Medical Surgical RN

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga • Chattanooga, TN

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About The Position

As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. You will make critical assessments, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The role calls for strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, a sense of urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

The position includes monitoring patients for acute changes and escalating concerns or critical results; administering and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens; responding to rapidly changing situations; organizing and prioritizing care for multiple patients; helping create a healing environment and advocating for patients; and assessing patients’ readiness to learn and explaining their condition and illness.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing, required upon hire.
• Tennessee Registered Nurse licensure, required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR), required within 14 days.
• Keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset.
• Ability to work with urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 14 days.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 14 days.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patients, recognize acute changes, and escalate concerns or critical results.
• Administer and monitor therapeutic interventions and regimens, including starting and maintaining intravenous therapies and administering medications according to patients’ rights.
• Prevent falls and skin breakdown and follow safety policies and measures.
• Identify, assess, and anticipate needs in rapidly changing situations.
• Prioritize and coordinate work to meet multiple patient needs in a timely manner.
• Contribute to a healing environment by providing comfort and supporting human dignity.
• Serve as a patient advocate and help build and maintain a therapeutic environment.
• Assess and evaluate patients’ readiness and ability to learn, and explain their condition and interpretation of their illness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree