Nurse Extern Program 2026

BHS • Louisville, KY

7d

About The Position

Nurse Extern Dates: May 4th - July 11th This program is an exciting opportunity for a ten-week work experience that allows you to put your classroom learning to a hands-on setting in a nursing unit. You will work under the guidance of an assigned preceptor. This is a great way to jump-start your senior year and your job search. Requirements for application to the program: GPA of 2.5 or higher (official transcript required) Entering into senior year of an accredited RN program. Two letters of recommendation with at least one being from a nursing school instructor. Candidates are not eligible for this program if they are committed to post graduate employment at another health care system outside of Baptist Health. Externs must be able to work full time during their first week of employment and then must commit to a minimum of 24 hour per week (12 hour shifts) during the externship. Participants may have one week off during the program, but must commit to no other time off in order to ensure maximum benefit from the experience. Send transcripts and letters of reference to: [email protected] Who do I contact if I have questions? You can contact Alexa Wigginton at [email protected] for questions. The application deadline for both external and internal candidates is March 20th, 2026. Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

• GPA of 2.5 or higher (official transcript required)
• Entering into senior year of an accredited RN program
• Two letters of recommendation with at least one being from a nursing school instructor
• Candidates are not eligible for this program if they are committed to post graduate employment at another health care system outside of Baptist Health
• Externs must be able to work full time during their first week of employment and then must commit to a minimum of 24 hour per week (12 hour shifts) during the externship
• Participants may have one week off during the program, but must commit to no other time off in order to ensure maximum benefit from the experience

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees