February 2027 RN Residency Program
Chattanooga, TNJob$30.76–34.69/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
A Nurse Resident is a new graduate registered nurse providing direct clinical care while continuing to develop knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors introduced in formal education. The program expects residents to demonstrate competency in core and functional areas and progress in clinical performance, teamwork, decision-making, critical thinking, service excellence, and patient safety. The role is at CommonSpirit - Memorial Hospital.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
A Nurse Resident is a new graduate direct clinical care registered nurse (RN) who continues to develop nursing knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors introduced in formal education as they transition into practice. They are expected to demonstrate the appropriate competency in both core and functional areas, listed below.
Progression is expected in the areas of leading through mission vision and values, patient/customer focus, taking ownership, health care knowledge, teamwork, clinical performance improvement, service excellence, decision making and critical thinking, and patient safety.
Job Requirements
Education and Experience
Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program.
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Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN/ADN) is required.
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is preferred
Licensure and Certifications
Required on start date of cohort
Licensure as a Registered Nurse: TN, GA, or other multi-state compact RN license.
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Per Nursing Licensure Compact requirements, RNs with a multi-state compact license from another state must complete the application for licensure by endorsement in the new state within 60 days of relocating.
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RNs with a single-state license from a non-compact state MUST obtain a TN, GA, or other compact license prior to the cohort start date--it is encouraged that they obtain this license prior to applying.
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RNs with a single-state license from TN or GA must work on a campus in that state.
Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) American Heart Association upon hire Required
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 120 Days Preferred
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 Days Preferred
Where You'll Work
CommonSpirit - Memorial Hospital, is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S. News and World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Healthgrades®, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee. We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 team members and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.
Pay Range
$30.76 - $34.69 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 58,803 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$30.76–34.69/hr
- Tennessee median$41–53/hr416 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,707 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $32.73/hr, is 30% below the Tennessee median midpoint ($47/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Tennessee.
- 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 Healthcare200 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.
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