Specialty Clinic RN
About The Position
The Specialty Clinic RN works at The Chattanooga Heart Institute, a cardiac care practice with six offices in Tennessee and one in Georgia. The practice is part of CHI Memorial Health Care System and CommonSpirit Health. The RN provides clinical care and leadership, sets standards for patient care, and supports clinical excellence. The role includes leading nurses and aides, overseeing regulatory compliance, staffing, and fiscal health, and advocating for staff by turning their feedback into strategies that improve staff and patient experiences. The position calls for confident leadership, effective handling of difficult conversations, strong communication, and an educator’s approach. The RN assesses patients, gathers appropriate data, and performs testing to prepare patients for physician visits. The RN maintains clinic flow, forwards test results and documentation to physicians for review, carries out received orders, communicates results to patients, and arranges follow-up according to protocol. The role also includes responding promptly to patient-care inquiries, completing patient and pharmacy refill requests while ensuring appropriate labs are ordered per protocol, and educating patients and families or caregivers.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing or Bachelor of Nursing.
- Tennessee Registered Nurse license, required upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), required upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients, collect appropriate data, and perform testing to prepare them for physician visits.
- Maintain patient flow through the clinic.
- Forward test results and documentation to physicians for review and execute orders as received.
- Notify patients of test results and ensure appropriate follow-up per protocol.
- Respond to patient-care inquiries in a timely manner.
- Complete refill requests from patients and pharmacies, ensuring appropriate labs are ordered per protocol.
- Educate patients and their families or caregivers.
- Lead a clinical team of nurses and aides and support exceptional patient care and clinical excellence.
- Maintain oversight of regulatory compliance, staffing, and fiscal health.
- Advocate for the team and translate staff insights into strategies that improve staff and patient experiences.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
