Overview Registered Nurse, Critical Care Unit Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift LeConte Medical Center
Overview: LeConte Medical Center is a part of Covenant Health, our region's top-performing healthcare network and is a 79-bed community hospital located in the heart of Sevier County. We're a full-service, not-for-profit hospital delivering modern medicine and compassionate care to the growing Sevier County community. LeConte offers a full range of health services, including top-tier specialists, a modern ER, and a beautiful Women's Center. Learn more about our amazing facility at https://www.lecontemedicalcenter.com/about-leconte-medical-center/.
Position Summary: Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
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. • Clinical expertise and knowledge is such that individual can resolve complex patient/management/physician problems without supervision. • 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 participate 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.
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: Minimum of three (3) years professional experience. • Licensure Requirement: Must have and maintain Tennessee State RN licensure. • CPR required