Specialty Clinic RN

CommonSpirit Health • Chattanooga, TN

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About The Position

As a Specialty Clinic RN, you will help lead a dedicated clinical team of nurses and aides while supporting exceptional patient care and clinical excellence. The role includes maintaining oversight of regulatory compliance, staffing, and fiscal health; advocating for the team; and using staff insights to improve staff and patient experiences. You will provide confident leadership, handle challenging conversations, educate others, and communicate effectively to support positive patient outcomes.

You will assess patients, collect appropriate data, and perform testing to prepare them for physician visits. You will maintain clinic patient flow, forward test results and documentation to physicians for review, carry out orders, notify patients of results, and ensure appropriate follow-up according to protocol. Other duties include responding promptly to patient care inquiries, processing patient and pharmacy refill requests while ensuring required labs are ordered per protocol, and educating patients and their families or caregivers.

Requirements

• Associate degree in nursing, bachelor's degree in nursing, or registered nurse qualification.
• 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 patients 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 according to 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 and support a clinical team of nurses and aides.
• Maintain oversight of regulatory compliance, staffing, and fiscal health.
• Advocate for the team and translate staff insights into strategies to improve staff and patient experiences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree