Covenant Health

Peripheral &Neurovascular Invasive RN Services Coordinator

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus

(Dayshift with rotating call).

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke.  We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best-in-State-Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including: offering unmatched medical insurance, tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance, certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employer-matched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.

Position Summary: 

Under direction of the Imaging Director/Manager, Peripheral and Neuro Vascular Coordinator is responsible for daily clinical operations of the Peripheral and Neuro Vascular Invasive Lab (IVR) and special procedures. This coordinator is expected to exercise independent judgment and discretion in performing the duties below.

If you have any questions please contact Recruiter: Erica Young II  865-421-9914  II  Eyoung9@CovHlth.com

• Performs all duties of an IVR RN 
• Maintains responsibility for quality patient care in IVR Lab and special procedures.
• Participates in equipment planning, staffing and uniformity of IVR lab and special procedures.
• Serves as a public relations liaison in dealing with scope of peripheral and neuro vascular invasive procedure and special procedure service availability.
• With Director/Manager, acts as a liaison to Peripheral and Neuro Interventional Radiologists to effectively coordinate procedures, scheduling and staffing between Interventional Radiologists and the IVR lab and special procedures.
• Promotes cultural change to develop and support the team approach to deliver patient care in IVR lab and special procedures.
• Facilitates development of success measures, to include facilitator and team member implementation of long and short-term goals for department teams.
• Develops reviews and updates department specific policies and procedures.
• Monitors and maintains department compliance to meet all regulatory agency requirements.
• In collaboration with the Imaging Department Director/Manager, provides personnel management to include staff placement, discipline, interviews and orientation.
• Assesses individual/team performance appraisal and career ladder.
• Assures daily operations are performed to include: staffing, interdisciplinary meetings, department statistics, payroll, charges and inventory ordering and control.
• Acts as a liaison to patients and others to provide timely and accurate communication and problem resolution.
• Coordinates daily staffing ratios based on workload and staff.
• Participates in development and implementation of education and in-service programs for staff, students and other departments.
• Collaborates with others to determine product standardization as needed.
• 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:

Two (2) years Neuro, Peripheral IVR, or equivalent experience required.

Licensure Requirement:

Must have and maintain RN licensure, Registered Radiology Technologist (ARRT) licensure, or registered cardiovascular technologist (RCIS) licensure.

- Must have RN licensure.
- Two (2) years Neuro, Peripheral IVR, or equivalent experience required.