Manages individualized, goal-directed nursing care through use of the nursing process and the principles of primary nursing in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures. East Tennessee Children's Hospital is a specialty hospital.
Posted Oct 7
Shift and hours
Days Registered Nurse (RN) PICU, Full Time, Days (60)
Unit and setting
PICU · Hospital Registered Nurse (RN) PICU, Full Time, Days (60)
License
RN licenseNursing Licensure for State of Tennessee
Term
Permanent Registered Nurse (RN) PICU, Full Time, Days (60)Full Time
Collects comprehensive patient health data, formulates nursing diagnoses, and documents timely
Day to day
Develops and follows a plan of care prescribing interventions to reach expected outcomesDevelops and follows a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Day to day
Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the child, family, and situationIdentifies expected outcomes for the plan of care individualized to the child, family, and situation.
Day to day
Implements and coordinates care delivery while promoting health and safetyImplements and coordinates the delivery of care while employing strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
Day to day
Evaluates progress toward outcome attainmentEvaluates progress toward the attainment of outcomes.
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Systematically evaluates nursing practice quality and effectivenessSystematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
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Collaborates with family and acts ethically on behalf of patient and family
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Integrates research findings into practice and participates in generating new knowledgeIntegrates research findings into practice and, where appropriate, participates in the generation of new knowledge in innovative ways.
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Interacts with and contributes to professional development of peers and colleaguesInteracts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues.
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Serves as a leader in practice setting and professionServes as a leader in the practice setting and in the profession.
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Maintains current nursing knowledge and competencyAcquires and maintains current knowledge and competency in nursing practice.
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Considers safety, effectiveness, cost, and practice impact in care deliveryConsiders factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in planning and delivering care.
Details
Heavy lifting, pushing, pulling up to 50 lbs occasionally, 20-30 lbs frequently, and 10 lbs constantly to move objects up to 150 lbs; emergency moving up to 150 lbs
The workplace
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East Tennessee Children's Hospital
Specialty Hospital
A nonprofit children's hospital open since 1937, running roughly 90 specialized pediatric services and an emergency department that sees more than 70,000 kids a year.
Manages individualized, goal-directed nursing care through use of the nursing process and the principles of primary nursing in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.
Reports to
Nurse Manager
Job requirements
Supervisory
Responsibilities
NO
Minimum
Education
Associates of Nursing Required, Bachelor's Preferred.
Degree: Nursing License/Certification Required: Nursing Licensure for State of Tennessee
Minimum Work
Experience
Pediatric nursing experience preferred.
Required knowledge, skills, and abilities
Excellent communication and customer service skills.
Demonstrated clinical abilities.
Duties and responsibilities
Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the healthcare needs of patients and formulates nursing diagnoses based on the analysis of that assessment data, and documents data in a concise and timely manner.
Develops and follows a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Identifies expected outcomes for the plan of care individualized to the child, family, and situation.
Implements and coordinates the delivery of care while employing strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
Evaluates progress toward the attainment of outcomes.
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
Collaborates with the family in the conduct of nursing practice. All decisions and actions are on behalf of the patient and family and in all areas of practice are determined in an ethical manner.
Integrates research findings into practice and, where appropriate, participates in the generation of new knowledge in innovative ways.
Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues.
Serves as a leader in the practice setting and in the profession.
Acquires and maintains current knowledge and competency in nursing practice.
Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in planning and delivering care.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS-Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Heavy lifting, pushing, and pulling is required up to 50 lbs occasionally, 20-30 lbs frequently, and 10lbs constantly to move objects of up to 150 lbs. Sudden emergency situations have the potential for exposure to lifting or moving of up to 150 lbs. Frequent bending, walking, sitting squatting, reaching, and standing are required. Keyboard/computer use and/or repetitive motions may be required.
Come work where you can make a difference every day.
12-hour shifts for day and night rotations; weekend-only evening/night schedules (e.g., 5p-5a) available; flexible scheduling frequently noted in staff reviews.
