Registered Nurse (RN) Medical-Surgical (Med Surg)

Job Type: Full-Time | Days
$10,000 Sign-On Bonus available to well qualified applicants

About the role

Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Lawrenceburg is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Med Surg RN joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier.

Our Med/Surg unit offers a strong family-oriented environment where team members support one another in a fast-paced, dynamic setting. While the work is busy, our staff are united by a shared commitment to providing excellent care to our community each day. As a key driver of hospital admissions, our team plays a vital role in delivering compassionate, high-quality care to every patient we serve.

Responsibilities

• Performs plan of care interventions, including medication administration, specimen collection, and clinical treatments.
• Documents patient care and monitors patient condition, communicating with care team, physician, patient, and family.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living, including hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
• Coordinates patient care across disciplines, including transfers, discharges, referrals, and support needs.
• Provides patient and family education appropriate to age, culture, and circumstances.
• Advocates for the physical and emotional well-being of patients.
• Participates in performance improvement and continuing education.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers comprehensive benefits:

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

Requirements

• Current Tennessee or compact state RN license.
• Associate's degree from an accredited nursing school (BSN preferred).
• Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 7 days of hire, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 6 months of hire.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• One-year previous experience preferred.
• Must be a licensed Registered Nurse with the State of Tennessee or a licensed Registered Nurse from a Compact State with the proper Tennessee paperwork filed within 30 days of hire.

Schedule

3x12; 7a-7p; Rotating Weekends

About the facility

STRHS-Lawrenceburg, formerly Crockett Hospital, is a 99-bed, acute care facility located in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, 85 miles south of Nashville. We have been providing the best healthcare in Lawrence County and surrounding counties in Southern Middle Tennessee since 1974.

Facility expansions and services include:

• Outpatient Surgery Unit (1991)
• State-of-the-art 24-hour physician-staffed Emergency Department (1991)
• Intensive Care Unit (1991)
• 10-bed Physical Rehabilitation Unit (1997)
• Women's Health Center (1999)
• Diagnostic imaging services: in-house MRI, Nuclear Medicine, CT, X-ray, Digital Mammography and Ultrasound
• Rehabilitation Unit providing Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies
• $5.6 million expansion completed in 2009, which expanded the Emergency Department, Outpatient Surgery Unit and Registration area

STRHS-Lawrenceburg is dedicated to providing our friends and neighbors with the healthcare they need close to home. Our healthcare professionals are well-trained, dedicated, and above all else, caring. The facility is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and the Society of Chest Pain Centers.