RN ICU

Memorial Hospital - North Georgia; Ringgold (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Hospital - North Georgia in Ringgold, GA seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high‑quality care, perform comprehensive assessments, and implement individualized care plans within an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.

The role emphasizes critical thinking, rapid decision making, and patient advocacy. Candidates should hold an ADN, GA RN license, CPR/BLS, and ACLS within 6 months.

Qualifications

• Requires Associate Degree in Nursing upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in GA upon hire.
• Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and monitor patients, recognizing acute changes and escalating concerns.
• Administer and monitor therapies and medications per patients' rights, preventing falls and skin breakdown.
• Manage rapidly changing situations by identifying and addressing needs.
• Prioritize, coordinate and meet multiple patient needs in a timely manner.
• Provide patient advocacy and contribute to a healing environment.

Skills

Critical thinking

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient assessment

Care planning

Compassionate care

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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

Required

• Associate Of Nursing Nursing, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: GA, 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.