Critical Care RN

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Memorial is actively seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high‑quality care and to integrate with an interdisciplinary team focused on optimal patient outcomes. You will assess patients, perform skilled procedures, and implement individualized care plans in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Join us to contribute to a healing environment, support patient safety, and advance your clinical career through ongoing learning and collaboration with physicians and

Qualifications

• Associate of Nursing required, RN license upon hire
• TN RN license upon hire
• BLS CPR required upon hire
• ACLS within 6 months of hire preferred

Responsibilities

• Diagnostic and patient monitoring (detect acute changes and escalation)
• Administration and monitoring of therapies (IVs, medications, safety)
• Manage rapidly changing situations (assess and respond)
• Organize and coordinate patient needs efficiently
• Support a healing environment and patient advocacy
• Teach and coach patients about their condition and care plans

Skills

Critical thinking

Patient assessment

Team collaboration

Patient advocacy

Teaching/coaching

Education

Associate of Nursing

Registered Nurse (TN upon hire)

CPR (BLS)

ACLS (within 6 months)

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As a 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 be successful in this 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

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 and

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

\$33.11 - \$49.25 /hour