Registered Nurse, Emergency Room

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room

PRN/OCC, Variable Shifts

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.

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