29 student nurse extern jobs found in Rocky Mount, NC

Job Description Description UNC Health Wayne is excited to offer our Summer Nurse Extern Program for rising senior nursing students. This eight-to-ten-week experience gives students a chance to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real patient care. Externs will work under the guidance of a dedicated RN preceptor and get hands-on practice while learning how different care teams deliver high-quality care. The program begins on May 26, 2026. Summary: The Nurse extern will safely perform nursing activities specified under direction of assigned preceptor. The experience is designed to provide clinical experiences which will strengthen the knowledge base of the nursing student. The work experience will provide an opportunity to apply classroom learning in clinical settings, to practice newly learned skills and experience varying work schedules. Responsibilities: 1. Performs unit specific nursing activities...

Job Description Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. This position qualifies for a $10,000.00 commitment incentive, paid in six (6) installments over three (3) years work commitment. This position is also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location). The Specialty Care Nursery at Nash UNC Health Care is located within the Women’s Center, a 47,048-square-foot facility opened in May 2016 and designed with input from mother-baby experts, community members, and new parents. The Women’s Center features: Six labor and delivery suites with private bathrooms A dedicated cesarean section suite and spacious recovery room Sixteen mother–baby postpartum rooms with private bathrooms A large, modern Special Care Nursery The Specialty Care Unit...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, please ask your recruiter for more information. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. ICU/PCU Our combined PCU and ICU is a 10-bed unit that allows us to care for high acuity patients without having to move the patient between ICU and step down. Our rooms are large allowing us to move freely around the room while providing care to our critical patients. We provide an excellent orientation with the assistance of our clinical education team with a focus of ACLS, PALS, Basic Arrhythmias, ICU Core training, Critical Drips and Moderate Sedation. We believe in self-care to and provide a respite room on the unit to decompress; you can enjoy relaxing music, tea, and a snack while coloring, reading...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, please ask your recruiter for more information. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. 3rd Floor Medical / Surgical Unit On our 24-bed unit you see a wide variety of diagnoses. You may see patients with chest pain, CHF, syncope, strokes, Diabetes, COPD, and any number of other med-surgical type diagnoses. We also see some surgery patients. Excellent teamwork with a dedicated work family. Patient ratios: 1 RN: 5-6 Patients, on our day shift 3 Nursing Assistants and a Secretary and over nights we have 3 Nursing Assistants for support. We have an opportunity to touch many lives and make a difference every day. Come be a valuable member of our team and help us make a difference in the lives...

Job Description Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Summary: The Clinical Nurse IV practices at the level of an expert practitioner of nursing as defined by Benner, P. (1984). From Novice to Expert. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. The nurse at this level demonstrates expertise in caring for patients with multiple and complex problems. In addition to demonstrating clinical leadership on the unit, the Clinical Nurse IV serves as a resource and system-wide consultant to staff and participates in endeavors to increase nursing knowledge. The CN IV functions as a clinical leader. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT Two-campus (Smithfield and Clayton) Emergency Departments with a combined total of 64 beds , offering diverse patient populations and acuity levels 4:1 nurse-to-patient...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, ask your recruiter for more information. Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. UNC Johnston has an innovative and efficient Outpatient surgical program. We perform outpatient procedures on adult and pediatric populations. The Same Day Surgery Nurses and Nursing Assistants provide preoperative and postoperative care for a variety of service lines including Orthopedics, Ortho Spine, General, GYN, Robotics, Neuro, ENT, Vascular and Ophthalmology. They also provide preprocedural and postprocedural care for a variety of Cardiac services. Summary: The Clinical Nurse IV practices at the level of an expert practitioner of nursing as defined by Benner, P. (1984). From Novice to Expert....

Job Description Description Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. Summary: This position supervises large clinical units. Duties include ensuring that appropriate care and services are available to patients and families, ensures adequate and appropriate clinic staffing on each shift, supervision of nursing staff, medical support staff and utility aide staff, assistance with annual performance reviews of staff, participation in quality improvement initiatives to address identified patient safety or quality of care issues. Provides and facilitates an environment conducive to staff continuing education needs, ongoing unit-based educational needs and orientation of staff members. Responsibilities: 1. Patient Care- Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to patients / clients and families....

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, which offers up to a $20,000.00 commitment incentive. Please ask your recruiter for more details. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. Summary: The Clinical Nurse IV practices at the level of an expert practitioner of nursing as defined by Benner, P. (1984). From Novice to Expert. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. The nurse at this level demonstrates expertise in caring for patients with multiple and complex problems. In addition to demonstrating clinical leadership on the unit, the Clinical Nurse IV serves as a resource and system-wide consultant to staff and participates in endeavors to increase nursing knowledge. The CN IV functions as a clinical leader. 3rd Floor – Medical/Surgical Third...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, which offers up to a $20,000.00 commitment incentive. Please ask your recruiter for more details. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. Summary: The Clinical Nurse IV practices at the level of an expert practitioner of nursing as defined by Benner, P. (1984). From Novice to Expert. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. The nurse at this level demonstrates expertise in caring for patients with multiple and complex problems. In addition to demonstrating clinical leadership on the unit, the Clinical Nurse IV serves as a resource and system-wide consultant to staff and participates in endeavors to increase nursing knowledge. The CN IV functions as a clinical leader. 4th Floor Surgical/Orthopedics/Joint...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, ask your recruiter for more details. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. OB RN: Our Mother baby nurses provide care to our mother/baby dyad. Nurses assist with breastfeeding, routine post-partum care of the mom and normal newborn care. The unit consist of 25 beds across two campuses. The support person is encouraged to stay with Mom and baby to promote bonding and family centered care. Summary: The Clinical Nurse IV practices at the level of an expert practitioner of nursing as defined by Benner, P. (1984). From Novice to Expert. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. The nurse at this level demonstrates expertise in caring for patients with multiple and complex problems. In addition to...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, ask your recruiter for more information. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. 2ndBrightleaf/Cardiac Recovery Department : UNC Health Johnston 2ndBrightleaf/Cardiac Recovery Department includes 18 inpatient and observation beds, 6 outpatient rooms and 11 Cardiac Recovery rooms. In our inpatient/observation rooms, we provide acute routine level of care to patients with cardiac diseases, respiratory diseases, and other diagnosis’. In our outpatient rooms, patients come for blood transfusions, IV antibiotics, wound dressing changes, IV fluids, etc. 2ndBrightleaf is a unique department that works together with our Cardiac Recovery department. We cross train our team to work in all areas. Our...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program, ask your recruiter for more information. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Department : UNC Health Johnston PCU Department includes 19 intermediate level of care beds. Our team provides high quality care to a variety of patients including but not limited to antiarrhythmic and vasoactive drips, continuous Bi-PAP, and many other treatment modalities. Patients admitted to the Progressive Care Unit are on a continuous cardiac monitor. Ratios for intermediate level of care are 4 patients to 1 nurse. UNC Johnston is a Stroke, Chest Pain and STEMI accredited facility. Our PCU team consists of Registered Nurses, Monitor Techs and Patient Care Assistants that are...

Job Description Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. We are currently searching for an Advanced Practice Provider, preferably with Colorectal or General Surgery experience (but open to strong and motivated new graduate candidates or those willing to learn a new service line), to join our NC Surgery Colorectal team at Rex/UNC. The APP will work alongside an experienced team of four Surgeons and three other APPs to deliver patient-centered comprehensive care. This position will focus on all areas below: 1) Inpatient clinical care and management (evaluating ED and inpatient consults, rounding on postoperative patients, admissions, discharges, performing bedside procedures, and patient care coordination). 2) Outpatient clinical care (preoperative and postoperative...

Job Description Description **Spring/Summer New Grads*** Next program start date: May 2026 - August 2026, the New Graduate Nurse Program will offer varied start dates based on graduation and NCLEX dates. General Program Overview: The twelve-month UNC Health Rex Nurse Residency program supports the transition from academia to practice for new graduate nurses. The wrap-around support from all levels of nursing is designed to assist new nurses in developing competence and confidence in the professional role. In addition to clinical orientation on the unit, the Residency program provides structured clinical and professional growth. The first component of the Residency involves engaging classroom sessions highly focused on clinical skills and issues relevant to the unit and service line of the participants. The next component is comprised of continuing education professional development sessions, as well as...

Job Description Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. UNC Health Cancer Care is looking for an experienced nurse to help lead our Surgical Oncology clinics. The preferred candidate will have prior surgical oncology experience in addition to previous team lead or leadership experience. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: Managing multiple surgical oncology clinics Administrative Duties Staffing issues/concerns Patient care Quality Improvement Education related to policy/procedure questions. Summary: Assists a higher level nurse manager in the following duties: ensuring that appropriate care and services are available to patients and families, ensuring adequate and appropriate clinical staffing on each shift, may supervise...

Job Description Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. The Raleigh Oncology Infusion Center is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic experienced RN to join their team. The preferred candidate will have prior oncology experience. Our Raleigh office is part of the UNC Health Cancer Care group, which is a destination for compassionate, patient-centered oncology care using the latest research and medical technology. It is one of five comprehensive cancer care locations conveniently located across Wake County offering comprehensive oncology services. They offer on-site chemotherapy education, social work, lab, and an infusion suite. The clinic is open Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 5:00pm and is closed on all major holidays and weekends. Summary: Serves as nursing Team...

