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We have opportunities in:
  • Pediatric Nurses
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses
  • Critical Care Nurses
  • Burn Nurses

  • R.N. Walk-In Wednesdays

    Share with us your career goals and learn about our opportunities.

    Stop in any Wednesday through Oct. 29, noon to 3 p.m.
    LVH-Cedar Crest
    Human Resources Department
    1249 S. Cedar Crest Blvd, 1st Floor
    RSVP: 610-402-CARE

    Nurses

    Operating Room Internship

    Excited about working in an operating room? Start your nursing career here.

    If you’re a nurse interested in learning about operative specialty areas such as pediatrics or transplant, you’ll enjoy building your clinical competency on the job with our operating room internship. With no tuition costs, our internships give you the opportunity to develop and apply your clinical knowledge and skills while receiving a full salary and benefits.

    Designed to prepare you for employment in an operative specialty area, this program combines educational programs and supervised clinical experience.

    In return of your acceptance into the internship program, we ask for your signed commitment to remain an employee with us for two years following the completion of your internship. We hope you’ll decide to stay for many more.

    Preceptors (teachers) provide clinical experience in areas including:

    • General surgery
    • Gynecology
    • Pediatrics
    • Vascular
    • Urology
    • Transplant
    • Cardiac
    • Colon/Rectal
    • Neurosurgery
    • Plastic surgery
    • ENT
    • Eye
    • Orthopedics
    • Thoracic
    • Maxilofacial
    • Trauma

    Your internship consists of two phases:

    Phase I: Basic Operative Nursing (8 weeks)
    Phase II: Specialty Specific Operative Nursing (18 weeks)

    Requirements for participating in one of our internship opportunities include:
    • New or recent graduate of accredited nursing program
    • Current GPA and/or transcript
    • Two letters of reference from recent clinical instructors
    • Current BLS Provider
    • Temporary PA practice permit or successful completion of requirements for PA Registered Nurse Licensure or NCLEX-RN

    To apply for an internship or find out about start dates, please contact Human Resources at 610-402-3260 or humanresources@lvh.org


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