Prn RN Tier 1

Registered Nurse Step-Down Unit

Tier 1 PRN: Requires 84 hours/month or more - 1008 hours/year or more

Parkwest Overview:

Headquartered in Knoxville Covenant Health is a community-owned integrated healthcare delivery system and the areas largest employer.

Parkwest is Covenant Healths and West Knoxvilles premier medical facility and a top-performing heart hospital offering our patients world-class treatment with all the convenience and warmth of home.

In addition to providing the areas leading cardiac services Parkwest has been nationally recognized for award-winning care throughout our facility. For 2020-21 Parkwest received recognition fromU.S. News & World Reportas one of the Top 10 hospitals in Tennessee.

Knoxville located inEast Tennesseeis the third largest in the state well-known for itsproximity to the Great Smoky Mountains National Parkand is the home of the University of Tennessee.Go Vols! Living in Knoxville means experiencing all four seasons. Best of all each of them is pretty mild!

Combine all that with the abundant natural beauty of the surrounding mountains and you have a city that truly offers something for everyone. Knoxville has a vibrant arts culture seasonal festivals top-notch foodie and incredible outdoor recreation. Its a perfect blend of big-city amenities and Southern charm.

2 Montvue Step-down Unit:

2 Montvue is Parkwests Medical Step-Down Unit that serves patients requiring step-down status due to higher acuity conditions and the need for increased monitoring. Patient diagnoses include respiratory failure sepsis gastrointestinal bleed arrhythmias hypertensive urgency electrolyte imbalance NSTEMI pulmonary embolus altered mental status seizures substance withdrawal and strokes and other diagnosis requiring increased care.

The Step-down Unit accepts patients on a variety of intravenous drips that require titrations and frequent monitoring of vital signs as well as tracheostomy ventilator patients. The unit provides patients with nursing care medical monitoring and an array of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Bed side report and daily rounding with a multidisciplinary team allow for excellent patient care.

You will find an energetic team made up of Registered Nurses Patient Care Assistants and Health Unit Coordinators who are team oriented morale boosters and have been deemed by students as The most welcoming unit. The Medical Step-down unit uses a modified six-week self-scheduling model with an every other weekend requirement.

If you are looking for a higher acuity unit love working in a fun team environment 2 Montvue Medical Step-down is the place for you!

Position Summary:

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

• 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.

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

RN license