Summary
Job Description:
Paid Externship with a Trained Preceptor!
Must be enrolled in BCTC (Leestown Campus), EKU (BSN) or Morehead (BSN)
Deadline to apply: October 30, 2026
General Information:
- The Nurse Extern II program is a collaboration between Baptist
Health Lexington (BHLex) and eligible accredited nursing
programs. The school will have oversight of the practicum hours
set up at the beginning of the semester and BHLex will have
oversight of the NE II program. - The program offers additional clinical practice experience to
qualified nursing students to enhance their preparation as
future licensed nurses. - The goal is to have a continuity of unit and preceptor for the
entire time at BHLex. - It is anticipated that, upon successful completion of the Nurse Extern II Program, participating students will
transition into a full-time staff nursing position after graduating and obtaining a provisional nursing license. - Eligible students are second semester seniors electing to do their 120-hour/168-hour practicum at BHLex.
- Following completion of the 120-hour/168-hour practicum, students will continue working with a preceptor for approximately two 12-hour shifts per week for a total of 120/168 hours through the remainder of the semester.
Education and Experience:
The Nurse Extern II must be actively enrolled in a board-approved pre-licensure nursing program and provide documented proof of active enrollment (transcript). Candidates must have successfully completed clinical coursework to reach senior-level standing as determined by an accredited school of nursing.
Required Skills:
- Vital Signs: Blood Pressure, Pulse, Respirations, Temperature
- Medications: Non-Parenteral route (PO, Optic, Ophthalmic, Nasal); Parenteral routes (ID, SQ, IM, Traditional, Z-Track)
- Non-Sterile Procedures: Patient transfer, Complete Bathing/Hygiene, Bed-making (occupied), Patient positioning (Semi Fowler’s, Supine, Lateral)
- Procedures: Sterile Gloving, Sterile Dressing Change, Hand Washing/PPE, Foley Catheter Insertion, Tracheostomy Suction, NG placement to suctioning or feeding and removal, Peripheral IV catheter insertion and removal, Change peripheral catheter to saline lock
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
Application Process:
- Apply to this job posting with updated resume
- Provide current school transcripts (official OR unofficial)
- Complete interviewing process with Hiring Leader(s)
If selected:
- Complete all onboarding and employee health requirements for BHLex.
- Attend 1-week paid orientation prior to starting senior semester
- Complete school practicum
- Transition to Nurse Extern II following completed practicum, continue working two 12-hour shifts per week for a total of 120/168 hours through the remainder of the semester.
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.Skills Required
- Active enrollment in a board-approved pre-licensure nursing program at BCTC Leestown Campus, EKU BSN, or Morehead BSN
- Second-semester senior standing in an accredited nursing program
- Successful completion of required clinical coursework
- Documented proof of active enrollment, including an official or unofficial transcript
- Updated resume
- Basic Life Support certification
- Knowledge of vital signs, medication administration, patient hygiene, transfers, positioning, sterile procedures, catheterization, tracheostomy suctioning, NG tube procedures, and peripheral IV care
- Completion of the employer interviewing process
- Completion of onboarding and employee health requirements
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
