Job Description

The RN Student Nurse Apprentice is an adjunct to the patient care team who works under the Registered Nurse who remains physically present and readily accessible to designate, prescribe a course of action or give procedural guidance, direction, and periodic evaluation.

Shift’s Available:  Variable

Employment Type: PRN or Per Diem

Hours: 12-hour

Location: Riverview Regional Medical Center, Gadsden, AL

Here are some of the benefits of working at Prime Healthcare:

• Health insurance options

• Employer 401K options

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but not limited to):

• Nurse Apprentices are nursing students who have completed their first semester of nursing school.
• Direct supervision by the Registered Nurse is required for all invasive procedures.
• Permitted procedures must not exceed those defined as permitted by the Alabama Board of Nursing as “basic” competencies.
• Skills must first be verified by the program of nursing before the skill can be verified by the Registered Nurse in the clinical setting.
• The Registered Nurse may suspend or withdraw delegation to the RN Student Nurse Apprentice at any time.
• The RN Student Nurse Apprentice is responsible for documentation of all skills performed, but the Registered Nurse is responsible to verify and sign documentation requiring the signature of a Registered Nurse.

Qualifications

Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:

• Currently enrolled in an Alabama Board of Nursing approved nursing education program, required
• Current Alabama Board of Nursing Student Nurse Apprentice permit, required. Note: The permit valid for the duration of the student’s enrollment in an Alabama approved nurse apprentice program or until graduation from the nursing program. It is automatically invalid if the student withdraws from the apprentice program, nursing school or does not make satisfactory progress in the nursing program.
• Sponsor (Nursing Program) verifies the apprentice meets minimum apprentice eligibility requirements, required.
• Current Basic Life Support Certification

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Employment Status

Per Diem

Shift

Variable

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf