Nurse Apprentice at Berkshire Health Systems – Pittsfield, Massachusetts

The Nurse Apprentice position provides an opportunity for a nurse that is a senior nurse or a graduate from an accredited institution with an ADN or higher that has not taken the NCLEX-RN boards. These employees will work directly with a registered nurse throughout acute care. Individuals hired into this position must be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN exam at a future date. Once the NCLEX-RN exam is taken and passed the employee eligible to apply for open RN positions within the organization. An individual who fails the NCLEX-RN exam will remain in the nurse apprentice program until successful licensure is obtained. The Nurse Apprentice utilizes the nursing process as the frame of reference for practice and provides direct patient care, with supervision from a registered professional nurse, to patients and families. This is an entry-level nursing position for new graduate nurses and individuals who are senior nursing students in their last semester at a Board approved ADN nursing program or higher. Training, evaluation, and competencies for this role are overseen by a Nurse Leader to the department.