Telemetry RN

Memorial Hospital - Hixson; Chattanooga (TN); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Memorial in Tennessee seeks a Registered Nurse to deliver compassionate, high-quality care and coordinate comprehensive patient plans. You will work with an interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced setting, performing skilled assessments and procedures while prioritizing patient safety and comfort.

The role requires an RN license in TN, an associate degree or equivalent, and CPR. BSN and advanced life support are preferred to support clinical excellence.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent nursing credential upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in TN upon hire.
• Basic Life Support ( CPR ) upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic patient monitoring and escalate acute changes.
• Administer and monitor therapies including IVs and medications.
• Manage rapidly changing situations and anticipate patient needs.
• Prioritize and coordinate multiple patient needs in a timely manner.
• Support a healing environment and act as patient advocate.
• Explain conditions to patients and assess readiness to learn.

Education

Associate Of Nursing Nursing or Equivalent

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 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.