Registered Nurse, Medical Unit

About the position

The Registered Nurse in the Medical Unit at Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. This position is PRN/OCC with variable hours, primarily on day shifts, but may require working nights, weekends, and holidays at the discretion of the nurse manager. The facility has 167 licensed beds and offers a range of ancillary services, including Laboratory, Radiology, and Therapy services. The Women's Center features newly remodeled labor and delivery suites and a secure nursery for newborn care.

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.
• 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 participates 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.

Requirements

• Must have and maintain Tennessee RN license and CPR.
• Three (3) years professional nursing experience.