Job Summary
Provides technical assistance under the direction of the registered nurse for a defined group of patients to achieve quality patient outcomes. Provides service functions and communication to staff, patients, and guests. Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the patient under the direction of a registered nurse.
- Contributes to the development of a plan of care under the direction of a registered nurse.
- Implements the plan of care under the direction of a registered nurse.
- Evaluates the plan of care under the direction of the registered nurse.
- Provides patient care and assistance to nursing staff as directed.
- Participates in activities designed to improve health care delivery.
- Builds knowledge base regarding clinical leadership.
- Participates in ongoing educational activities.
- Completes assigned goals.
Specifications
Experience
Minimum Required
- Graduate of a registered nursing program awaiting licensure. The time period for the graduate nurse to remain in the Nurse Intern II job category is not longer than 90 days from date of graduation.
Preferred/Desired
Education
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Training
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
- Computer literacy.
Preferred/Desired
Licensure
Minimum Required
- BLS certification within 14 days of hire date
Preferred/Desired
Skills Required
- Graduate of a registered nursing program awaiting licensure (eligible for Nurse Intern II status up to 90 days post-graduation).
- Computer literacy.
- BLS certification within 14 days of hire.
What We Do
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
