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Shift Leader Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

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 (https://www.covenanthealth.com/) , 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” (https://www.covenanthealth.com/best-employers-in-tennessee-2020-forbes/) for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, 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 (https://www.covenantcareers.com/benefits) , including: offering 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.

Department Description:

At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, we strive to provide outstanding patient care during emergent situations. The brand-new State of the Art Emergency Department at our hospital consists of 50 beds for providing such care. Staff in our emergency department work in a very fast paced environment to quickly assess conditions and stabilize patients in life-threatening emergencies such as strokes, heart attacks or severe injuries as well as less urgent medical issues.

Fort Sanders Regional has the longest running comprehensive stroke certification in the region, meaning that our ED is trusted to care for a large portion of the areas stoke patients.

We use a innovative care model to drive ED flow that consists of RNs, LPNs, CNA/PCAs, and HUCs. Our Physician partners work very closely with the care team to provide exceptional service, for not only the patient, but also the team. The patients we care for typically have medical emergencies and acute care illnesses with occasional trauma. We are team oriented and work at a lively pace. Customer satisfaction is a high priority.

If you are passionate about saving lives and caring for the members of your community, apply for our ED today!

Position Summary:

This position is designed to provide supervisory leadership to staff level employees, coordinating such activities with the department’s Manager. The incumbent is expected to exercise independent judgement and discretion in performing the duties listed below.

Recruiter: Lacey Spoon || [email protected]

Responsibilities

+ Participates in performance appraisal of staff on applicable shift.

+ Participates in hiring process, including providing hiring recommendations to the Manager.

+ Prepares documentation for possible disciplinary actions and makes recommendations for such action to the Manager.

+ Provides recommendations to the Manager for commendations, bonuses, or other appropriate forms of recognition for outstanding performance of employees on applicable shift.

+ Makes work assignments and directs work activities. Coordinates staff relief for meals, breaks, and meetings.

+ Projects staffing needs for next two shifts, coordinating adjustments in staffing level as needed.

+ Serves as clinical resource for all staff.

+ Checks the emergency crash cart or ascertains that the cart has been checked.

+ Provides shift report to next Shift Leader or Charge Nurse.

+ Participates in making work schedules.

+ Completes all charge nurse duties as specified in nursing policy.

+ Provides professional nursing care on assigned unit. Completes, on an annual basis, necessary education and competency documentation for applicable level on the nursing clinical ladder.

+ 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.

+ Assists in maintaining a safe environment for all residents, which may include reporting to appropriate managerial staff equipment that is out of order, suspicion of resident abuse, mistreatment, neglect and reporting of suspicion of criminal activities.

+ 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.Graduate of BSN program preferred. Will accept ASN

Minimum Experience:

Must possess at least one to three (1-3) years of professional experience.3+ years of experience in Emergency Medicine and 6+ months in charge role preferred.

Licensure Requirement:

Valid license in the State of Tennessee. CPR required.BLS preferred.

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Job Title SHIFT LEADER CN III

ID 4393162

Facility Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Department Name EMERGENCY ROOM