Covenant Health

Registered Nurse, Knoxville Neurology Specialists

Full time, 80 Hours per pay period, Day shift

Covenant Medical Group is Covenant Health’s employed and managed medical practice organization, with more than 300 top Physicians and providers spanning the continuum of care in 20 cities throughout East Tennessee. Specialties include cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, occupational medicine, orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, primary care, pulmonology, reproductive medicine, rheumatology, sleep medicine and urology.

Position Summary:

Provides professional nursing care within an outpatient clinic setting and coordinates care planning with other disciplines as appropriate.

Recruiter: Mark Fity || mfity@covhlth.com || 865-374-8110

• Adheres to established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program and safety standards.
• Cooperates with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintain good employee relations, interdepartmental objectives and infection control policies.
• Prepares patients for scheduled procedures and assists in patient assessment. Accurately records history and performs basic triage procedures per policy.
• Retrieves initial basic condition of patients, creates nursing history and reports to appropriate practitioner. 
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patient's comfort and privacy by using the AIDET fundamentals of communication.
• Assists providers with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families during their visit.
• Monitors and ensures accuracy of recording on patient medical records. Maintains all required reports, records, statistics, etc.
• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and well-maintained equipment.
• Inspects area daily for compliance with policies, procedures, regulations and standards and takes corrective action when violations occur.
• Schedules all outside patient appointments per physician order and relays accurately to patients.
• Take calls from hospitals/nursing homes and relays appropriate information to practitioner in a timely manner.
• Assure test results are received and relayed to the patient in a timely manner.

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:

Prefer at least one (1) year of professional nursing experience. Prefer 1 year of clinical experience. Must be proficient in EKG interpretation. Knowledge of pacemaker & internal defibrillators a plus.

Licensure Requirement:

Must have a valid Tennessee RN license. CPR, OSHA training annually.