Select Specialty Hospital - Nashville West is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery.
Eligibility
Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 5
Shift and hours
Nights · days and nights available Registered Nurse (RN) - Full-time Nights Schedule: Full Time, Days and Nights Available
Pays above most Tennessee staff rolesTennessee staff postings that state pay run $26/hr to $54/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $46/hr, across 416 postings.
Night differential
$5.00 Shift Differential on Nights$5.00 Shift Differential on Nights
Weekend differential
$6.00 on weekends$6.00 on weekends
Sign-on bonus
$12,000
Extra pay
$5.00 per hour$40-$53.87 per hour + $5.00 Shift Differential on Nights, and $6.00 on weekendsNights
Extra pay
$6.00 per hourweekends
Bonus
$12,000Sign-on bonus: $12,000
Benefits
BenefitsRN orientation programStart Strong : Extensive and thorough Registered Nurse (RN) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Benefits100% company-paid BSN scholarship, tuition reimbursement, and continuing educationAdvance Your Career :100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
Benefitsclinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRNElevate Your Skills : Clinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN.
Benefitsgenerous PTO for full-time team membersRecharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Benefitsmedical/RX, health, vision, and dental plans for full-time team membersYour Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
More benefits (13)
Benefitscompany-matching 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability protectionCompany-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Dental insurance
Health insurance
401(k) matching
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off
Vision insurance
100% company-paid scholarship (BSN)
continuing education
PTO
medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan
Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
life and disability protection
The role and schedule
Day to day
receive admissions and transfers to unitReceive admissions and/or transfers to the unit
Day to day
initial and ongoing systematic patient assessmentInitial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
Day to day
timely and accurate documentationTimely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems
Day to day
interpret diagnostic data including labs and telemetryInterpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
Day to day
ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accuratelyEnsure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
Day to day
rapid response and code event competenceCompetence in Rapid Response and code events
Day to day
instruct and counsel patients and familiesInstruct and counsel patients/families
Shift Differential on Nights, and $6.00 on weekends
Sign-on bonus: $12,000
Select Specialty Hospital - Nashville West is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Registered Nurses (RNs) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
Start Strong : Extensive and thorough Registered Nurse (RN) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Advance Your Career :100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
Elevate Your
Skills
Clinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN.
Ease the Burden : Student Debt benefit program.
Recharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
Receive admissions and/or transfers to the unit
Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
Timely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems
Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
Neighborhoods+Young professionals who want walkability without living on Broadway cluster in The Gulch (37203)—luxury high-rises, rooftop bars, boutiques, and walks into Downtown, Demonbreun, and Midtown—or in Germantown and Sulphur Dell just north of the capitol, where restored historic homes sit beside townhomes, coffee, and the city farmers market. East Nashville across the Cumberland, especially Five Points and Boscobel Heights, mixes cottages, bungalows, and modern infill with independent restaurants and a short drive to Nissan Stadium. The roughly 15-20 minute ring includes 12th South (Saturday store-hopping), Hillsboro Village and Belmont, Melrose near 8th Avenue, Sylvan Park, Wedgewood-Houston, Midtown/Demonbreun, and Green Hills (Trader Joe's and Whole Foods). Salemtown and Hope Gardens are closer-in, more residential, and often cheaper than Germantown; The Gulch is repeatedly called a poor fit for families.
Young professionals who want walkability without living on Broadway cluster in The Gulch (37203)—luxury high-rises, rooftop bars, boutiques, and walks into Downtown, Demonbreun, and Midtown—or in Germantown and Sulphur Dell just north of the capitol, where restored historic homes sit beside townhomes, coffee, and the city farmers market. East Nashville across the Cumberland, especially Five Points and Boscobel Heights, mixes cottages, bungalows, and modern infill with independent restaurants and a short drive to Nissan Stadium.
The roughly 15-20 minute ring includes 12th South (Saturday store-hopping), Hillsboro Village and Belmont, Melrose near 8th Avenue, Sylvan Park, Wedgewood-Houston, Midtown/Demonbreun, and Green Hills (Trader Joe's and Whole Foods). Salemtown and Hope Gardens are closer-in, more residential, and often cheaper than Germantown; The Gulch is repeatedly called a poor fit for families.
