Registered Nurse, CWHN LeConte Love Full Time, 75 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift Perinatal Overview: Fort Sanders Perinatal Center, part of Covenant Health, specializes in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies. For more than 25 years, the center has provided expert guidance and advanced services for complex conditions such as multiples, maternal age, diabetes, hypertension, and infertility-related pregnancies.
With locations in Knoxville, Morristown, and Sevierville, the team is dedicated to helping families make informed decisions and ensuring the safest possible outcomes for mothers and babies.
Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit; coordinates care planning with other disciplines. Responsibilities 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. 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 New graduate within first (1st) year of orientation (move to level II after one (1) year of experience). Licensure Requirement Must have and maintain Tennessee State RN license. CPR required.