Nurse Extern
- BLS
Workplace injuries
Western Missouri Medical Center in warrenburg reported 44 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 1,192,518 hours worked: 7.4 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.1 per 100 full-time workers at general hospitalsnationwide. With its hours, the best estimate leaning on similar sites is 7.3 per 100 full-time workers. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.
Medicare rating of Western Missouri Medical Center
Medicare gives Western Missouri Medical Center 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Missouri's hospitals average 3.1). 80% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare did not cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Missouri hospitals by rating.
What this hospital paid
By Western Missouri Medical Center's report to Medicare, its nursing aide hours averaged $21.79 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $25.47 an hour across Missouri's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What Missouri hospitals pay nurses.
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About the job
PURPOSE STATEMENT
A nurse extern is a student nurse who assists their preceptor with nursing care to patients assigned to his/her team. The nurse extern is responsible to the preceptor to which he/she is assigned.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Demonstrate positive customer service relations.
- Implement patient care under the guidance of the preceptor.
- Assist co-workers as needed/requested, within the scope of the nurse extern.
- Support the Medical Center’s Mission/Vision/Values positively.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
- Perform other essential duties as assigned.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Student in good standing of a nationally accredited nursing (RN) program with completion of nursing fundamentals course.
- Must be self-motivated and have the ability to work within the established policies, procedures and practices prescribed by the hospital/clinic.
- Current AHA or Red Cross BLS is required.
PROGRAM DATE
- June 7, 2027 - July 31, 2027
Requirements
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Student in good standing of a nationally accredited nursing program with completion of nursing fundamentals course.
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
- Must be able to sit and stand, intermittent 12 hours a day.
- Must be able to use standard office equipment, including the telephone and computer keyboard.
- Continuously works under pressure of near 100% accuracy while meeting inflexible deadlines.
- Continuously utilizes manual/bi-manual dexterity, near vision, speech, and hearing.
- Frequently stands, walks, sits and utilizes eye/hand coordination and color definition.
- Occasionally reaches above shoulder, regularly required to lift and/or carry up to 40 lbs.
- Occasionally walks on uneven surfaces.
From Western Missouri Medical Center's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Western Missouri Medical Center
Western Missouri Medical Center is a public hospital with an emergency department in Warrensburg, MO. Its job board posts jobs for nurses, imaging techs and therapists. Source: Medicare Care Compare: Western Missouri Medical Center
Based in Warrensburg, MOHires in MissouriPay on its listings: 1.9% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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