Job Description Description Our Perinatal Services Department is comprised of Lactation Consultants, Perinatal Educators, Birth Certificate Registrars, Car Seat Technician and a Newborn Screening Coordinator. Our services include breastfeeding support, pregnancy and parenting classes, completion and filing of birth certificates with the local and state departments of Vital Statistics, infant safety seat checks and State mandated infant screening. Our team consists of Registered Nurses, Educators, Child Passenger Safety Technician and Administrative staff who are committed to delivering high quality and compassionate care with a family centered approach. Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Summary: This position supervising large clinical units. Duties include ensuring that appropriate...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes a choice of a Commitment Incentive or a Tuition Loan Forgiveness incentive. Additionally, this position qualifies for relocation assistance (when applicable) and our employee referral program.* Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. The Acute Care Orthopaedics unit at UNC Rex Hospital is a 30-bed medical-surgical unit that provides exceptional post-surgical care to patients recovering from various orthopedic procedures such as • joint replacement (knee, hip, ankle, shoulder) • total joint revision • various spinal procedures • various fracture repair procedures • wound management The UNC Rex Healthcare Orthopedic Program has been nationally recognized by...

Job Description Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. 4 East is a 31 bed pulmonary and nephrology intermediate care unit. Nurses on this unit care for patients with lung, kidney and heart related illness or diagnoses. Nurses monitor and manage patients with ventilators, peritoneal dialysis, arrhythmias and cardiac drips. We provide an exceptional level of care, continuously utilizing critical thinking and a wide range of clinical skills for patients with multiple comorbidities. We are a strong team that places high importance on providing the best in care and top patient satisfaction results. Summary : Serves as nursing Team Leader. Provides education, training, and oversight to assigned nursing staff. Responsibilities: 1. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -...

Job Description Description We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate leader to serve as Patient Services Manager for our Labor and Delivery unit. This is a critical leadership role responsible for guiding both the clinical and administrative operations of a fast-paced, patient-centered environment dedicated to supporting families during one of life’s most meaningful moments. We are looking for someone with Labor and Delivery experience who brings both clinical expertise and a warm, empathetic approach to care. The ideal candidate is not only experienced, but also genuinely compassionate, supportive, and people-focused, fostering a culture where patients and team members feel valued and cared for. In this role, you will lead a highly skilled and engaged team committed to delivering safe, coordinated, and exceptional care to patients and their families. You will play a key role in ensuring a positive patient experience,...

Job Description Description The Supervisor Clinical Nurse IV – Central Staffing Office is a senior nursing leader responsible for coordinating and supervising centralized staffing operations to support safe, high‑quality patient care across UNC Health Rex. Support daily operations of the Central Staffing Office, including: Coordination and deployment of nursing and support staff to inpatient areas and Emergency Departments at both UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs. Real‑time staffing adjustments based on census, acuity, and patient needs. Collaborate with unit leaders and house supervisors to ensure safe, appropriate staffing and continuity of care. Teammate will be expected to staff on units within the level of care appropriate for their experience as needed to support critical needs of units Support orientation, competency validation, and ongoing development of CSO staff. Participate in...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes up to $20,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness. In addition, this position is also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location) and our employee referral program. Learn more about our UNC Rex Incentive Program here: https://jobs.unchealthcare.org/pages/unc-rex-incentive-program 5 East – Acute Care Oncology 5 East is a 31 bed Medical/Oncology Unit primarily caring for oncology patients at any point on the cancer continuum, from diagnosis through end of life support. Other diagnoses treated include benign hematology and general medicine patients. We collaborate with a multidisciplinary team that includes Oncologists, Advance Practice Providers and Palliative Care Providers. Our nurses are certified in providing Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy, as well as holding...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes up to $20,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness. In addition, this position is also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location) and our employee referral program. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. 3 East- Acute Care Medicine A 28 bed unit created to help facilitate throughput for the UNC REX Emergency Department. Our patients are admitted with a wide variety of medical diagnoses including but not limited to TIA, falls, syncope, nausea and vomiting, cellulitis, anemia and flu. Patients admitted to 3 East should be medically stable for discharge within 24 to 72 hours from admission. Our attending providers are within the UNC REX...

Job Description Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes up to $20,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness. In addition, this position is also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location) and our employee referral program. Learn more about our UNC Rex Incentive Program here: https://jobs.unchealthcare.org/pages/unc-rex-incentive-program Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. 5 West –Acute Care Neuroscience 5 West is a 30 bed neuroscience unit including a 4 bed step-down unit. Our patient population is neurological disorders and medical-surgical patients. 5 West demonstrates great team work by using a Buddy System and self-scheduling with a holiday tract. 5 West encourages professional...