RN Student Apprentice - Basic - 12 Hr - RRAL Nursing Admin

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Riverview Regional Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Located in Gadsden, Alabama, Riverview Regional Medical Center is a 281-bed acute-care hospital serving more than 350,000 residents in Etowah and the contiguous counties. A full range of services and programs are offered, including the only accredited Cath Lab in Northeast Alabama, Sleep Lab, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center, and Women’s Diagnostic Imaging Center. Riverview Regional Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and is rated among the top 5% of hospitals in the nation for patient safety. Riverview is also the areas highest rated hospital, receiving Four-Stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). Originally named Holy Name of Jesus Hospital, Riverview Regional Medical Center was founded in 1917 by the Sisters of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity. Riverview was purchased by Prime Healthcare in 2016. Together they continue a mission of providing quality healthcare in the community it so proudly serves. To learn more about Riverview Regional Medical Center and the services it provides, visit

Responsibilities

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. 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

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Currently enrolled in an Alabama Board of Nursing approved nursing education program, required.
2. 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.
3. Sponsor (Nursing Program) verifies the apprentice meets minimum apprentice eligibility requirements, required.
4. Current Basic Life Support Certification

Employment Status

Per Diem

Shift

Variable

Equal Employment Opportunity

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