ED Float Pool Nurse

CommonSpirit Health; East Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health, serving the Chattanooga area, seeks a Registered Nurse to join our Float/Flex Team, delivering compassionate, high-quality care across units. You will perform assessments, administer therapies, monitor patients, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes.

Ideal candidates hold an Associate Degree in Nursing, a TN RN license, BLS, and ACLS within 6 months; BSN preferred with Pediatric ACLS planned.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing required at hire.
• TN RN license required at hire.
• BLS/CPR required at hire.
• ACLS within 6 months preferred/supported by the role.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and monitor patients, recognizing acute changes and escalating concerns.
• Administer and monitor therapies, including IVs and medications per patients' rights; prevent falls and skin breakdown.
• Manage rapidly changing situations and anticipate patient needs.
• Prioritize and coordinate multiple patient needs in a fast-paced team setting.
• Support patient comfort, advocacy, and therapeutic environment.
• Assess and educate patients about condition and care plan.

Skills

CPR/BLS

ACLS

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN) on our Float/Flex Team, you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery while presenting a positive attitude and being reliable, 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

Required

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

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 - months

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.