East Tennessee Children's Hospital · confirm this unit
Neighborhoods+Cedar Bluff is the West Knoxville base nurses and young professionals actually use: 2-bedroom apartments run about $1,400-$1,700, with medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away and a 10-15 minute I-40 or Kingston Pike run downtown. Bearden (median sale about $372,000) and West Hills (about $537,500) offer tree-lined suburban streets that also feed Pellissippi Parkway toward Oak Ridge; Sequoyah Hills is the river-view premium tier near $697,500 with Sequoyah Park. Downtown and Fourth & Gill are the walkable central pair, with median rents about $1,013 and $802. Budget and outdoor-oriented movers look at Oakwood, Old North Knoxville, and South Knoxville; Farragut’s rolling hills, plus Maryville and Dandridge, come up when people want a quieter or cheaper ring.
Cedar Bluff is the West Knoxville base nurses and young professionals actually use: 2-bedroom apartments run about $1,400-$1,700, with medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away and a 10-15 minute I-40 or Kingston Pike run downtown. Bearden (median sale about $372,000) and West Hills (about $537,500) offer tree-lined suburban streets that also feed Pellissippi Parkway toward Oak Ridge; Sequoyah Hills is the river-view premium tier near $697,500 with Sequoyah Park.
Downtown and Fourth & Gill are the walkable central pair, with median rents about $1,013 and $802. Budget and outdoor-oriented movers look at Oakwood, Old North Knoxville, and South Knoxville; Farragut’s rolling hills, plus Maryville and Dandridge, come up when people want a quieter or cheaper ring.
Getting around+Most West Knoxville rentals sit 10-15 minutes from downtown on I-40 or Kingston Pike; metro-wide average commute is about 20 minutes. The west-side cluster—Cedar Bluff, Bearden, West Hills—uses Pellissippi Parkway, Kingston Pike, I-40/75, and Alcoa Highway, which also reach Oak Ridge about 22 miles northwest. Knoxville is car-dependent, with limited public transit, growing congestion, and ample complex parking in West Knoxville; Cedar Bluff’s medical centers and offices can shrink a healthcare commute to minutes, though sources do not name hospital-specific routes or bus lines.
Most West Knoxville rentals sit 10-15 minutes from downtown on I-40 or Kingston Pike; metro-wide average commute is about 20 minutes. The west-side cluster—Cedar Bluff, Bearden, West Hills—uses Pellissippi Parkway, Kingston Pike, I-40/75, and Alcoa Highway, which also reach Oak Ridge about 22 miles northwest.
Knoxville is car-dependent, with limited public transit, growing congestion, and ample complex parking in West Knoxville; Cedar Bluff’s medical centers and offices can shrink a healthcare commute to minutes, though sources do not name hospital-specific routes or bus lines.
Outdoors+Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness is a 1,000-acre oasis two miles from downtown with more than 50 miles of hiking and mountain-bike trails and Mead’s Quarry for paddleboarding. Sequoyah Park and the Sequoyah Hills Greenway follow the river; Zoo Knoxville and Navitat Canopy Adventures cover family days and ziplines. The Tennessee River and Great Smoky Mountains National Park shape weekends, with Norris Dam State Park about 20 miles north.
Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness is a 1,000-acre oasis two miles from downtown with more than 50 miles of hiking and mountain-bike trails and Mead’s Quarry for paddleboarding. Sequoyah Park and the Sequoyah Hills Greenway follow the river; Zoo Knoxville and Navitat Canopy Adventures cover family days and ziplines.
The Tennessee River and Great Smoky Mountains National Park shape weekends, with Norris Dam State Park about 20 miles north.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Knoxville
Knoxville—Scruffy City on the Tennessee River—is the practical East Tennessee base for a nurse who wants mountains, a real downtown, and prices still below the national average, with no state income tax. Most relocating clinicians land in West Knoxville. Cedar Bluff puts medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away, 2-bedrooms around $1,400-$1,700, and downtown 10-15 minutes via I-40 or Kingston Pike. Bearden and West Hills trade a bit of convenience for trees and a Pellissippi Parkway path toward Oak Ridge, about 22 miles northwest. Off-shift life is Market Square (JC Holdway, Radius rooftop), the Tennessee and Bijou theatres, UT football in 101,915-seat Neyland Stadium, and the 1,000-acre Urban Wilderness plus Mead’s Quarry two miles from downtown. Tradeoffs are blunt: you need a car, traffic is growing, sales tax is about 9.25%, housing is climbing, summers are hot and humid, and pollen is heavy. Crime is block-by-block, not citywide—Downtown and Fourth & Gill grade relatively safe; Hardin Valley and Farragut are the school play. Pick the neighborhood, not the headline.
