CLIN NURSE III

Responsibilities

• Correlates patient history and support systems within hospital care/nursing home care.
• Affirms needs of patient and family.
• Develops and initiates plan of care, involving patient and family.
• Recommends interventions.
• Evaluates plan of care.
• Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills to include appropriate delivery of care according to the age-specific needs of the population served.
• Ledges 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.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years professional experience.
• Licensure Requirement: Must have and maintain Tennessee State RN licensure.
• CPR required.