RN - Pediatric ICU - Full Time, nights
Erlanger - North
Summary
A registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Medical Center in the T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital Pediatric ICU who is responsible for the direct and/or indirect care of the critical pediatric patient.
Job description
Job Summary
A registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Medical Center in the T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital Pediatric ICU who is responsible for the direct and/or indirect care of the critical pediatric patient.
Department Position Summary
A registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Medical Center in the TC Thompson Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is responsible for direct and/or indirect care of the PICU patient.
The TCTCH-PICU RN must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in the PICU. The PICU nurse is an advocate for the patient, demonstrating knowledge in the principles of growth and development over the life span, providing compassionate, progressive care with the ability to assess data of the patient's status and interpret the information to formulate the appropriate plan of care to reflect the patient's status in compliance with the TCTCH-PICU department's policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
- Current licensure to practice nursing in the state of Tennessee
- PALS within a year
- BLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward
- Tennessee licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-Tennessee residents
- Preferred: Pediatrics nursing experience, ICU nursing experience, PICU nursing experience, and/or nursing experience
- Preferred: CCRN
Company overview
Erlanger - North Hospital is a key component of the Erlanger Health System, a comprehensive non-profit academic medical center based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As a community hospital serving the Signal Mountain, Red Bank, and North Chattanooga communities, Erlanger North provides essential healthcare services including 24/7 emergency care, sports and family medicine practices, an inpatient seniors program, and an accredited sleep disorders center. The hospital operates as part of a larger health system that includes multiple hospitals and facilities across a four-state region encompassing southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, north Alabama, and western North Carolina. Erlanger Health System is recognized as a Level I Trauma Center and serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. With a history dating back to 1889, the system treats over one million patients annually and employs between 5,000-10,000 healthcare professionals across its network. Erlanger North specifically focuses on delivering accessible, high-quality community-based care while benefiting from the resources and expertise of the larger academic medical system.