RN CLINIC II

RN CLINIC II

Location:

Fort Loudoun Orthopedics – Covenant Health

Employment Type:

Full‑time, 80 hours per pay period, day shift.

Summary:

Provides professional nursing care within an outpatient clinic setting and coordinates care planning with other disciplines as appropriate.

• Adheres to established departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, and safety standards.
• Precepts new employees/students as needed, reviewing their clinical performance with the office manager or clinical instructor/supervisor.
• Cooperates with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintain good employee relations, interdepartmental objectives, and infection control policies.
• Prepares patients for scheduled procedures and assists in patient assessment;സ്ഥaccurately records history and performs basic triage procedures per policy.
• Creates nursing history after retrieving patient condition and discusses recommendations for appropriate interventions with the practitioner.
• Resolves complex patient/management/physician problems without direct supervision, using clinical expertise and knowledge.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patient comfort and privacy by applying the AIDET fundamentals of communication.
• Assists providers with examinations, procedures, and other processes related to direct patient care.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients and families during their visit.
• Monitors and ensures accuracy of recording on patient medical records; maintains all required reports, records, and statistics.
• Ensures adequate stock of supplies and well‑maintained equipment.
• Inspects the area وغaily for compliance with policies, procedures, regulations, and standards, taking corrective action when violations occur.
• Schedules all outside patient appointments per physician order and relays accurate information to patients.
• Takes calls from hospitals and nursing homes and relays appropriate information to the practitioner in a timely manner.
• Ensures test results are received and relayed to the patient promptly.
• Completes medical orientation checklist.
• Initiates appropriate patient education.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members.
• Implements care appropriate to diagnosis and per physician order.
• Problem‑solves and coordinates clinic patient care with physician supervision.
• Demonstrates competence in performing skills, including appropriate delivery of care according to the age‑specific needs of the population served.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to stay abreast of latest trends in the field of expertise.
• Collaborates with the patient, physician, and other care team members as-able part of a team‑based approach to overall patient care.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

• Minimum Education:
  
  None specified; must be sufficient to meet the standards for achieving the required license and/or certification.
• Minimum Experience:
  
  Minimum of three (3) years of professional nursing experience.
• Licensure:
  Must have a valid Tennessee RN license. CPR, OSHA training annually.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care

Recruiter:
Jennifer Lawless –

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