
RN Ortho
Chattanooga, TNJobSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
You apply on the employer's site, with no Olive account needed.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Chattanooga, TN, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
The Ortho Med Surg Registered Nurse at Parkridge Medical Center delivers patient-centered care in collaboration with medical providers and the care team. The role includes assessing patients, carrying out ordered procedures and medications, monitoring responses, documenting care, and educating patients and families. The posting requires an Associate Degree and Registered Nurse license; Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of the employment start date.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
$15k sign on available for qualified candidates
Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Ortho Med Surg RN? At Parkridge Medical Center, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.
What you will do in this role:
-
Assess the patient's condition during admission and each scheduled shift, promptly identifying and reporting any changes in patient status.
-
Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by the medical provider(s), and ensure thorough and timely documentation of care administration in the patient's medical record. - Administer prescribed medications, monitor the patient for therapeutic response, and take appropriate action in the event of an unintended response to the medication.
-
Provide exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests, proactively anticipating patient needs, and resolving them.
-
Educate patients, families, and caregivers about the patient's medical condition, treatment plan, medications, possible side effects, and follow-up measures, ensuring complete understanding by translating complex medical terminology.
What qualifications you will need:
-
Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
-
Registered Nurse license
-
Associate Degree
Benefits
Parkridge Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
-
Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
-
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
-
Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
-
Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
-
Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
-
Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Parkridge Medical Center is a 270+ bed hospital. We are near downtown Chattanooga. We feature comprehensive diagnostic, medical, and surgical services. These services include cardiovascular surgery and cancer treatment. These services include intensive care, orthopedic and spine surgery, and rehabilitation. The facility includes a state of the art neurosurgery program. Patients also have access to OB-GYN services. Patients have access to a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They also have access to (NICU) and behavioral health treatment centers for children and adults.
"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Ortho Med Surg RN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
How this job compares
Set against the 58,803 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Tennessee median$77–106K/yr76 salary ranges
- Tennessee median$41–53/hr416 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,261 open Registered Nurse jobs in Tennessee and 58,803 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Tennessee
- HCA Healthcare (this employer)200 open
- HealthTrust Workforce Solutions171 open
- Ascension Health162 open
- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (28,608 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 16,083 of the 58,803 open Registered Nurse jobs (27%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Prepare for this role
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.

