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ER Travel Nurse Jobs in Tennessee

Search travel ER nurse jobs in Tennessee across Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville, then compare facility, trauma level, shift, and pay.

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    Tennessee ER Roles Along the Referral Spine

    The referral role is the first distinction to make when evaluating ER travel nurse jobs in Tennessee. Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Johnson City host the highest-level adult centers, while other hospitals stabilize serious injuries and coordinate movement toward them. The bedside role changes with that position. A receiving unit may divide assignments across trauma bays, boarded admissions, and high-acuity zones; a sending department may require broader stabilization and transport preparation. Ask whether the hospital receives transfers, sends them, or does both, then confirm activation duties, pediatric pathways, surgical backup, and who owns the patient while transport is pending. Those answers make the designation meaningful for contract fit.

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    Weekly Pay, Contract by Contract: Tennessee

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    Forget a single Tennessee rate; each assignment is quoted separately.

    6 ER contracts are open in Tennessee right now, with +3 added in the last 7 days and 5 already filled. Open postings have been live about 9 days on average.

    6
    Open ER jobs
    9 days
    Median time active
    +3
    Added last 7 days
    46,344
    Tennessee trauma-registry patients treated in designated centers during 2023 (TN HFC)
    Why demand stays strong
    17 adult
    Adult trauma centers in Tennessee's 2024 annual report (TN HFC)
    6 Level I
    Tennessee adult Level I trauma centers in the 2024 annual report (TN HFC)
    4 pediatric
    Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Centers associated with Tennessee's system (TN HFC)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Pay by city · ER · Tennessee

    Tennessee ER Cities Along the Level I Spine

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    Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Johnson City anchor Level I care, with surrounding markets feeding those receiving centers.

    Highest weekly pay · ER
    Clarksville
    $2,121
    Chattanooga
    $1,786
    DICKSON
    $1,785
    Smyrna
    $1,783
    Nashville
    $1,730

    Determine whether the department is on the receiving or sending end of the statewide referral spine.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    Tennessee's Current Trauma Care Scale

    Tennessee describes a concentrated receiving network within a wider referral system. The Health Facilities Commission reports that more than 50,000 patients are treated at Tennessee trauma centers annually, with more than 30,000 treated at six Level I centers in five cities. That concentration can shape activation frequency, transfer direction, and access to surgical or pediatric resources, but it does not describe every emergency department's total workload. Ask whether the hospital is a major receiver, a lower-level designated center, or a community department outside the designated roster. Then clarify trauma-zone assignments, boarded-patient ownership, transport responsibilities, and the role travelers play before and after the trauma team arrives.

    The Health Facilities Commission figures describe annual trauma-center patients, not all emergency-department visits, nurse staffing, vacancies, or open travel positions.
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    Tennessee ER Jobs: License, Certs, and Markets

    How soon can I start an ER job in Tennessee?
    For most nurses, as soon as credentialing clears. Tennessee's a compact state, so a multistate license plus a compact home address means nothing extra to file. If your license is single-state, or you've moved outside the compact, you'll apply to Tennessee first and wait on the board's clock. That's the part worth starting early.
    What certifications do Tennessee ER jobs require?
    You'll need BLS and ACLS. PALS comes in where kids are part of the department's work, and Tennessee runs four regional pediatric centers that take a lot of that volume, so plenty of adult ERs send children elsewhere. TNCC helps at the trauma centers, and the state designates 17 for adults. A recent year or two in the ER is the norm.
    Does ER pay in Tennessee follow the big cities?
    Not really. Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga have the most jobs, but weekly pay follows how hard a job is to fill, and that's usually a rural or regional problem rather than a metro one. Read the chart above instead of assuming Nashville comes out on top. It ranks live weekly pay across Tennessee cities.
    Where's the ER work in Tennessee?
    Four separate metros plus a wide regional network. Designated centers treated 46,344 trauma patients in 2023, and six adult Level I centers sit at the top of that. The state's long enough that Memphis and Knoxville are completely different job markets, so pick your base first and then set a radius around it.
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