Nurse Extern East Valley

Located in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Chandler, the Chandler Regional Medical Center is a 429-bed, not-for-profit hospital with more than 2,600 team members and almost 1,000 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. Chandler Regional joined the Dignity Health system in 1999, but has been part of the community for more than 50 years. The hospital includes a Level I Trauma Center, a Heart and Vascular Center, a Wound Healing Center, a Family Birth Center and many additional services. Dignity Health Chandler Regional, Mercy Gilbert, and Arizona General Hospital Mesa awarded $422,000 in grants to support five community projects led by 15 local organizations. Since 1991, Dignity Health's Community Health Improvement Grants program has provided $91 million to nearly 3,800 health projects, focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations.

As our Extern RN, you will experience a dynamic and supportive residency, receiving personalized attention to foster long-term success and cross-training across our interconnected Nursing units.

Every day you will deliver individualized patient care by collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary teams, administering treatments, monitoring vital signs, and educating patients and families, all while embracing varied nursing tasks.

To be successful in this role, you will actively engage in our comprehensive, evidence-based Residency Program, utilizing clinical orientation, practice, and mentorship. You will demonstrate a passion for learning and teamwork within a collaborative, patient-centered environment.

• Assess patients according to standards of care and individual patient needs
• Monitors vital signs, lab values and diagnostic tests and reports/acts on abnormal results
• Observes the administration of prescribed medications and intravenous solutions and applies medication concepts/theories to Extern patient population
• Documents clinically relevant assessments, findings, and histories in the patient's record according to hospital protocols
• Assesses pain level in all patients using "0-10", "Faces", or other approved scale to promote comfort and enable patients to participate in their healing
• Identifies comfort function goals with patients

Program start date December 7th 2026

Required

• Must have successfully completed Block 1 of Nursing School
• Current Healthcare Provider AHA BLS completion card
• Enrolled in accredited and/or AZBN approved BSN or Concurrent Enrollment (ADN/BSN)
  Nursing Program
• Two letters of recommendations from clinical nursing instructors (required)
• Be able to work 1-2 shifts per pay period (2-4 shifts per month) as a casual
  non-benefited employee. Days Nights and Weekends are available.
• Be able to successfully complete the new hire on-boarding process