Student Nurse Extern I - Youth Behavioral Health Cardinal Unit
 UNC Health Care | |
$18.00 / hr
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 United States, North Carolina, Butner | |
| 100 West H Street (Show on map) | |
 Oct 24, 2026 | |
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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. Youth Behavioral Health Cardinal Unit is seeking a Student Nurse Extern I to join their team. It is a temporary position. UNC Youth Behavioral Health Facility Cardinal Unit (1 YBH) is a 14-bed inpatient unit that evaluate s, treats, and monitors adolescents aged 12 to 15 who need acute psychiatric stabilization. Our goal is to stabilize the current crisis, engage natural and community supports, and assist individuals in planning for further care as clinically indicated. We aim to provide competent psychiatric stabilization through various methods, including evaluation, assessment, observation, monitoring, and treatment of medical conditions; psychotropic medication treatment; family engagement; and therapy management. Additionally, we teach patients skills to avoid future crises and reduce rapid readmissions by arranging discharge and aftercare appointments through community providers and making direct aftercare referrals to providers that need to be involved in the individual's care.The staff are to be cross trained on all of these units as one team. Position Details:
This position qualifies for an extensive benefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours. This position requires the ability to attend a weeklong hospital orientation in Chapel Hill, offered every two weeks in Chapel Hill, NC. Orientation Schedule: Monday and Tuesday - In person from 8am to 4:30pm in Chapel Hill; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - Virtual. Summary: Student Nurse Extern Program Date (May 24 - July 31, 2027) Thegoal of the Student Nurse Externship experience is to provideprelicensure nursing students with an immersive experience to enhance theirfoundational nursing education and role socialization within a clinical Note: The externship is not an extension of school clinicals so skills performed as a student under the supervision of a clinical instructor are not permitted i.e. IV/PO medication administration, assessment, documentation, NGT/foley insertion. The Student Nurse Extern I demonstrates the ability to learn and apply the concepts they have been taughtin their nursing program to provide technically skilled care in their assigneddepartment. This position provides the chance to workwith RNs in a variety of healthcare settings, earning valuable experience thatwill enhance nursing knowledge and prepare the incumbent for a profession as aregistered nurse. Responsibilities: Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or provider. Participates in the collaborative identification and reporting of patient safety issues. Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge. Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 1:1 patient and family interactions. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation. Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions. Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or provider and document patient understanding of instructions. Assist providers and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations. In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met. Other InformationOther information: Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Medical Center Organization Unit: YBH IP Unit B Cardinal Work Type: Temporary Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00 Salary Range:$18.00 per hour Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Rotating Location of Job: Butner:NC:27509 Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. | |