CLIN NURSE III

About the Facility

Claiborne Medical Center, a member of Knoxville-based Covenant Health, offers a full range of medical services including emergency care, general and orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation, and diagnostic services. Radiology services are certified by the American College of Radiology in Computerized Tomography (CT), Mammography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine, and Ultrasound. Claiborne also provides skilled and long-term care through Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center. The team of physicians and staff is dedicated to putting patients first, every day.

About the Role

Provides professional nursing care within an assigned Medical Surgical 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 and evaluates plan of care.
• Resolves complex patient/management/physician problems without supervision using clinical expertise and knowledge.
• Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills, including appropriate delivery of care according to the age-specific needs of the population served.
• Leads process improvement initiatives in their own unit or participates 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.

Requirements

• Valid Tennessee RN license.
• CPR certification required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: None specified; must meet standards for achievement of the required license and/or certification.
• Minimum Experience: Three (3) years of professional experience.

Schedule

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift