Neuro Telemetry RN

CommonSpirit Health • Chattanooga, TN

8d

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care by making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in an environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. The role calls for keen assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, 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; prioritizing and coordinating care for multiple patients; contributing to a healing environment and advocating for patients; and assessing patients’ readiness to learn and explaining their conditions and interpretations of their illnesses.

CommonSpirit Memorial is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. It provides a continuum of care from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services, including cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. The organization serves Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with 4,700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing, required upon hire.
• Tennessee Registered Nurse license, required upon hire.
• AHA Basic Life Support - CPR, required within 14 days.

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 and recognize acute changes; escalate concerns and 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 policies related to safety measures.
• Identify, assess, and anticipate patient needs in rapidly changing situations.
• Prioritize and coordinate care to meet multiple patient needs in a timely manner.
• Contribute to a healing environment, provide patient comfort and support human dignity, advocate for patients, and maintain a therapeutic environment.
• Assess and evaluate patients’ readiness and ability to learn, and explain their conditions and interpretations of their illnesses.

What This Job Offers

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