Short Stay RN
Chattanooga, TN - USA
Job Summary
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 4700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.
Youll never have the same day twice as your patients needs evolve. Thats why you must be adaptable and detail-oriented observing vitals and reporting the warning signs early to our multidisciplinary team of cardiologists EKG techs and other cardiovascular professionals.
Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to go the extra mile for your patients and your strong assessment skills. To further support your nursing career we offer continuing education opportunities to help you advance your clinical nursing skills.
- 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 patients readiness and ability to learn effectively explains a patients condition and their interpretation of his or her illness.
- Associate Of Nursing Nursing upon hire and
- Registered Nurse: TN upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire and
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 6 - months
Preferred
- Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing upon hire
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support upon hire
About Company
Discover how CommonSpirit Health is building healthy communities, advocating for the poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing happens.