Medical Surgical RN

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Memorial seeks an RN to provide compassionate, high-quality care in a fast-paced hospital setting in Tennessee. You will perform assessments, manage treatments, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.

The role emphasizes safety, patient advocacy, and continuous learning within a dynamic environment. The position requires RN licensure in Tennessee and CPR/BLS certification, with duties including monitoring, administration of therapies, and

Qualifications

• ADN or equivalent required at hire.
• RN license in TN at hire.
• CPR/BLS certification required at hire.

Responsibilities

• Diagnostic and patient monitoring (detect acute changes, escalate as needed).
• Administer and monitor therapies (IVs, meds per rights, prevent falls and skin breakdown).
• Manage rapidly changing situations (assess, anticipate needs).
• Organize work duties (prioritize, coordinate, meet multiple patient needs).
• Support healing environment and patient advocacy.
• Educate patients and explain conditions and care.

Skills

Diagnostics

Patient monitoring

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Patient advocacy

Education

Education

ADN

BSN

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 or Equivalent, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: TN, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing or Equivalent, upon hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
• 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.