Parkridge Medical Center
Community Hospital · Chattanooga, TN
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 2 · Nights 1
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision; PTO; paid family leave; free counseling; fertility and adoption support; free AirMed transport; 401(k) with 100% match on 3–9% of pay by tenure; Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 10% off HCA stock; tuition assistance; certification support; student loan assistance; dependent scholarships.
What stands out
New graduates
You can enter through the HCA TriStar Nurse Residency (StaRN) at Parkridge, a year-long program with specialty immersion, simulations, a preceptor, and mentoring if you are still in school or have six months or less of experience.
As of 2026Source 1: careers.hcahealthcare.comSource 2: ihirenursing.comSource 3: indeed.comSource 4: careers.hcahealthcare.com
Experienced nurses
External Progressive Care Stepdown candidates are offered a $20,000 sign-on bonus on a unit that is actively hiring.
As of 2026Source 1: talents.vaia.comSource 2: ihirenursing.com
Moving here
Chattanooga sits about 8% below the national cost of living, Tennessee has no state income tax, and you keep a compact license.
As of 2026Source: simplyhired.com
New graduates
Residency specialties on site include Emergency Services, Critical Care, Med/Surg, Stepdown, and Women's, so you choose a path before you are locked into one floor forever.
As of 2026Source 1: ihirenursing.comSource 2: parkridgehealth.comSource 3: linkedin.comSource 4: talents.vaia.comSource 5: careers.hcahealthcare.comSource 6: indeed.comSource 7: careers.hcahealthcare.com
More about working here
Experienced nurses
A $98M patient tower under construction is adding ICU and med-surg rooms with completion targeted for 2026, which means more capacity on the units you would actually work.
As of 2025-05-20Source 1: parkridgehealth.comSource 2: ihirenursing.comSource 3: linkedin.com
New graduates
Tuition assistance, certification support, student loan help, dependent scholarships, and a Galen College partnership sit in the education package alongside the residency.
Experienced nurses
Parkridge was named one of Modern Healthcare’s 2026 Top 100 Hospitals in the large community hospital category for the eighth year in a row.
As of 2026-04-17Source: parkridgehealth.com
Moving here
Reported RN averages land near $35–$37 an hour depending on area, with a 401(k) that matches 100% on 3% to 9% of pay by years of service and an HCA stock purchase plan at 10% off.
As of 2026Source 1: simplyhired.comSource 2: ihirenursing.comSource 3: talents.vaia.comSource 4: indeed.com
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- New grad residency RN posting lists full-time with rotating weekends
As of 2026Source: indeed.com
- Pay and benefits
- Registered nurse - emergency room average from reported salaries
As of 2026Source: simplyhired.com
- Pay and benefits
- Progressive Care / Stepdown RN estimated annual range
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
- Pay and benefits
- $20,000 sign-on bonus for external Progressive Care Stepdown Nurse candidates
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
- Pay and benefits
- 401(k) with 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service; Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA stock
As of 2026Source 1: ihirenursing.comSource 2: talents.vaia.comSource 3: indeed.com
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- HCA Nurse Residency Program / HCA TriStar Nurse Residency (StaRN) at Parkridge Medical Center · Applications: Accepts nursing students graduating within 6 months or grads with ≤6 months experience; 2026-2027 cohort starts listed July 2026 through July 2027
As of 2026Source 1: careers.hcahealthcare.comSource 2: ihirenursing.comSource 3: indeed.comSource 4: careers.hcahealthcare.com
- Preceptors and orientation
- Paid residency includes preceptorship with a facility preceptor plus mentoring and coaching from experienced nurses and nurse leaders
As of 2026Source 1: ihirenursing.comSource 2: careers.hcahealthcare.com
- Career development
- Year-long residency with specialty immersion, monthly education, simulations, evidence-based practice project, and mentoring from nurse leaders
As of 2026Source 1: ihirenursing.comSource 2: careers.hcahealthcare.com
- Tuition support
- Tuition assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Loan assistance
- Student loan assistance listed in total rewards / education support
The city
Living in Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga bends along the Tennessee River beneath Lookout Mountain, where the North Shore's Frazier Avenue coffee shops and the Southside's converted-warehouse breweries sit minutes from Erlanger and CHI Memorial. Living costs run about 9% below the national average—your bedside RN salary buys more here, whether you're in St. Elmo or on Signal Mountain.
