Erlanger
Academic Medical Center · Chattanooga, TN
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Academic Medical Center
- Shifts hiring now
- Nights 1
Benefits
Sign-on for Med/Surg night shift and relocation assistance referenced at nurse hiring events; residency offers clinical training, classroom instruction, peer support, and mentoring.
What stands out
New graduates
You can enter through an ANCC-accredited Nurse Residency with cohorts in January, June, and September that pairs clinical training, classroom time, peer support, and mentoring if you have under a year of experience.
As of 2026Source 1: erlanger.orgSource 2: erlangercareers.orgSource 3: erlanger.org
Experienced nurses
You can work across inpatient Med/Surg and ED roles or ambulatory openings in Cardiology, Dermatology, GI, Neurology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Urology, and Women's Services.
Source 1: facebook.comSource 2: timesfreepress.comSource 3: erlangercareers.org
Moving here
Hiring events have referenced sign-on for Med/Surg night shift plus relocation assistance, and Tennessee has no state income tax with Chattanooga's cost of living about 8% below the national level.
As of 2026Source 1: facebook.comSource 2: erlangercareers.org
Experienced nurses
If pediatrics is your lane, Children's Hospital at Erlanger offers subspecialist care and is the part of the system local nurses tend to speak of more warmly.
More about working here
Experienced nurses
East Hospital is in a $122M multiphase build that adds a new three-story medical building and renovates the emergency department.
As of 2026-05-27Source: timesfreepress.com
New graduates
You chart in Epic inside a teaching hospital system tied to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and UT College of Medicine Chattanooga.
As of 2026Source 1: uthsc.eduSource 2: erlangercareers.orgSource 3: erlanger.org
Working conditions
- Pay and benefits
- New grad RN pay reported as $19.24/hr about 10 years ago (historical anecdote)
As of 2015Source: reddit.com
- Pay and benefits
- Sign-on for Med/Surg night shift mentioned at nurse hiring event; relocation assistance also referenced
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- Erlanger Nurse Residency Program · ANCC-accredited practice transition program · 3 cohorts per year · Applications: Cohorts in January, June, and September; filter openings by Nurse Residency
As of 2026Source 1: erlanger.orgSource 2: erlangercareers.orgSource 3: erlanger.org
- Preceptors and orientation
- Program includes clinical training, classroom instruction, peer support, and mentoring for new grads and RNs with under one year experience
As of 2026Source 1: erlanger.orgSource 2: erlangercareers.org
The city
Living in Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga sits along the Tennessee River, framed by the Appalachian foothills. The revitalized Southside district and Walnut Street Bridge give the city a walkable, outdoorsy feel. Nurses relocating here find mid-size affordability, a growing medical corridor, and easy weekend access to trails, rivers, and mountain overlooks.
Browse roles in Chattanooga
- Metro price level · Chattanooga area
- 8% below the national average
- BEA index 91.5 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,256/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $64,523/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You are looking at a teaching hospital system in Chattanooga affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and UT College of Medicine. Days run on Epic.
- Academic Medical Center · Chattanooga
- Hiring nights
More about Erlanger
If you are new or under a year in, the Erlanger Nurse Residency is an ANCC-accredited practice transition program with cohorts in January, June, and September—clinical training, classroom instruction, peer support, and mentoring built in. On the floor you might land Med/Surg (night sign-on has been mentioned at hiring events), the ED (East Hospital is renovating its emergency department inside a $122M expansion), Children's Hospital pediatrics, or ambulatory clinics across cardiology, dermatology, GI, neurology, orthopedics, primary care, urology, and women's services. Relocation assistance has been referenced alongside those inpatient posts. Chattanooga markets itself as the Scenic City with cost of living below the national average and no state income tax. Glassdoor sits around 4.3 overall with strong recommend rates, though local nurses still flag thin staffing and some prefer Memorial. Pediatrics and Children's tend to draw warmer comments than the system as a whole.
Internal Spotlight Award recognizes employees for exceptional performance.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Staffing levels
- Locals describe Erlanger as severely understaffed, similar to hospitals nationwide.
As of 2025Source: reddit.com
- Hospital preference vs peers
- Some nurses prefer Memorial as better run; Erlanger and Parkridge noted for more location options.
As of 2025Source: reddit.com
- Peds vs system reputation
- NICU nurse heard overall Erlanger is mixed but pediatrics/Children's is better regarded.
As of 2026Source: reddit.com
More review themes
- Glassdoor overall sentiment
- Overall ~4.3/5 with high recommend rates; RN Chattanooga subset also ~4.3; BSN RN subset lower at 3.5.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: glassdoor.com
- ER patient throughput pressure
- Patient account of ER nurse pushing discharge due to bed need while awaiting admission.
As of 2026Source: reddit.com
What to weigh
Local nurses describe Erlanger as severely understaffed, in line with what many hospitals face nationwide.
As of 2025Source: reddit.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 30, 2026
- Website
- erlangercareers.org ↗
Weighing a first job here?
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- Day Surgery1 open
- East Wing 2new grads1 open
- ICU1 open
- PAT1 open
- Same Day Care1 open
- StepdownNights 11 open
Med-Surg
Hiring event posts reference inpatient roles and sign-on specifically for Med/Surg night shift.
Emergency Department
East Hospital expansion includes renovation of the emergency department as part of $122M project.
Pediatrics / Children's Hospital at Erlanger
Children's Hospital at Erlanger provides pediatric subspecialist care; NICU interest noted in community posts.
Erlanger Medical Group ambulatory
RN openings across Cardiology, Dermatology, GI, Neurology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Urology, Women's Services.
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