ED Float Pool RN

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Memorial in Chattanooga, TN is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for our Float/Flex Team. You will deliver compassionate, high-quality care, perform critical assessments, and implement patient care plans within an interdisciplinary team.

Ideal candidates will have RN licensure in Tennessee, BLS, and ACLS credentials or timely ACLS completion. This role offers a fast-paced environment with opportunities for growth and professional development.

Qualifications

• Associate of Nursing credential required upon hire.
• RN license in Tennessee required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS/ CPR) required upon hire; ACLS within 6 months.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and monitor status.
• Administer medications and therapies safely per patient rights.
• Respond rapidly to acute changes and escalate when needed.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to plan and adjust care.
• Support patient comfort and advocacy in a healing environment.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Critical thinking

Patient advocacy

Education

Associate Of Nursing

Bachelors Of 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.