Cardiac RN

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health in Tennessee seeks a Cardiac Nurse to care for patients with potential life-threatening cardiac events and support families through care plans. You will monitor vitals, report changes to the cardiology team, and manage rapid-response situations while promoting patient advocacy and ongoing education to advance clinical nursing skills.

This role emphasizes teamwork in a hospital setting and commitment to compassionate, high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree and TN RN licensure are required.
• BLS/CPR certification must be current or obtained within stated deadlines.
• ACLS certification required within specified timeframe.
• Preferred BSN and pediatric ACLS are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patients’ vitals and respond to acute changes.
• Administer therapies and medications per patient rights and safety policies.
• Escalate concerns to the cardiology team and rapid response when needed.
• Maintain a healing environment and advocate for patient dignity and comfort.
• Educate patients and families about diagnoses, treatments, and follow-up care.
• Coordinate care with multidisciplinary cardiovascular team.

Skills

Adaptable

Detail-oriented

Strong assessment

Patient advocacy

Education

Associate Of Nursing

Registered Nurse (TN)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Cardiac Nurse, you’ll care for patients who may have life-threatening cardiac events or conditions while helping their families navigate daily care and the long-term plan for healing and maintenance outside of the hospital.

You’ll never have the same day twice as your patients’ needs evolve. That’s why you must be adaptable and detail-oriented, observing vitals and reporting the warning signs early to our multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, EKG techs, and other cardiovascular professionals.

Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to go the extra mile for your patients and your strong assessment skills. To further support your nursing career, we offer continuing education opportunities to help you advance your clinical nursing skills.

• Diagnostic and patient monitoring (detection and recognition of acute changes and escalation or concerns/critical results).
• Administration and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens (starting/maintaining intravenous therapies, administering medication per patients’ rights, preventing falls and skin breakdown and following policies in relation to safety measures).
• Effective management of rapidly changing situations (identifying, assessing and anticipating needs).
• Organization and work rule competencies (prioritizing, coordination and meeting multiple patient needs in a timely manner).
• Helping Role (consistently contribute to a healing environment, providing patient comfort and support for human dignity, serving as a patient advocate and building and maintaining a therapeutic environment).
• Teaching-Coaching Function (assess and evaluates the patient’s readiness and ability to learn, effectively explains a patient’s condition and their interpretation of his or her illness).

Job Requirements

Required

• Associate Of Nursing Nursing, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: TN, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing, upon hire
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Memorial is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S. News and World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Healthgrades®, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee. We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.