Nurse Practitioner Jobs in Tennessee
Nurse Practitioner jobs in Tennessee are in strong demand across hospital systems, federally qualified health centers, and primary care clinics, with openings at every level from new-grad NPs through experienced clinical leads. Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville are the primary hiring hubs, home to established systems like Vanderbilt University Medical Center, HCA Healthcare, and Ballad Health. Family practice, psychiatric-mental health, and urgent care are the specialties seeing the most consistent postings across the state. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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At Family Care Center, we are on a mission to transform lives by elevating behavioral health care. Our journey began in 2016 when two U.S. Army Veterans founded Family Care Center to help service members, Veterans and their families. We continue that tradition today, caring for people of all ages across a broad range of conditions with nearly 30 outpatient clinics in communities across Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee and Texas.
If you’d like to work for one of the nation's fastest-growing behavioral health providers while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to make a positive impact on the well-being of your local community, we look forward to hearing from you.
- WE FOCUS ON YOU, SO YOU CAN FOCUS ON YOUR PATIENTS: Our comprehensive support system enables you to build a robust and profitable caseload, while ensuring you have the autonomy, time and resources to deliver exceptional care.
- BALANCED LIFESTYLE AND OPTIMAL PATIENT CARE: Maintain a healthy work-life balance with no on-call, weekend or evening hours. Dedicate more time to your patients with top-notch administrative staff and feel supported in our beautiful, modern clinics.
- CLINICIAN-LED CARE: Family Care Center clinics are run by clinicians. That means we empower each of our providers with the autonomy to make the best decisions for them and their patients.
- UNPARALLELED GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: Paths to grow your career and engage in research and continuing education, enriching your professional journey.
- ADVANCED TIME-SAVING TECHNOLOGY: Dedicate more time to your patients with AI-supported clinical documentation and a behavioral-health focused EHR.
- COLLABORATIVE TEAM: Join forces with a diverse clinical team comprised of licensed therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs/PAs, psychologists, TMS specialists and support staff to provide comprehensive care.
- IMPRESSIVE RETENTION RATES: Our compassionate, welcoming approach has helped us earn a higher-than-average provider retention rate of 88%.
- PROVEN OUTCOMES: Our track record of superior outcomes, as reported by our patients, demonstrates our dedication to delivering high-quality care.
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COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS: We prioritize your overall well-being and financial security. Enjoy a full suite of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, fertility, retirement, wellness, profit sharing and more.
- Annual Compensation: $115,000-140,000 annually depending on experience. Opportunity for compensation rewards through our 5-star program $27,100 annually.
Position Overview: The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) provides direct client care, including assessing, diagnosing, planning, and prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of health problems, health promotion and preventive care within this specialized area of practice. The PMHNP is involved in practice activities with the goal of improving the quality of care in an outpatient setting.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Performs psychiatric diagnostic evaluations to determine diagnoses, treatment strategies, and care coordination needs for clients with mental health, substance use, or other psychiatric and medical needs.
- Provide all psychiatric and/or medical services within reasonable and expected medical standards, timelines, and in conformance with all requirements imposed by the applicable health licensing boards.
- Applies medical knowledge and skills to the process of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of illnesses.
- Maintain timely, complete, accurate and legible medical records for all patients evaluated and treated by the Nurse Practitioner.
- Performs timely, concurrent, accurate clinical/billing documentation meeting professional standards in compliance with State and Federal regulations, clinical necessity, and appropriate coding standards.
- Performs pharmacologic treatment strategies, orders medications, monitors, and evaluates progress on psychiatric and/or other medications.
- Order, obtain and assess appropriate laboratory tests and diagnostics. Base clinical decisions on laboratory interpretation.
- This position works as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide clinical services and coordinate care to mental health patients.
- Assures timely access to care, demonstrates flexibility in scheduling to fully meet client needs, and meets applicable productivity standards.
- The PMHNP will assume client care responsibilities inclusive of psychiatric evaluation, professional diagnoses and prescribing and/or administering treatment.
- Collaborates with MD or DO for challenging or complex cases. Elevates to higher levels of care when necessary.
- Completes medication and health education to include but not limited to informed consent, benefits, risks, side effects, and alternative treatments for medications ordered, health/wellness management, metabolic risk reduction strategies.
- Competent and comfortable with conducting Telemedicine technology appointments- both for intake and follow up encounters.
