Registered Nurse; RN), Emergency Department; ER

10k sign‑on bonus is available to well qualified applicants!

Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas has an opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our Emergency Services team.

Highpoint Health – Winchester with Ascension Saint Thomas and Highpoint Health – Sewanee with Ascension Saint Thomas (formerly Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Winchester and Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Sewanee) serve the communities of Southern Middle Tennessee with comprehensive, high‑quality care. The recent rebrand reflects a continued commitment to clinical excellence, compassionate service, and enhanced regional collaboration.

Highpoint Health – Winchester is a 157‑bed facility that includes 131 licensed acute care beds and 26 skilled nursing home beds. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, the hospital offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services supported by a qualified and diverse medical staff. Key services include a 10‑bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a 12‑bed Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, and a 12‑bed Acute Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Unit.

The facility also features a Skilled Nursing Unit, Sleep Lab, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, five Operating Rooms, and two Endoscopy Suites. Diagnostic imaging services include MRI, CT, PET/CT, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, and X‑ray. The hospital’s 13‑bay Emergency Department sees more than 15,000 patient visits annually.

Highpoint Health – Sewanee, located on the campus of the University of the South, is a 41‑bed facility offering 21 general acute care beds and 20 skilled nursing beds. It includes a 4‑bay Emergency Department that treats more than 5,000 patients each year. Known for its individualized care and strong connection to the community, the Sewanee campus provides high‑quality healthcare in a setting defined by collaboration, compassion, and service.

Together, the Winchester and Sewanee campuses are united in their mission of making communities healthier.

• Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.
• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
• Documents patient care given.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well‑being of the patient.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• May be required to perform duties of the CNA, MA or LPN or other nursing staff on occasion.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, in‑service, projects and committees as assigned.
• Adheres to and supports policies and procedures of Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas.
• Works scheduled shifts including overtime, when necessary.
• Accepts all call schedule as directed.
• Maintains a neat and professional appearance in compliance to the existing dress code.
• While performing this job, occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens is present for all employees.
• Compliance to Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas Standards of Behavior is required.
• Compliance to Dress Code Standards.
• Should this job description be filled by a PRN employee, they will be subject to the requirements of that position.
• Reports to the Director of the Emergency Department.

• Associate’s degree required.
• BSN is preferred.

• 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.

• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire.
• AHA Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire.
• AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 6 months of hire.
• TNCC preferred.

• Current and active Registered Nurse Licensure for the State of Tennessee.

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment:
Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran