RN CLINIC III

About the Role

Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit at Knoxville Heart Group, coordinating care planning with other disciplines. This is a full-time position with 72 hours per pay period on the day shift.

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 delivering care according to the age-specific needs of the population served.
• Leads or participates in process improvement initiatives in their unit or facility team.
• Precepts new employees/students or attends formal preceptor workshops; 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.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

• Valid Tennessee RN license.
• Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience.
• Yearly infection control, fire, safety, and CPR in-services are required.

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 certification.