RN 3 West Med-Surg

Location & Practice Overview

This registered nurse position is assigned to the 3 West Medical-Surgical unit at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. The role provides direct and indirect inpatient nursing care within a large acute-care hospital environment, with emphasis on assessment, medication administration, patient education, safety, prioritization, and multidisciplinary coordination.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients accurately according to their medical condition, age, and changing clinical status throughout the hospital stay.
• Administer ordered medications and provide treatments using established nursing knowledge, clinical judgment, and technical skills.
• Develop teaching plans based on identified learning needs, evaluate patient understanding, and include family members in education when appropriate.
• Communicate and collaborate with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and multidisciplinary teams while assisting with procedures requiring technical and manual nursing skills.
• Identify psychosocial needs affecting patients and families and communicate with social services regarding hospital and post-discharge support needs.
• Prioritize care effectively, promote patient safety, provide appropriate basic self-care assistance, and use supplies and chargeable items responsibly.

The position combines bedside medical-surgical nursing with patient education, clinical prioritization, safety practices, and coordination across the care team. Nurses are expected to maintain professional development and adapt care to each patient’s condition.

Qualifications & Requirements

The position requires completion of an accredited nursing program, an active RN credential, BLS certification within the specified onboarding period, and the ability to perform general medical-surgical nursing duties safely and efficiently.

Compensation & Benefits

The advertised compensation range for this RN position is $32–$42 per hour. Current Memphis market data places medical-surgical RN compensation broadly within a similar range, with actual earnings varying by employer, experience, specialty, and position structure. The available Baptist posting does not provide a detailed benefits list for this specific opening.

• Compensation: $32–$42 per hour
• Full-time employment within Baptist Memorial Health Care
• Additional benefits details are not specified in the available posting

Schedule & Work Environment

Patient Population & Clinical Setting

The 3 West Med-Surg RN provides care to hospitalized patients whose conditions require ongoing nursing assessment, medication management, treatment, education, and recovery support. Care is adapted to the patient’s age and clinical condition while maintaining safety and continuity throughout admission and discharge preparation.

Clinical Focus & Key Services

The clinical core of the position is comprehensive medical-surgical nursing in an acute inpatient environment. The RN combines condition-specific assessment with medication administration, treatments, patient education, safety monitoring, psychosocial support, and coordinated care planning.

Role Highlights

This RN position combines unit-based bedside care with the broader responsibilities expected in a large acute-care medical-surgical environment, including patient education, multidisciplinary communication, psychosocial support, safety, and discharge coordination.

• Dedicated assignment to the 3 West Med-Surg unit at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
• Full-time rotating schedule within a major Memphis acute-care hospital
• Direct involvement in assessment, medication administration, education, safety, and multidisciplinary care

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

Baptist Memorial Health Care is a not-for-profit health system headquartered in Memphis and serving communities across the Mid-South. The organization has grown from its Memphis roots into a multi-hospital regional system spanning Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, with a large workforce and broad network of inpatient, outpatient, and physician services. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is the system’s major Memphis hospital campus and includes multiple specialized and medical-surgical care environments.

Frequently Asked Questions

RN 3 West Med-Surg in Memphis, TN

This full-time RN 3 West Med-Surg position with Baptist Memorial Health Care is based at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Tennessee and provides acute inpatient medical-surgical nursing care. The role centers on accurate patient assessment, ordered medication administration, treatments, clinical prioritization, patient safety, and education for patients and families. Nurses collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams, assist with procedures requiring technical nursing skills, identify psychosocial needs, and communicate with social services regarding hospital and post-discharge support. The current position is listed as full-time with a rotating schedule. Requirements include graduation from an accredited nursing program, an active RN license, computer literacy, and BLS certification within 14 days of hire; ACLS or PALS is preferred. Compensation is listed at $32–$42 per hour. The position is located on the 3 West Med-Surg unit at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, placing the nurse within a large regional health system and a hospital environment with multiple inpatient specialties. The role is particularly focused on practical bedside nursing, patient education, safety, care coordination, and efficient management of competing clinical priorities.