Registered Nurse

Job Information

• Opening Date/Time: 02/17/2026 12:00AM Central Time
• Closing Date/Time: 03/02/2026 11:59PM Central Time
• Salary (Monthly): $7,458.00 - $9,697.00
• Salary (Annually): $89,496.00 - $
• Job Type: Full-Time
• City, State
  
  Location:
  
  Nashville, TN
• Department:
  Disability and Aging (DDA)

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: Department of Disability and Aging (DDA), Middle Tennessee Community Homes Division, Davidson County

A Motor Vehicle Records screening will be conducted prior to employment.

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Education and Experience: Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse and experience equivalent to four years of registered nursing.

OR

Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse, education equivalent to a diploma in registered nursing from an accredited school of nursing or a bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university, and experience equivalent to three years of registered nursing.

OR

Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse, education equivalent to a graduate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university, and experience equivalent to two years of registered nursing.

Necessary Special

Qualifications:

Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Tennessee or holds a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required.

Positions within DHS may be required to:

Under direction, is responsible for supervisory registered nursing duties of considerable difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the managerial class in the Registered Nurse sub series. The RN 4 is responsible for managing nursing staff activities on all shifts, has twenty-four hour administrative responsibility for one or more programs (e.g., infection control, quality assurance, nurse education, children and youth, forensics, geriatrics), or serves as an assistant director of nursing.

This class differs from Registered Nurse 3 in that an incumbent of the latter is responsible for registered nursing duties of lesser complexity and may not supervise. This class differs from Registered Nurse 5 in that an incumbent of the latter serves as a director of nursing at a major health care facility or as a nursing consultant to multiple adult or youth correctional facilities.

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