CLIN NURSE

Registered Nurse, Pulmonary-Complex Medical Unit

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus for New Grads

Full Time; 72 Hours Per Pay Period;
Night Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award‑winning, certified, and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state‑of‑the‑art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door‑to‑balloon times for heart‑attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery, and recovery procedures for hip patients.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, a locally‑owned, non‑profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient‑focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best‑in‑State‑Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim Vander Steeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region.

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), and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.

In our Complex Medical Unit, we have 34 private patient rooms. We are located on the seventh floor in the North tower of the main hospital. The Complex Medical Unit is comprised of a wide variety of medically complex patients. Many of our patients are acutely ill and require a higher level of care than your average medical floor, but do not meet the need to be in a stepdown/ICU unit.

Patients can include:

• Respiratory (BiPAP, High‑Flow oxygen, chest tubes)
• Sepsis
• Endocrine
• Cardiac (non‑titrated cardiac drip, heparin drip)
• GI (Dubhoff tubes, NG tubes)
• GU (catheters, bladder irrigation)
• Nephrology and dialysis patients
• Post‑operative and Wounds (wound vac, various wound dressing and management)
• Oncology (pleurx catheters, ports)

We have a supportive and close working relationship with our physicians. We encourage open communication and dialogue regarding individualized care to meet each one of our patient’s needs. We follow a 12‑hour shift, weekends/holidays on a six‑week schedule. Team members utilize a self‑scheduling software. In addition to having excellent critical thinking skills, our ideal candidate will also possess outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

We pride ourselves in fostering a culture of positivity and teamwork. Our team has a passion for patient care and each other.

Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines.

• Completes nursing history and initiates patient education.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members.
• Implements plan of care appropriate to diagnosis. Evaluates care outcomes.
• Problem solves and coordinates unit/patient care assignments, with supervision.
• Introduces new employees/students to unit routines.
• Participates on unit‑based committees.
• Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills (checklist) to include appropriate delivery of care according to the age‑specific needs of the population served.
• 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.

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.

New graduate, within first (1st) year of orientation (move to level II after one (1) year experience).

Must have and maintain Tennessee State RN licensure. CPR required.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Health Care Provider
• Hospitals and Health Care