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Clinical Decision Unit RN

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

$30.76–$45.76/hr

About $64k–$95k/yr

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RNClinical Decision Unit

Posted Jul 31, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 2, 2026

What this might mean for you

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga is hiring for its own floors — no agency between you and the manager. The posted pay pencils out to roughly $64k–$95k a year.

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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.

Skills for this role

Acute careDiagnostic and patient monitoringDetection and recognition of acute changesStarting and maintaining intravenous therapiesInjectable medication administrationMedication pass administrationMonitoring and managing IVsPreventing falls and skin breakdownSkin managementPatient safety measures implementationHealth status assessmentPatient observation

Certifications

BLSACLSPALS

Requirements

  • Registered Nurse: TN license
  • Associate Degree in Nursing or Equivalent (required, upon hire)
  • Registered Nurse: TN license (required, upon hire)
  • Basic Life Support - CPR (required, upon hire)
  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Equivalent (preferred, upon hire)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred, upon hire)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (preferred, upon hire)

About the employer

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Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga
Hospital

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga is a hospital located at 2525 de Sales Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404, and is part of CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States. The facility is affiliated with CommonSpirit Medical…

What reviewers appreciate

  • Part of CommonSpirit Health, a large multi-state nonprofit system offering career mobility across facilities in Tennessee and Georgia
  • Continuing education opportunities provided to help nurses advance clinical nursing skills
  • Multidisciplinary team collaboration with specialists such as cardiologists, EKG techs, and cardiovascular professionals

What reviewers flag

  • Cardiac nursing roles require high adaptability due to evolving patient needs and potentially life-threatening patient conditions, indicating a high-pressure work environment
  • No specific nurse-to-patient ratio, salary, or detailed benefits information was publicly available in the provided research, making it difficult for candidates to assess compensation competitiveness
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Living in Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga sits along the Tennessee River, framed by the Appalachian foothills. The revitalized Southside district and Walnut Street Bridge give the city a walkable, outdoorsy feel. Nurses relocating here find mid-size affordability, a growing medical corridor, and easy weekend access to trails, rivers, and mountain overlooks.

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Metro price level · Chattanooga area
91.5
8% below the national average
Median gross rent
$1,256/mo
rent and tenant-paid utilities

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

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