Registered Nurse (RN)

salary $36.67 per hour |

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  • building Ascension
  • location McMinnville, TN
  • salary $36.67 per hour
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  • clock January 8th, 2026

Details

Accepting Applications now for:

Spring 2026 Cohort (December 2025 Grads) - Start Date March 16, 2026

AND

Summer 2026 Cohort (May 2026 Grads) - Start Date July 20, 2026


The Nurse Residency program is specifically designed for new Graduates and RNs with less than six months of experience in the Acute Care setting.
  • Department:
Acute Care (Medical/Surgical) Behavioral Health Critical Care Emergency Services (ED) Surgical Services (OR) Cardiac Womens Services
  • Schedule: Full Time (36 hours a week) Rotating Days, Nights, Weekends
  • Location: McMinnville, Smithville, Centerville, Sparta, Woodbury, and Waverly, TN
  • Hospitals: Ascension Saint Thomas River Park, DeKalb, Hickman, Highlands, Stones River, and Three Rivers
  • NEW-Student Loan Assistance Available
  • Ascension Saint Thomas Acute Care units offer accelerated pay progression for early-career Registered Nurses. Eligible RNs benefit from quarterly pay increases tied to your progress, allowing you to quickly move ahead in both your earnings and your career

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community


Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.


Responsibilities

Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

  • Implement and monitor patient care plans.
  • Monitor, record and communicate patient condition as appropriate.
  • Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
  • Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
  • Assess and coordinate patients discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
  • Admit patients to NIC holding unit, performing assessments and completing required documentation per policy.
  • Educate patient and family members regarding scheduled procedures and surrounding events.
  • Follow established procedures for performing non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing and cardio versions.
  • Thoroughly assess the patient and their history so that appropriate data can be acquired and appropriate testing can be performed.
  • Notify proceduralist of findings that warrant attention prior to the procedures.
  • Provide care to patients post procedure, implementing physician orders and readying patients for discharge or transfer to an impatient bed.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

  • BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
  • Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Tennessee Board of Nursing OR current home state license for multi-state license recognition Compact State obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.

Education:

  • Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.

Additional Preferences

No additional preferences.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension Saint Thomas is a leading health care system with a 125-year history of providing care to the community, and is the only faith-based, non profit health system in Middle Tennessee. Today, the health system offers a highly comprehensive system of care, consisting of a network of hospitals, affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and specialty facilities.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of thousands of associates delivering compassionate, personalized care across hospitals, clinics and senior living communities.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.

As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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