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Registered Nurse, Oak Ridge Gastroenterology Associates

PRN/OCC, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Covenant Medical Group is Covenant Health’s employed and managed medical practice organization, with more than 300 top Physicians and providers spanning the continuum of care in 20 cities throughout East Tennessee. Specialties include cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, occupational medicine, orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, primary care, pulmonology, reproductive medicine, rheumatology, sleep medicine and urology

Position Summary

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

Recruiter Mark Fity || [email protected] || 865-374-8110

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

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 Of Professional Nursing Experience.

Licensure Requirement

Must have a valid Tennessee RN license. CPR and OSHA training annually. ACLS Preferred.

For information on Oak Ridge Gastroenterology Associates https//www.orgastro.com/