Job Description

For the Student Nurse Externship Program we are seeking nursing students that have an expected graduation date of August 2026 December 2026 or Spring 2027.

Please note If you have an expected graduation date in December 2025 or Spring 2026 consider applying to our Student Nurse Internship instead.

The Student Nurse Extern  reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Northwestern Medicines Nurse Externship Program allows  nursing students  the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of nursing work environments.

The Student Nurse Extern assists in the delivery of both direct and indirect nursing care as a Patient Care Technician (PCT) under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse within the scope of practice of unlicensed assistive personnel and performs tasks for patients activities of daily living to promote comfort and safety assists RNs with the collection of patient data and performs selected procedures.

Program Dates (mandatory fulltime 8 week commitment):

Application Due Date: January 24 2025

Start Date: May 28 2025

End Date: July 22 2025

Shifts:

• Day or Night Shift
• 8 or 12 hour shifts
• Some Weekend shifts
• No holidays or overtime

 Additional Details:

• Locations participating in the 2024 SNE program are as follows:
  • Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield IL)
  • Delnor Hospital (Geneva IL)
  • Huntley Hospital (Huntley IL)
  • Kishwaukee Hospital (DeKalb IL)
  • Lake Forest Hospital (Lake Forest IL)
  • Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital (Wheaton IL)
  • McHenry Hospital (McHenry IL)
  • Palos Hospital (Palos Heights IL)
  • Valley West Hospital (Sandwich IL)
  • Woodstock Hospital (Woodstock IL)
    
     
• Tentative units participating in the 2025 SNI program are as follows; be sure to select your desired units in the application in order of preference. (We cannot guarantee a match however this is taken into consideration):
  • Cardiac
  • Emergency Department
  • Float Pool
  • ICU
  • MedSurg
  • Neuro
  • NICU
  • Oncology
  • Operating Room
  • Ortho
  • Outpatient
  • Pediatrics (limited locations)
  • Rehabilitation
  • Womens Health (L&D Mother/Baby)

Qualifications :

Required :

• Nursing students from an accredited nursing school that includes minimally the successful completion of Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical with clinical rotation.
  • You must provide written documentation of successful completion OR  the successful completion of an accredited Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program.
• Graduation date of either late Summer 2026 December 2026 or Spring 2027.
• Qualified candidates must have a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare certification.
• Reliable flexible and punctual with schedules.

Required Documentation for Application Submission to be Uploaded:

• Resume

*Please note to be considered for this role you must submit all attachments at the time of your application submission.  When you apply you will receive an automated email to set up an account.  Once your account is set up you are able to log back into your application to attach additional and/or optional attachments such as letters of recommendation cover letters etc. You can navigate to the upload section and press the sign to submit these additional attachments if desired.

For any questions or difficulties please email  

Additional Information :

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Intern

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