Clinical Decision Unit RN

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Memorial is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high-quality patient care across our care teams. You will perform assessments, monitor treatment plans, and support patients and families throughout recovery in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, maintain safety and accuracy in medication administration, and lead initiatives to improve patient outcomes while advancing your nursing career.

Qualifications

• Patient-focused nursing with strong critical thinking.
• Ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and compassionate bedside manner.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic assessment and monitor patient status.
• Administer medications and therapies following patient rights and safety policies.
• Respond quickly to changes in patient condition and escalate when needed.
• Organize care plans and coordinate with care teams to meet patient needs promptly.
• Support patient comfort and dignity, acting as advocate and educator.

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You\'ll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• 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

• 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 60 Days

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing

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.