ER RN
Knoxville, Tennessee
University of Tennessee Medical Center

Registered Nurse - ER

Assignment Overview

• Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Unit: Level I Emergency Department
• Ratio: 4:1
• Shift: Day, 3x12-hour shifts, 7:00 to 19:00
• Hours: 36 guaranteed per week

Requirements

• Valid RN license in Tennessee
• Emergency Department experience (2 years of experience)
• Emergency Department experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by American Heart Association
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) issued by American Heart Association
• Experience with Cerner
• Nursys verification (required for all RNs)
• State license with primary source verification
• TNCC: As required
• Medication/Pharmacology competency exam and competency exam, as applicable to profession and specialty; skills checklist for the applicable unit, updated annually
• 7-year criminal check within a year of start, updated annually (must cover all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years); EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start, updated at each renewal or extension; education verification (highest degree); E-Verify
• Government-issued photo ID, carried on person during hours of service
• Physician statement (physical exam) within the last 12 months, not required annually
• Tdap required (facility declination form if declined)
• TB questionnaire required for all candidates
• TB test: QuantiFERON-Gold or T-SPOT within 3 months, or 2 PPDs (1 within 3 months, 2nd within the last year); not renewed annually, retested only after an exposure
• Measles, mumps, and rubella: titer or 2 vaccines; 2 boosters if titer is low
• Hepatitis B: series meeting CDC schedule or positive titer; declinations accepted only at facility discretion
• Varicella: 2 vaccines, titer, or history of chickenpox; negative or equivocal titers require declination, 2 vaccines, or 1 booster
• Hepatitis A: titer, vaccine series, or declination, required only for ED, NICU, Endoscopy, Pediatric Staff, Labor & Delivery, and Mother-Baby
• 10-panel drug screen with alcohol test within 1 year of start, updated annually
• Flu vaccine required for all candidates from 10/1 to 3/31. Working candidates must have documentation or an approved exemption on file by 11/30. Approved exemptions require a mask through the end of flu season (3/31).
• 2 professional references within 2 years of start
• Complete employment application or resume
• Performance evaluation on file if worked with the facility over 1 year
• Internal evaluation on file if worked with the facility over 2 years

Preferred Qualifications

• CEN (Certified Emergency Nurse)

Work Details

• On-call: Not required
• Float: Will float within scope to meet facility needs
• Schedule: Open to block schedule
• Candidates: Locals accepted; first-time candidates considered based on previous experience
• Licensure: Does not accept pending licenses
• RTO: Will consider RTO presented at the time of interview

Facility Forms

• Fit testing form (completed online before orientation; mask assigned on orientation day)
• Parking registration form
• Facility orientation safety manual acknowledgement
• Photo for badge, submitted with compliance file (recent, plain background, shoulders up, facing camera, no head or face coverings except religious ones, and no glasses)
• Immunization declination form, only if declining a vaccine
• Flu exemption request, submitted online and approved during compliance