Parkwest Medical Center News & Blog

Spring into a New Career During Job Fair Week

Ready to make a great move in your healthcare career? Attend one of our job fairs and learn about the available positions with Covenant Health, our region’s largest employer. 

March is National Social Workers Month

March is National Social Workers Month. Celebrating Parkwest’s leaders, advocates and champions.
 

Welcome Amanda Underwood, NP-C

Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee is proud to welcome certified nurse practitioner Amanda Underwood, NP-C to our heart care team. Amanda joins board-certified interventional cardiologist Ayaz Rahman, MD of CAET in the structural heart program at Parkwest Medical Center. 

Staff Feature Friday

In this week’s Staff Featuring Friday we’re highlighting our clinical social workers who work throughout Parkwest Medical Center.  

National Nutrition Month – Common food myths debunked

Colorectal Cancer

During colorectal cancer awareness month in March we sat down with our expert, board-certified gastroenterologist Steedman Sarbah, MD of Knoxville Digestive Disease Consultants, to get more information about this disease. What is colorectal cancer?  Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer, is cancer in the colon or rectum.  How is colorectal cancer diagnosed?  Colorectal cancer is most often 

Staff Feature Friday

Name: Gabby Bounds   Job Title: PCA for the Discharge Team   How long have you worked at Parkwest? Almost 2 years   Why do you love working at Parkwest? I really enjoy the people I work with and I love the patient’s   Where are you from?  Harrogate TN   If you could have 

Nurses Recognized for Excellence with The DAISY Award

Nurses Recognized for Excellence with The DAISY Award Two nurses at Parkwest Medical Center were honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. The DAISY Award was established in 1999 by the family of a patient who had