About this role
Facility:
CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807





Department:
1648 Educational Services
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
0
Hours:
Varied
Work Shift:
Rotating (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
- Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
- Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group .
- Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
- Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description:
A flexible nursing extern will participate in a flexible Externship with a designated RN peer mentor for a patient, or a group of patients, for a designated time frame and provides care for these patients through therapeutic use of self, the patient care/problem solving or nursing process and through other health care team members.
Education:
▪ Required: Currently enrolled in an accredited Nursing Program
Experience:
▪ N/A
Skills:
▪ N/A
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ N/A
Keywords: Nurse Extern, Flextern, Flexternship, Senior Flex