Cardiothoracic RN

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 47,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Memorial is seeking a Cardiac Nurse to care for patients with potential life-threatening cardiac events, guiding families through daily care and long-term planning. You’ll monitor vitals, escalate early signs to a multidisciplinary team, and support healing in a dynamic environment.

The role emphasizes adaptability, strong assessment skills, and commitment to patient advocacy. We offer education to advance clinical nursing skills and a collaborative care setting.

Qualifications

• RN license in Tennessee at hire
• ACLS certification within 6 months
• CPR/Basic Life Support (BLS) required at hire

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient vitals and detect acute changes
• Administer medications and manage IV therapies
• Escalate concerning findings to multidisciplinary team
• Prioritize patient needs and coordinate care across shifts
• Support patient comfort and family education
• Assess and explain patient conditions to patients and families

Skills

Vital signs assessment

Cardiac monitoring

Patient advocacy

Education

Associate Of Nursing

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Tools

ECG monitoring equipment

IV therapy

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, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing, upon hire
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire

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.

Pay Range

$34.69 - $51.59 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.