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Ortho Nurse Extern Center City

Jefferson Health
Gibbon Building, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Nov 2025

About the role

Job Details

Join the mission of Improving Lives as a Nurse Extern at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, we’re the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. And our work to improve lives is never done.

Job Description

As a Nurse Extern, you will be responsible for the following: 

  • Performs specific tasks under the supervision of a registered nurse. 
  • Demonstrates accountability for assigned patients on shift or assignment. 
  • Seeks out learning opportunities and guidance from appropriate individuals. 

Under the supervision of the Nurse Manager or a Registered Nurse, the Nurse Extern will carry out routine patient care assignments, work in controlled care situations, and perform established nursing procedures for individuals or groups of patients.  

Qualifications include: 

  • Currently pursuing a degree in Nursing 
  • Completed at least one (1) semester of medical surgical clinical rotation 

CPR certified in Pennsylvania

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Location Address

111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations througho

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Jefferson Health

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