CLIN NURSE III

Covenant Health • Morristown, TN

4d

About The Position

Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. The role requires clinical expertise to resolve complex patient, management, and physician problems without supervision. The nurse provides care appropriate to the age-specific needs of the population served and contributes to unit education, orientation, precepting, supervision, and process improvement.

Requirements

• Three years of professional nursing experience.
• Must have and maintain a Tennessee RN license and CPR.
• Education must be sufficient to meet the standards for the required license and/or certification.

Responsibilities

• Correlate patient history and support systems within hospital or nursing home care.
• Assess the needs of patients and families.
• Develop and initiate plans of care involving patients and families.
• Recommend interventions and evaluate plans of care.
• Resolve complex patient, management, and physician problems without supervision.
• Deliver care appropriate to the age-specific needs of the population served.
• Lead process improvement initiatives in the assigned unit or participate on facility teams.
• Precept new employees or students, or attend a formal preceptor workshop and be willing to precept; review preceptee clinical performance with the unit leader or clinical instructor.
• Provide four contact hours of educational activities, excluding basic patient education.
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of the unit orientation program.
• Supervise LPNs, Nursing Assistants, HUCs, Techs, and sitters.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete required annual education assignments; work toward goals and objectives; and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed