Respiratory Therapist Student Extern

**City/State** Norfolk, VA **Work Shift** Rotating **Overview:** **Sentara Norfolk General Hospital** is seeking a **Respiratory Student Extern** to join their team in Norfolk, VA! This is a PRN, rotating shift role. **Sentara Norfolk General Hospital** Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is the region’s first *Magnet* Hospital. It is a 525-bed medical center, and home to the area's only Level I Trauma Center, Burn Trauma Unit and Nationally Ranked Heart Program. In addition to a first rate heart program, the hospital is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several dedicated facilities and specialized services. Sentara Norfolk General also serves as the primary teaching hospital for undergraduate and graduate education for the adjacent Eastern Virginia Medical School Respiratory Students are unlicensed staff members who are within three semesters of graduation from an accredited RT program. They are accountable to, and work under the supervision of a professional, licensed Respiratory Therapist to perform delegated aspects of Respiratory Care. This may include both administrative and clinical duties that an unlicensed staff member is able to perform such as some aspects of patient care, cleaning equipment, ordering stock, stocking respiratory supply carts, and performing charge audits/reconciliation **Summary:** Current Student enrolled in clinical Respiratory Care program must be within 3 semesters from graduation from accredited Respiratory Care program and remain in good standing in the program until graduation. This is a temporary position for up to 270 days. BLS within 90 days of hire. **Required Qualifications:** **Education** H.S. Diploma **Certifications** BLS within 90 days of hire . **Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career** • Medical, Dental, Vision plans • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000 • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave • Emergency Backup Care • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans • Life Insurance • 401k/403B with Employer Match • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000 • Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development • Pet Insurance • Legal Resources Plan • Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met Here at Sentara, we are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day! **Sentara Norfolk General Hospital**, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads, and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School. In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital, our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, our hospital specializes in heart and vascular, neurosciences, neurosurgery, urology, oncology, spine care, advanced imaging, behavioral health, maternity, and women’s health, including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit. **Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer** and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment. **For positions that are available as remote work,** **Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:** Alab…