Getting around+Local guides treat near-downtown as roughly a 15-minute drive in typical traffic, or a five-to-ten-minute rideshare from the inner ring. A longtime resident put Hillsboro Village, 12th South, Melrose, Sylvan Park, Green Hills, and Crieve Hall in a 15-20 minute band, stressing that time of day matters more than the map. There is no real mass-transit system; people drive I-65 and surface streets, rush hour has stretched into rush hours, and Titans games or rain can wreck a trip. Hendersonville, Gallatin, and Clarksville are the 35-40 minute affordability trade; Mt. Juliet runs 40-plus minutes; Smyrna, Murfreesboro, and farther Clarksville can approach an hour. Parking is painful in Broadway/SoBro high-rises and easier in East Nashville, Germantown, and the middle ring; sources do not map specific hospital campuses, so time your own drive at shift change.
Local guides treat near-downtown as roughly a 15-minute drive in typical traffic, or a five-to-ten-minute rideshare from the inner ring. A longtime resident put Hillsboro Village, 12th South, Melrose, Sylvan Park, Green Hills, and Crieve Hall in a 15-20 minute band, stressing that time of day matters more than the map.
There is no real mass-transit system; people drive I-65 and surface streets, rush hour has stretched into rush hours, and Titans games or rain can wreck a trip. Hendersonville, Gallatin, and Clarksville are the 35-40 minute affordability trade; Mt. Juliet runs 40-plus minutes; Smyrna, Murfreesboro, and farther Clarksville can approach an hour.
Parking is painful in Broadway/SoBro high-rises and easier in East Nashville, Germantown, and the middle ring; sources do not map specific hospital campuses, so time your own drive at shift change.
Outdoors+The city's greenway system spans nearly 100 miles; residents single out forested Richland Creek Greenway and Shelby Bottoms Greenway for water views, plus a newer Gulch bike path toward Capitol View. Radnor Lake State Park is the standard pick for hiking and wildlife. Centennial Park pairs a trail around Lake Watauga with a full-size Parthenon replica; downtown's 11-acre Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park adds a 0.9-mile paved history loop beside the Farmers' Market and Tennessee State Museum. Percy and Edwin Warner Parks, Shelby Bottoms Park, Riverfront Park, Cumberland Park, Dragon Park, and the Natchez Trace Parkway/Old Natchez Trace Trail fill out weekend miles; Percy Priest Lake is the paddleboard option. Golfers use Hermitage Golf Course and Gaylord Springs Golf Links.
The city's greenway system spans nearly 100 miles; residents single out forested Richland Creek Greenway and Shelby Bottoms Greenway for water views, plus a newer Gulch bike path toward Capitol View. Radnor Lake State Park is the standard pick for hiking and wildlife.
Centennial Park pairs a trail around Lake Watauga with a full-size Parthenon replica; downtown's 11-acre Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park adds a 0.9-mile paved history loop beside the Farmers' Market and Tennessee State Museum. Percy and Edwin Warner Parks, Shelby Bottoms Park, Riverfront Park, Cumberland Park, Dragon Park, and the Natchez Trace Parkway/Old Natchez Trace Trail fill out weekend miles; Percy Priest Lake is the paddleboard option.
Golfers use Hermitage Golf Course and Gaylord Springs Golf Links.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Nashville
Nashville sells itself as Music City—daily live sets on Broadway, the Ryman, Bridgestone Arena—but a nurse's real life is more Germantown townhomes, East Nashville bungalows around Five Points, 12th South, or Green Hills than a SoBro high-rise. The Gulch is the walkable luxury-condo choice if you want rooftops and a short rideshare to dinner; it is not a family neighborhood. Most close-in areas run 15-20 minutes to downtown; skip mass transit hopes and budget I-65 time if you chase cheaper Hendersonville, Gallatin, or Clarksville (35-40 minutes). Homes that were $350,000 in 2020 are described as $600,000-plus, with metro averages near $534,000 to buy and $1,741 to rent. What you get: nearly 100 miles of greenways (Shelby Bottoms, Richland Creek), Radnor Lake, Centennial Park's Parthenon, the Farmers' Market beside Bicentennial Mall, and a food scene from Bongo Java to Henrietta Red and East Side independents. People are genuinely conversational. Summers are humid, pollen is brutal, Metro schools are mixed, and tourist traffic plus Titans nights will test you.
