RN Telephone Triage (Work from Home)

TeamHealth

Knoxville, Tennessee

Unit: Triage

Posted Jul 31 · 2 years of experience

Shift and hours: Evenings
Unit and setting: Telehealth
License: RN licenseMulti-State RN License
Term: Per Diem

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License: Multi-State RN License

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Benefits

100% remote work from home
Competitive pay
Excellent benefits package for full-time employees
Paid training provided
Computer equipment provided
Opportunities for bilingual pay incentive

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Additional pay incentives/shift differentials
26-31 hours/week eligible for 65% of PTO
Career growth opportunities
$500 Employee Referral Bonus with no cap

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The role and schedule

Weekends: Weekends required

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Orientation: 3-week orientation

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AccessNurse-TeamHealth is the premier medical call center, delivering 24/7 telephone nurse triage, answering services and health information services to hospitals, physician offices, and insurance plans across the country. As a Telephone Triage RN, you'll use clinical expertise and technology to guide patients across the lifespan and determine the best way to address their medical issues and concerns over the phone. You will assess symptoms using physician-developed clinical algorithms, deliver and document health education, assist in getting patients to the appropriate level of care, and consult with physicians as needed.

100% remote work from home. Evenings, Weekend Only, Full-time and Part-time opportunities available.

What's around it?

In Knoxville, TN

Knoxville, TNFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Median rent: $1,191/mo
Household income: $54,039/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Knoxville, TN

NeighborhoodsCedar Bluff is the West Knoxville base nurses and young professionals actually use: 2-bedroom apartments run about $1,400-$1,700, with medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away and a 10-15 minute I-40 or Kingston Pike run downtown. Bearden (median sale about $372,000) and West Hills (about $537,500) offer tree-lined suburban streets that also feed Pellissippi Parkway toward Oak Ridge; Sequoyah Hills is the river-view premium tier near $697,500 with Sequoyah Park. Downtown and Fourth & Gill are the walkable central pair, with median rents about $1,013 and $802. Budget and outdoor-oriented movers look at Oakwood, Old North Knoxville, and South Knoxville; Farragut’s rolling hills, plus Maryville and Dandridge, come up when people want a quieter or cheaper ring.

Cedar Bluff is the West Knoxville base nurses and young professionals actually use: 2-bedroom apartments run about $1,400-$1,700, with medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away and a 10-15 minute I-40 or Kingston Pike run downtown. Bearden (median sale about $372,000) and West Hills (about $537,500) offer tree-lined suburban streets that also feed Pellissippi Parkway toward Oak Ridge; Sequoyah Hills is the river-view premium tier near $697,500 with Sequoyah Park.

Downtown and Fourth & Gill are the walkable central pair, with median rents about $1,013 and $802. Budget and outdoor-oriented movers look at Oakwood, Old North Knoxville, and South Knoxville; Farragut’s rolling hills, plus Maryville and Dandridge, come up when people want a quieter or cheaper ring.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: randpropertymanagement.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: sparefoot.com Source 5: fowlergrouptn.com

Getting aroundMost West Knoxville rentals sit 10-15 minutes from downtown on I-40 or Kingston Pike; metro-wide average commute is about 20 minutes. The west-side cluster—Cedar Bluff, Bearden, West Hills—uses Pellissippi Parkway, Kingston Pike, I-40/75, and Alcoa Highway, which also reach Oak Ridge about 22 miles northwest. Knoxville is car-dependent, with limited public transit, growing congestion, and ample complex parking in West Knoxville; Cedar Bluff’s medical centers and offices can shrink a healthcare commute to minutes, though sources do not name hospital-specific routes or bus lines.

Most West Knoxville rentals sit 10-15 minutes from downtown on I-40 or Kingston Pike; metro-wide average commute is about 20 minutes. The west-side cluster—Cedar Bluff, Bearden, West Hills—uses Pellissippi Parkway, Kingston Pike, I-40/75, and Alcoa Highway, which also reach Oak Ridge about 22 miles northwest.

Knoxville is car-dependent, with limited public transit, growing congestion, and ample complex parking in West Knoxville; Cedar Bluff’s medical centers and offices can shrink a healthcare commute to minutes, though sources do not name hospital-specific routes or bus lines.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: randpropertymanagement.com Source 2: fowlergrouptn.com Source 3: extraspace.com

OutdoorsKnoxville’s Urban Wilderness is a 1,000-acre oasis two miles from downtown with more than 50 miles of hiking and mountain-bike trails and Mead’s Quarry for paddleboarding. Sequoyah Park and the Sequoyah Hills Greenway follow the river; Zoo Knoxville and Navitat Canopy Adventures cover family days and ziplines. The Tennessee River and Great Smoky Mountains National Park shape weekends, with Norris Dam State Park about 20 miles north.

Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness is a 1,000-acre oasis two miles from downtown with more than 50 miles of hiking and mountain-bike trails and Mead’s Quarry for paddleboarding. Sequoyah Park and the Sequoyah Hills Greenway follow the river; Zoo Knoxville and Navitat Canopy Adventures cover family days and ziplines.

The Tennessee River and Great Smoky Mountains National Park shape weekends, with Norris Dam State Park about 20 miles north.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: visitknoxville.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: fowlergrouptn.com Source 5: livability.com

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Living in Knoxville

Knoxville—Scruffy City on the Tennessee River—is the practical East Tennessee base for a nurse who wants mountains, a real downtown, and prices still below the national average, with no state income tax. Most relocating clinicians land in West Knoxville. Cedar Bluff puts medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away, 2-bedrooms around $1,400-$1,700, and downtown 10-15 minutes via I-40 or Kingston Pike. Bearden and West Hills trade a bit of convenience for trees and a Pellissippi Parkway path toward Oak Ridge, about 22 miles northwest. Off-shift life is Market Square (JC Holdway, Radius rooftop), the Tennessee and Bijou theatres, UT football in 101,915-seat Neyland Stadium, and the 1,000-acre Urban Wilderness plus Mead’s Quarry two miles from downtown. Tradeoffs are blunt: you need a car, traffic is growing, sales tax is about 9.25%, housing is climbing, summers are hot and humid, and pollen is heavy. Crime is block-by-block, not citywide—Downtown and Fourth & Gill grade relatively safe; Hardin Valley and Farragut are the school play. Pick the neighborhood, not the headline.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: randpropertymanagement.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: sparefoot.com Source 4: fowlergrouptn.com Source 5: visitknoxville.com Source 6: downtownknoxville.org Source 7: extraspace.com Source 8: livability.com

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Knoxville, TNFrom Census ACS 2024.