Covenant Health

Registered Nurse, Knoxville Heart Group

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL TO REMOTE CLINICS

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 assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines.

Recruiter: Sandra Simmons || ssimmon6@CovHlth.com || 865-374-5368

• 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. 
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

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.

Continuing Education:        

Twenty (20) hours required annually (10 to enhance clinical expertise); or Fifteen (15) hours required annually, plus ACLS certification; or Ten (10) hours required annually, plus specialty certification; or Ten (10) hours required annually, plus ACLS instructor.  AT LEAST 3 YEARS CARDIAC EXPERIENCE TRONGLY PREFERRED. CLINIC EXPERIENCE PREFERRED. 

Licensure Requirement:      

Valid Tennessee RN license. Yearly infection control, fire, safety and CPR in-services are required