PRN RN – TIER 3
About The Position
The PRN Registered Nurse works in Parkwest Medical Center’s Critical Care Unit, providing professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinating care planning with other disciplines. Nurses in this position must commit to the hours specified in the Tier 3 commitment agreement. The role is PRN/occasional, with variable hours and shifts. Parkwest Medical Center is Covenant Health’s flagship facility in West Knoxville. The hospital offers cardiac, emergency, critical care, breast health, and other services, and is part of Covenant Health. Responsibilities vary by experience. Nurses with less than one year of nursing experience complete nursing histories, initiate patient education, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, implement and evaluate care plans, help coordinate unit and patient-care assignments with supervision, orient new employees and students to unit routines, participate in unit committees and quality improvement, demonstrate age-specific critical-care skills, supervise support staff, follow policies and safety standards, and complete required annual education. In addition to those duties, nurses with one or more years of experience correlate patient history and support systems with hospital or nursing-home care, assess patient and family learning needs, develop and initiate care plans with patients and families, recommend interventions, evaluate care plans, resolve moderately complex issues independently, and precept employees or students as directed, reviewing their clinical performance with a unit leader or clinical instructor.
Requirements
- Must have and maintain a Tennessee State RN license.
- Must meet the standards for achievement of the required license and/or certification.
- Must commit to working the hours set by the Tier 3 commitment agreement.
Responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinate care planning with other disciplines.
- Complete nursing histories and initiate patient education.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members.
- Implement and evaluate plans of care appropriate to the diagnosis.
- Problem-solve and coordinate unit and patient-care assignments, with supervision for nurses with less than one year of experience.
- Introduce new employees and students to unit routines.
- Participate in unit-based committees and quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Demonstrate competence in critical skills and deliver care appropriate to the age-specific needs of the population served.
- Supervise LPNs, Nursing Assistants, HUCs, Techs, and sitters.
- Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards, and complete required annual education assignments.
- For nurses with one or more years of experience: correlate patient history and support systems with hospital or nursing-home care; assess patient and family learning needs; develop and initiate care plans with the patient and family; recommend interventions; and evaluate care plans.
- For nurses with one or more years of experience: resolve moderately complex issues without oversight or supervision, precept employees or students as directed, and review preceptee clinical performance with a unit leader or clinical instructor.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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