What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clin Nurse I position at Covenant Health?
Overview
Registered Nurse, Medical Unit
PRN/OCC, Variable Hours & Shifts
Morristown Hamblen Overview:
Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System has 167 licensed beds and 23 emergency suites. The hospital offers outstanding ancillary services including Laboratory, Radiology and Therapy services. At our Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, women can have their annual mammograms, biopsies, and can meet with a nurse navigator if needed. The Women’s Center offers six newly remodeled labor and delivery suites and has a secure nursery for the care of our newborns. It serves an eight-county region in the Lakeway Area and is equipped with modern technologies and expert staff to provide the best possible patient care. Learn more about our amazing facility at https://www.morristownhamblen.com/.
4 South - Medical Unit
The 4th floor Medical Unit is 27 bed medical surgical/telemetry unit that provides care to complex patients and diverse patient populations. Our team is comprised of RNs, CNAs, PCAs, and HUCs that work together to provide excellent patient care. Whether you are looking to start your career as an RN, CNA or HUC or have years of experience, our medical unit is a team you’d be proud to call your work family.
Position Summary:
Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
Recruiter: Jennifer Lawless || jlawles2@covhlth.com || 423-492-5011
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.
- 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.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
New graduate, within first (1st) year of orientation (move to level II after one (1) Year experience).
Licensure Requirement:
Must have and maintain Tennessee RN license and CPR.
RN license
