Nurse jobs at CovenantHealth

Registered Nurse, Medical Unit Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift Rotating weekends 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. Learn more about our amazing facility at ******************************************************************* As you'd expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including: * unmatched medical insurance, * tuition reimbursement; * student loan repayment assistance, * certification bonuses; * leadership and professional development programs; * an employer-matched 401(k)ed Nurse, Nurse Position Summary: Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines. Recruiter: Jennifer Lawless || ***************** 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. BLS required.