Neuro Telemetry RN

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga • Chattanooga, TN

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About The Position

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will make critical assessments, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in a dynamic 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. Responsibilities include monitoring patients for acute changes and escalating concerns or critical results; administering and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens; managing rapidly changing situations; coordinating and prioritizing care; contributing to a healing environment and advocating for patients; and assessing patients’ readiness to learn and explaining their conditions and illnesses.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing, upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in Tennessee, upon hire.
• AHA Basic Life Support (CPR), 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, recognize acute changes, and escalate concerns or critical results.
• Administer and monitor therapeutic interventions and regimens, including starting and maintaining intravenous therapies and administering medication in accordance with 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 by providing comfort and supporting human dignity.
• Serve as a patient advocate and 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