Why You Should Work Here

The University of Tennessee Medical Center has a rich history in the community of providing patient-centered care and remaining at the forefront of research, technology and treatments. UT Medical Center attributes its well-respected standing within the community to the exceptional people that dedicate themselves to patient care excellence. We are able to attract the best and brightest because of our unique standing as the only academic medical center in the Knoxville area. The medical center is committed to improving the quality of life of patients through leadership in healthcare, health education and clinical research.

Now that you know who we are and what we believe in, let’s explore why you should work here.

We say “Wisdom for Your Life” and it pertains to both patients and our staff. Academic medical centers are training centers for medical personnel of all types: nurses, doctors, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and more. We offer a welcoming environment for questions and sharing answers. Nursing at UT Medical Center is evidence-based and enhanced by that shared knowledge. Our technology is advanced, and you will find our environment professional. The wisdom you gain working here is priceless to your patients and nursing career.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center is valued and respected for its devotion to research, learning and the most up-to-date treatments and leading-edge technologies. All of our staff members make a difference. On the journey to Magnet hospital status, our Shared Governance philosophy ensures that nurses have a strong voice in the direction of nursing practices and standards. When you join the UT Medical Center team you become part of a dynamic nursing community where exceptional medicine meets exceptional nurses.

Nursing experience and learning opportunities are neverending. As the East Tennessee region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, the region’s only Transplant Center, the region’s first certified Primary Stroke Center, the region’s only private-room Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and serves as a regional Perinatal Center, the hospital offers a unique and exciting environment that will optimize your nursing knowledge, further develop nursing skills and grow your nursing career. Nurses play an important role in continuously maintaining and improving the hospital’s already excellent patient care and overall patient experience.

Leading-edge technology, treatment and education

We continually strive to be on the leading edge of patient treatment. We are one of only 12 hospitals nationwide who have instituted, and begun to use, the Adam Williams Initiative and the LICOX brain tissue oxygenation monitor. This protocol and equipment is leading to dramatically improved outcomes for traumatic brain injury patients whose prognosis, without the treatment, would have been bleak. We are in our second year utilizing APACHE, a one million patient database with outcome data specific to critical care patients. Our recently expanded LIFESTAR aeromedical service has just received the Service of the Year award from the Region II EMS Director’s Association.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center also is at the forefront of instituting therapeutic hypothermia for post cardiac arrest, continuous renal replacement therapy, robotic cardiac surgery, ventricular assistive devices and automatic acceptance protocols for trauma, cardiovascular events and stroketo name just a few of the newer technologies and techniques we are helping to pioneer.

The medical center’s five critical care units and academics are training some of the nation’s best critical care nurses. Our 12-week adult critical care training course is open to nurses who want to enter this demanding field of service. Nurses must have 1 to 2 years medical surgical experience. The 480-hour course is based on body systems and trains nurses on the equipment used in critical care units. The course is taught in modular form with classroom didactics and clinicals. Completing the course places graduates in one of the most in-demand subspecialties of nursing.

Here’s what nurses say about The University of Tennessee Medical Center.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center nurses are committed to teamwork, innovation, education, leadership and excellence. If you seek career advancement and a job experience that’s personally satisfying, then you should become a part of a healthcare environment that is focused on teaching, research and placing patients first. In Tennessee, there’s no facility that fits that description better than The University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Join us today. Contact our nurse recruiters at 865.305.9520 or 865.305.8075 or by email jbhill@utmck.edu or dwhittle@utmck.edu.