CLIN NURSE III-CLINIC
About The Position
Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. The role requires clinical expertise to independently resolve complex patient, management, and physician problems. The nurse also supports unit improvement, education, orientation, precepting, and supervision of designated staff. This position is with Covenant Oncology Group, part of Covenant Health’s regional cancer-care network. The organization provides medical oncology services, including drug-based treatments and clinical trial medicines, and delivers care such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and hormone therapy through affiliated infusion centers.
Requirements
- At least three years of professional experience.
- Valid Tennessee RN license.
- Annual continuing education: 20 hours, including 10 hours to enhance clinical expertise; or 15 hours plus ACLS certification; or 10 hours plus specialty certification; or 10 hours plus ACLS instructor.
- Yearly infection control, fire, safety, and CPR in-services.
Responsibilities
- Correlates patient history and support systems within hospital or nursing home care.
- Assesses the needs of patients and families.
- Develops and initiates plans of care involving patients and families.
- Recommends interventions and evaluates plans of care.
- Resolves complex patient, management, and physician problems without supervision.
- Demonstrates competence in critical skills and delivers care appropriate to the age-specific needs of the population served.
- Leads process-improvement initiatives in the unit or participates in a facility team.
- Precepts new employees or students, or attends a formal preceptor workshop and is willing to precept; reviews preceptee clinical performance with the unit leader or clinical instructor.
- Provides four contact hours of educational activities, excluding basic patient education.
- Contributes to the development and evaluation of the unit orientation program.
- Supervises LPNs, Nursing Assistants, HUCs, Techs, and sitters.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
