Registered Nurse Cardiac Stepdown

Ascension

Nashville, Tennessee

You'll be the primary coordinator across all disciplines for your patients' care.

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted Oct 22

Shift and hours: Day shift Schedule: Full-time | Day Shift
Unit and setting: Cardiac Stepdown Impact lives daily by managing comprehensive care plans for TAVR and interventional cardiology patients.
License: RN license
Term: Permanent Schedule: Full-time | Day ShiftFull-time

Do you qualify?

License: Registered Nurse license from Tennessee, or current home state license under the Compact, before hire Check your license
Certification: Advanced Life Support within 6 months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date; American Heart Association or American Red Cross acceptedAfter hire · obtained within 6 Months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date
Certification: BLS Provider within 1 month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date; American Heart Association or American Red Cross acceptedAfter hire · obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date
Education: Nursing diploma from an accredited school, or required professional licensure at hire Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire

What it pays

Sign-on bonus: $12,000
Bonus: Sign-on bonus up to $12,000 Sign-on bonus: up to $12,000

Benefits

Sign-on bonus

Posted pay in Tennessee

The role and schedule

Patients: Impact lives daily by managing comprehensive care plans for TAVR and interventional cardiology patients. Impact lives daily by managing comprehensive care plans for TAVR and interventional cardiology patients.
Day to day: coordinating care across all disciplines Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
Day to day: discharge planning with the healthcare team Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
Hours stated: Full-time | Day Shift

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Facility: Saint Thomas West
Department: Cardiac Stepdown
Schedule: Full-time | Day Shift

Sign-on bonus: up to $12,000 #NextGenHealthcare Implement and monitor patient care plans. Monitor, record and communicate patient conditions as appropriate. Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. Note and carry out physician and nursing orders. Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Licensure / Certification / Registration

Advanced Life Support obtained within 6 Months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Tennessee Board of Nursing or current home state license for multi-state license recognition "Compact State" obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education

Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire

What's around it?

In Nashville, TN

Nashville, TN

Living costs about 4% below the US average

Life in Nashville, TN

NeighborhoodsYoung 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.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: legacysouth.com Source 2: nashvilleguru.com Source 3: quora.com Source 4: facebook.com

Getting aroundLocal 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.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: legacysouth.com Source 2: quora.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: extraspace.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsThe 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.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: thehonestlocal.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: getyourguide.com Source 4: seeingtennessee.com Source 5: trolleytours.com Source 6: nashvilleguru.com Source 7: youtube.com

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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.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: legacysouth.com Source 2: nashvilleguru.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: seeingtennessee.com Source 7: trolleytours.com Source 8: quora.com

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