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Cardiothoracic RN

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga

#Registered Nurse #Patient Advocacy #Medication Administration #CPR #Patient Care #Nursing #Healthcare #Clinical Nursing #Basic Life Support

Quick overview

The Cardiac Nurse provides direct care to patients with life-threatening cardiac conditions and monitors their vitals to report early warning signs. They also manage therapeutic interventions, coordinate patient needs, and provide education to patients and their families.

Requirements summary

Candidates must hold an Associate degree in Nursing and possess active Registered Nurse licensure in Tennessee. Required certifications include Basic Life Support (CPR) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, with Pediatric Advanced Life Support preferred.

associate degreebachelor degreeBasic Life SupportPediatric Advanced Life SupportTelemetryAdvanced Cardiac Life SupportPatient educationVital signs monitoringMedication administrationPatient advocacySafety protocolsPatient assessmentCritical careIntravenous therapyClinical nursingCardiac nursing

Job description

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 Cardiac Nurse, you’ll care for patients who may have life-threatening cardiac events or conditions while helping their families navigate daily care and the long-term plan for healing and maintenance outside of the hospital.
You’ll never have the same day twice as your patients’ needs evolve.
That’s 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.

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