Covenant Health

Registered Nurse, Express Admission Unit

Full Time, 72 hours per pay period, Day Shift

Parkwest Overview:

Since admitting our first patient in 1973, Parkwest has been at the vanguard of healthcare in East Tennessee. We are an eight-time Top 100 Heart Hospital and have received multiple awards for excellence in emergency care, clinical practice, and patient satisfaction. Learn more about our professional accolades.

4 Riverstone, Express Admissions Unit:

22 bed unit that is a link between outpatient and inpatient departments. Nursing staff complete admission assessment, start ordered therapies and implement plans of care while patients are waiting on regular nursing unit bed.         

Position Summary:

Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines..

Recruiter: Angelica Adams || aadams16@covhlth.com || 865-374-5405

• 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.
• Participates on unit-based committees.
• 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.

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 (1^st) year of orientation (move to level II after one (1) Year experience).

Licensure Requirement: 

Must have and maintain Tennessee State RN license. CPR required.

RN License