- Care coordination: Professional and timely communication/care coordination with client/families/involved agencies/ PCP/ and other specialty care providers to ensure timely and coordinated treatment planning and evaluation of patient progress.
- Remain in compliance with state laws and regulations for PMHNP, including meeting supervised hour requirements, CME, and completing appropriate assessments in timely manner with supervising physician.
- Attend weekly mandatory supervisory meeting with physician or as deemed appropriate by supervising physician or Chief Medical Officer.
- Assists as required by supervisor with other duties as assigned.
- Masters or doctorate degree from an accredited nursing school, required. Completion of an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, required.
- At least one year of experience as a PMHNP preferred.
- Current Licensed Practitioner with full and unrestricted licensure in the state of practice and active state DEA License required.
- BLS from the American Heart Association required.
Location: Springhill Clinic - 5221 Port Royal Rd, Ste. 301, Spring Hill, TN 37174
Family Care Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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At Family Care Center, we are on a mission to transform lives by elevating behavioral health care. Our journey began in 2016 when two U.S. Army Veterans founded Family Care Center to help service members, Veterans and their families. We continue that tradition today, caring for people of all ages across a broad range of conditions with nearly 30 outpatient clinics in communities across Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee and Texas.
If you’d like to work for one of the nation's fastest-growing behavioral health providers while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to make a positive impact on the well-being of your local community, we look forward to hearing from you.
- WE FOCUS ON YOU, SO YOU CAN FOCUS ON YOUR PATIENTS: Our comprehensive support system enables you to build a robust and profitable caseload, while ensuring you have the autonomy, time and resources to deliver exceptional care.
- BALANCED LIFESTYLE AND OPTIMAL PATIENT CARE: Maintain a healthy work-life balance with no on-call, weekend or evening hours. Dedicate more time to your patients with top-notch administrative staff and feel supported in our beautiful, modern clinics.
- CLINICIAN-LED CARE: Family Care Center clinics are run by clinicians. That means we empower each of our providers with the autonomy to make the best decisions for them and their patients.
- UNPARALLELED GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: Paths to grow your career and engage in research and continuing education, enriching your professional journey.
- ADVANCED TIME-SAVING TECHNOLOGY: Dedicate more time to your patients with AI-supported clinical documentation and a behavioral-health focused EHR.
- COLLABORATIVE TEAM: Join forces with a diverse clinical team comprised of licensed therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs/PAs, psychologists, TMS specialists and support staff to provide comprehensive care.
- IMPRESSIVE RETENTION RATES: Our compassionate, welcoming approach has helped us earn a higher-than-average provider retention rate of 88%.
- PROVEN OUTCOMES: Our track record of superior outcomes, as reported by our patients, demonstrates our dedication to delivering high-quality care.
-
COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS: We prioritize your overall well-being and financial security. Enjoy a full suite of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, fertility, retirement, wellness, profit sharing and more.
- Annual Compensation: $115,000-140,000 annually depending on experience. Opportunity for compensation rewards through our 5-star program $27,100 annually.
Position Overview: The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) provides direct client care, including assessing, diagnosing, planning, and prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of health problems, health promotion and preventive care within this specialized area of practice. The PMHNP is involved in practice activities with the goal of improving the quality of care in an outpatient setting.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Performs psychiatric diagnostic evaluations to determine diagnoses, treatment strategies, and care coordination needs for clients with mental health, substance use, or other psychiatric and medical needs.
- Provide all psychiatric and/or medical services within reasonable and expected medical standards, timelines, and in conformance with all requirements imposed by the applicable health licensing boards.
- Applies medical knowledge and skills to the process of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of illnesses.
- Maintain timely, complete, accurate and legible medical records for all patients evaluated and treated by the Nurse Practitioner.
- Performs timely, concurrent, accurate clinical/billing documentation meeting professional standards in compliance with State and Federal regulations, clinical necessity, and appropriate coding standards.
- Performs pharmacologic treatment strategies, orders medications, monitors, and evaluates progress on psychiatric and/or other medications.
- Order, obtain and assess appropriate laboratory tests and diagnostics. Base clinical decisions on laboratory interpretation.
- This position works as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide clinical services and coordinate care to mental health patients.
- Assures timely access to care, demonstrates flexibility in scheduling to fully meet client needs, and meets applicable productivity standards.
- The PMHNP will assume client care responsibilities inclusive of psychiatric evaluation, professional diagnoses and prescribing and/or administering treatment.
