Medical Surgical RN
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.
Posted Sep 23
- Unit and setting
- Med-Surg · Hospital
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: TN, upon hire
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Registered Nurse: TN upon hire Registered Nurse: TN, upon hire Check your license
- Certification
- AHA Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire AHA Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
- Education
- Associate of Nursing upon hire Associate Of Nursing, upon hire
Preferred
- Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Education
- Bachelors of Nursing Bachelors Of Nursing
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Pays above most Chattanooga staff RN rolesChattanooga staff RN postings that state pay run $31/hr to $41/hr, the middle half $31/hr to $36/hr, across 38 postings.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Diagnostic and patient monitoring Diagnostic and patient monitoring (detection and recognition of acute changes and escalation or concerns/critical results).
- Day to day
- Administration and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens
- Day to day
- Effective management of rapidly changing situations Effective management of rapidly changing situations (identifying, assessing and anticipating needs).
- Day to day
- Organization and work rule competencies Organization and work rule competencies (prioritizing, coordination and meeting multiple patient needs in a timely manner).
- Day to day
- Patient advocacy, comfort, and maintaining a therapeutic environment
- Day to day
- Patient education and evaluating readiness to learn
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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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.
Job Requirements
Required
- Associate Of Nursing, upon hire
- Registered Nurse: TN, upon hire
- AHA Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Preferred
- Bachelors Of Nursing
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
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.
Pay Range
$30.76 - $45.76 /hour
What's around it?
Chattanooga, TNFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,256/mo
- Household income
- $64,523/yr, all local households, not nurse pay