CHI Memorial Chattanooga·Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Registered Nurse will deliver compassionate, high-quality care by leveraging expertise for individualized, comprehensive patient care, making critical assessments, and performing skilled procedures. Responsibilities include diagnostic monitoring, administering therapeutic interventions, managing rapidly changing situations, and functioning in a helping and teaching-coaching capacity.
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.
Job Summary and Responsibilities As our 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 thrive in this vital 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 Nursing, upon hire and Registered Nurse: TN, upon hire and Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months and Preferred Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing, upon hire Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire
Required qualifications include an Associate of Nursing degree, active Registered Nurse licensure in Tennessee, and current Basic Life Support - CPR certification upon hire. Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification is required within six months, while a Bachelor of Nursing and Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification are preferred.
Market context
CVICU nurses in Tennessee are typically in demand at hospitals that care for high-acuity cardiac patients, especially where critical care and cardiovascular services overlap. This role is competitive because employers often look for current RN licensure, BLS at hire, and readiness to complete ACLS within six months, with a BSN or pediatric advanced training sometimes preferred. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, and confirm your Tennessee license and CPR status before applying.