- Collaborates with MD or DO for challenging or complex cases. Elevates to higher levels of care when necessary.
- Completes medication and health education to include but not limited to informed consent, benefits, risks, side effects, and alternative treatments for medications ordered, health/wellness management, metabolic risk reduction strategies.
- Competent and comfortable with conducting Telemedicine technology appointments- both for intake and follow up encounters.
- Care coordination: Professional and timely communication/care coordination with client/families/involved agencies/ PCP/ and other specialty care providers to ensure timely and coordinated treatment planning and evaluation of patient progress.
- Remain in compliance with state laws and regulations for PMHNP, including meeting supervised hour requirements, CME, and completing appropriate assessments in timely manner with supervising physician.
- Attend weekly mandatory supervisory meeting with physician or as deemed appropriate by supervising physician or Chief Medical Officer.
- Assists as required by supervisor with other duties as assigned.
- Masters or doctorate degree from an accredited nursing school, required. Completion of an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, required.
- At least one year of experience as a PMHNP preferred.
- Current Licensed Practitioner with full and unrestricted licensure in the state of practice and active state DEA License required.
- BLS from the American Heart Association required.
Location: Springhill Clinic - 5221 Port Royal Rd, Ste. 301, Spring Hill, TN 37174
Family Care Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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Nurse Practitioner Job Market in Tennessee
A snapshot from current Tennessee openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- TeamHealth23
- Vanderbilt Health6
- Fast Pace Health5
- Ascension4
- Anova Medical Associates3A
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Tennessee Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in nurse practitioner jobs across Tennessee.
- Active Tennessee nurse practitioner license issued by the Tennessee Board of Nursing
- Current national board certification such as ANCC or AANP in a relevant specialty
- Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice from an accredited program
- Valid DEA registration and prescriptive authority in accordance with Tennessee collaborative practice rules
- Current BLS and ACLS certification required for most clinical settings
- Experience with electronic health records systems such as Epic or Cerner preferred
Nurse Practitioner Jobs in Tennessee: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a nurse practitioner in Tennessee?
To become a nurse practitioner in Tennessee, you must hold a graduate-level nursing degree, pass a national certification exam through ANCC or AANP in your chosen specialty, and apply for licensure through the Tennessee Board of Nursing. Tennessee requires NPs to maintain a collaborative practice agreement with a supervising physician. Once licensed, you must also obtain prescriptive authority separately through the Board of Nursing before you can prescribe medications.
How much do nurse practitioners make in Tennessee?
Nurse practitioners in Tennessee earn a median of about $117,590 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $82,790 for the lowest 10% to over $137,880 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire nurse practitioners in Tennessee?
Employers hiring nurse practitioners in Tennessee right now include TeamHealth, Vanderbilt Health, and Fast Pace Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Tennessee's concentration of large regional health systems and community health networks means that many postings come from organizations with multiple facilities across Middle, East, and West Tennessee.
Which Tennessee cities have the most nurse practitioner jobs?
Nashville, Knoxville, and Memphis have the most nurse practitioner openings in Tennessee. Nashville leads because it is home to major health system headquarters and a dense network of outpatient and specialty clinics, while Memphis and Knoxville each anchor large regional medical centers and academic health campuses that generate consistent NP hiring across inpatient and community settings.
Are there remote nurse practitioner jobs in Tennessee?
Yes, but they're rare. Because nurse practitioners deliver direct patient care, most roles require on-site presence in a clinic, hospital, or long-term care facility. About 29% of nurse practitioner openings tied to Tennessee are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, and those positions are typically in telehealth primary care or behavioral health, where virtual visits with established patients are clinically appropriate.
How can I get hired as a nurse practitioner in Tennessee with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to new-graduate NP residency or fellowship programs, several of which are offered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and HCA Healthcare facilities across Tennessee. These structured programs provide supervised clinical hours in a specialty before transitioning to full independent practice. Candidates who come from RN backgrounds in ICU, emergency, or primary care have an advantage, as do those who have already completed their collaborative practice agreement requirements and hold a current Tennessee prescriptive authority certificate.
Where can I find and apply to nurse practitioner jobs in Tennessee?
You can find and apply to nurse practitioner jobs in Tennessee on Migrate Mate, which lists current Tennessee openings from employers across the state. Find roles that fit your specialty and experience level and apply directly to the ones that match.
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