic patient care within scope of practice, including vital sign monitoring, hygiene assistance, and patient comfort measures, ensuring timely and accurate completion of tasks.

Communicates effectively with the care team, including handoffs, reporting changes in patient conditions, and participating in bedside shift reports.

Develops clinical skills by asking questions, seeking feedback, and applying evidence-based practices under the guidance of an RN.

Maintains a clean and organized work environment, ensuring patient rooms, utility rooms, and shared workspaces meet safety and compliance standards.

Assists with basic equipment maintenance, such as glucometers, bladder scanners, and scales, and ensures timely removal, cleaning, and proper storage of patient care equipment after discharge.

Performs hourly rounding and provides purposeful patient interactions to foster therapeutic relationships and enhance the healing process.

Documents all tasks and observations clearly, accurately, and in a timely manner, adhering to facility policies and standards.

Upholds excellent customer service relations with patients, families, and internal/external departments.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Maintains regular and reliable attendance.

Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

Currently enrolled in an accredited Nursing program required and

Completion of fundamentals of clinicals in an accredited Nursing program required

0-1 years of experience in a healthcare setting required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Basic understanding of patient care procedures and medical terminology.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks efficiently.

Attention to detail and organizational skills to ensure accurate documentation and compliance with care standards.

Commitment to maintaining a safe and therapeutic patient care environment.

Licenses and Certifications

CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation issued by American Heart Association (AHA), American Red Cross (ARC), or American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) required

For Skilled Nursing - Fingerprint Clearance Card issued by State Department of Public Safety required

Equal Employment Opportunity

This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.

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