Overview
Registered Nurse, The Express Admission Unit
Full-Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift
Parkwest Overview:
Since admitting our first patient in 1973, Parkwest has been at the vanguard of healthcare in East Tennessee. We are an eight-time Top 100 Heart Hospital and have received multiple awards for excellence in emergency care, clinical practice, and patient satisfaction. Learn more about our professional accolades.
4 Riverstone, Express Admissions Unit:
22 bed unit that is a link between outpatient and inpatient departments. Nursing staff complete admission assessment, start ordered therapies and implement plans of care while patients are waiting on regular nursing unit bed.
Position Summary:
Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
Recruiter: Angelica Adams || aadams16@covhlth.com || 865-374-5405
Responsibilities
+ Correlates patient history and support systems within hospital care/nursing home care.
+ Assesses needs of patient and family.
+ Develops and initiates plan of care, involving patient and family.
+ Recommends interventions.
+ Evaluates plan of care.
+ Clinical expertise and knowledge is such that individual can resolve complex patient/management/physician problems without supervision.
+ Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills to include appropriate delivery of care according to the age-specific needs of the population served.
+ Leads process improvement initiatives in their own unit or participate in facility team.
+ Precepts new employees/students or attends formal preceptor workshop and is willing to precept. Reviews clinical performance of preceptee with unit leader or clinical instructor.
+ Provides four contact hours of educational activities, excluding basic patient education.
+ Contributes to development and evaluation of unit orientation program.
+ Supervises LPNs, Nursing Assistants, HUCs, Techs, and sitters.
+ Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
Minimum of three (3) years professional experience.
Licensure Requirement:
Must have and maintain Tennessee State RN licensure. CPR required
RN license
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Job Title CLIN NURSE III
ID 3539831
Facility Parkwest Medical Center
Department Name MEDICAL UNIT