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- 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 would be walking into Parkridge Medical Center on McCallie Avenue in Chattanooga, a large community hospital inside HCA’s Parkridge Health System that has sat on Modern Healthcare’s Top 100 list for eight years running.
- Community Hospital · Chattanooga
- Hiring days & nights
More about Parkridge Medical Center
A $98 million patient tower is under construction to add ICU and med-surg rooms, with completion targeted for 2026, and the wider system already stretches into freestanding ERs, Parkridge East, and Parkridge Valley behavioral health. If you are new, the HCA TriStar Nurse Residency (StaRN) here takes students within six months of graduation and RNs with six months or less of experience. It is a full year of specialty immersion—Emergency, Critical Care, Med/Surg, Stepdown, or Women’s—with a facility preceptor, monthly education, simulations, an evidence-based practice project, and mentoring from nurse leaders. Experienced Progressive Care Stepdown candidates have seen a $20,000 external sign-on on recent postings. Pay reports cluster in the mid-$30s per hour for RNs, with a 401(k) that matches 100% on 3% to 9% of pay by years of service, an employee stock purchase plan at 10% off HCA stock, tuition and certification support, student loan assistance, and the usual medical, dental, vision, PTO, and paid family leave package. Scheduling for residency roles is full-time with rotating weekends. Local staff conversation is blunter about ratios and supply issues, so you should weigh that against the growth and education structure before you apply.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Nurse-to-patient ratios
- Local staff discussion describes HCA-typical poor ratios and ongoing OR instrument problems at Parkridge.
As of 2026Source: reddit.com
- Union organizing interest
- Community thread notes Parkridge staff interest in unionizing amid broader workplace concerns.
As of 2024Source: reddit.com
- Overall employee ratings
- Glassdoor about 3.3/5 with roughly half recommending; SimplyHired/Indeed aggregate near 3.7 with weaker management scores.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: simplyhired.comSource 3: glassdoor.ca
More review themes
- Work-life and management ratings
- Category scores cluster mid-3s for culture and work-life; senior management and career opportunity scores lag slightly.
- Patient nurse communication
- Patient surveys rate nurse communication about 3/5 with most saying they were treated with respect.
As of 2026Source: allnurses.com
What to weigh
Local staff talk describes HCA-typical tight ratios and ongoing OR instrument problems, and only about 55% of employees say they are satisfied with pay.
As of 2026Source 1: reddit.comSource 2: simplyhired.comSource 3: allnurses.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 3, 2026
- Website
- parkridgehealth.com ↗
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- ERNights 1new grads2 open
- ORDays 12 open
- Med-SurgDays 11 open
Residency specialties include Med/Surg; tower expansion adds medical-surgical rooms.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: ihirenursing.comSource 2: parkridgehealth.com
Emergency Services / FSER
ER RN role at Parkridge Medical Center FSER; residency lists Emergency Services as available specialty.
Source location unconfirmedSource: ihirenursing.com
Critical Care / ICU
New patient tower adds ICU rooms; residency offers Critical Care; SICU travel RN postings reference the facility.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: parkridgehealth.comSource 2: ihirenursing.comSource 3: linkedin.com
Stepdown / Progressive Care
Progressive Care Stepdown Nurse posting with $20k sign-on; residency lists Stepdown specialty.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: talents.vaia.comSource 2: ihirenursing.com
Women's
Nurse residency specialties available include Women's.
Source location unconfirmedSource: ihirenursing.com
Facility-wide staffing
CMS staffing grade C; RN per bed 0.83; nursing HPPD 7.4; 512 RNs reported.
Source location unconfirmedSource: allnurses.com
Behavioral Health (system)
System operates Parkridge Valley Hospital for adult and pediatric behavioral health.
Source location unconfirmedSource: glassdoor.com
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