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LeConte Health and Rehabilitation Center Clinical Bonus

Are you looking to make a change? LeConte Heath and Rehabilitation Center is hiring nurses and certified nurse assistants and is offering a special incentive bonus for a limited time. RNs will receive $1,000 at 90 days and another $1,000 at 1 year of employment. CNAs will receive $500 at 90 days and another $500 […]

Don’t Let the Flu Get You – Vaccinate!

Viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs cause illnesses like the flu and colds. They are usually spread from person to person when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. They also can spread when you touch cold or flu viruses deposited from another person on a desktop, doorknob, desk, telephone receiver, or handrail. […]

A Calling of Care

Julio Guerra, MD, had achieved an impressive career status as a pathology resident at George Washington University Hospital in the nation’s capital. Yet something was missing. “I realized that I had not gone to medical school so I could sit behind a microscope, do some research and perhaps have an entirely academic career, even though […]

Covenant Health Implements Military Recognition Program

Program gives hospital staffs opportunity to thank patients for military service Covenant Health has introduced a new initiative to recognize and thank patients who are veterans or on active military status. This initiative was put in place at Covenant Health hospitals, including LeConte Medical Center, on Nov. 3, 2020. Of the 17 million veterans in […]

Thank you Sevier County for Voting us #1

We are proud of our hospital and providers for being recognized by the Mountain Press in the annual Readers’ Choice award section. Sevier County residents can nominate and vote for businesses and people as the best of the best in our community. We are honored the residents of Sevier County can continue to Count on […]

The Pandemic Plan of Action

LeConte Medical Center Team Launches a Full-Scale Attack on COVID-19 When COVID-19 patient Jason Stapleton, 41, arrived at LeConte Medical Center’s emergency department, he didn’t know he would soon be unconscious and fighting for his life. “As far as COVID-19 goes, a lot of people think it’s a joke,” Jason says. “I’m here to tell […]