PRN RN - Tier 3

Covenant Health•Sevierville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

PRN Registered Nurse - Tier 3, Critical Care Unit. This is a PRN/OCC position with variable hours and shifts at LeConte Medical Center. LeConte Medical Center is a 79-bed community hospital and part of Covenant Health, a regional healthcare network. The hospital provides a full range of health services, including specialists, an ER, and a Women’s Center. The position requires RNs to commit to working hours set by the Tier 3 commitment agreement. The role involves providing professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinating care planning with other disciplines.

Requirements

Must have and maintain Tennessee State RN licensure.

Nice To Haves

RNs with less than 1 year of Nursing experience will complete nursing history and initiate patient education, collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, implement plan of care appropriate to diagnosis, evaluate care outcomes, problem solve and coordinate unit/patient care assignments with supervision, introduce new employees/students to unit routines, participate on unit-based committees, demonstrate competence in performing critical skills, supervise LPNs, Nursing Assistants, HUCs, Techs and sitters, follow policies, procedures, and safety standards, complete required education assignments annually, work toward achieving goals and objectives, and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
RNs with 1 or more years of experience are required to correlate patient history and support systems within hospital care/nursing home care, assess learning needs of patient and family, develop and initiate plan of care involving patient and family, recommend interventions, evaluate plan of care, resolve problems regarding moderately complex issues without oversight or supervision, demonstrate willingness to precept employees/students as directed, and review clinical performance of preceptee with unit leader or clinical instructor.

Responsibilities

Completes nursing history and initiates patient education.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members.
Implements plan of care appropriate to diagnosis.
Evaluates care outcomes.
Problem solves and coordinates unit/patient care assignments, with supervision.
Introduces new employees/students to unit routines.
Participates on unit-based committees.
Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills (checklist) to include appropriate delivery of care according to the age-specific needs of the population served.
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.
Correlates patient history and support systems within hospital care/nursing home care.
Assesses learning needs of patient and family.
Develops and initiates plan of care, involving patient and family.
Recommends interventions.
Evaluates plan of care.
Resolves problems regarding moderately complex issues without oversight or supervision.
Demonstrates willingness to precept employees/students as directed.
Reviews clinical performance of preceptee with unit leader or clinical instructor.