Nashville-area positions (5)
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Nashville, TN
Adult Psychiatrist
Nashville, TN
Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Brentwood, TN
Vanderbilt Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Fellowship (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Nashville, TN
Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN or PMHNP))
Nashville, Tennessee
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Why This Market
Why NPs Choose Nashville
Restricted Practice Authority · near the US average cost of living · 690K population
The corporate center of American healthcare — HCA Healthcare is headquartered here, with a large cluster of health services companies around it
Vanderbilt University Medical Center anchors academic and subspecialty practice for the whole of Middle Tennessee
No state income tax on wages, paired with living costs near the national average
Rural hospital closures across Tennessee push referral volume toward Nashville, sustaining demand well beyond the metro's own population
Inside the metro
How the Nashville market is put together
Who you’ll be caring for
Middle Tennessee's NP demand comes from two directions at once. Inside the metro, sustained in-migration keeps primary care, urgent care, and outpatient specialty panels growing faster than provider supply. Outside it, Tennessee has seen among the highest numbers of rural hospital closures in the country, which means patients from across the region drive to Nashville for care that used to be available locally — raising acuity at the metro's doors while leaving rural clinics and critical access sites competing hard for NPs to hold the line closer to home.
Live market snapshot
- Open NP roles here
- 5
- All Tennessee roles
- 14
- Share of the state’s listings
- 36%
Counted from live listings on this board and refreshed hourly — not a national survey.
Where the jobs actually are
01Midtown and the Vanderbilt medical district
The academic center of the region: adult, children's, and subspecialty hospitals plus the research enterprise around them. Deepest specialty NP demand in Middle Tennessee.
02Downtown and North Nashville
Nashville General and Meharry Medical College anchor the city's safety-net and health-equity work, with the neighborhood clinics around them serving the metro's highest-need populations.
03Cool Springs and Williamson County
Affluent suburban outpatient medicine sitting alongside a corridor of healthcare-company offices. The single best place in the metro to find hybrid clinical and corporate roles.
04Murfreesboro and Rutherford County
One of the fastest-growing counties in the state, with a university population and expanding hospital and ambulatory capacity. More affordable housing, a real commute to Nashville.
05The northern ring and rural Middle Tennessee
Sumner, Wilson, and the rural counties beyond, where clinic and critical access roles carry broad scope and, frequently, shortage-area designations.
Practice authority follows the state, not the metro — Tennessee is a restricted-practice jurisdiction on the AANP State Practice Environment map. Editorial for this metro last reviewed 2026-07-29.
Before You Apply
Getting Started in Nashville
Licensure
Tennessee has Restricted Practice Authority. Tennessee is a restricted-practice state.
Cost of Living
Nashville cost of living is near the US average. Nashville sits near the national average overall, with housing the piece that has moved most as the metro absorbed a decade of in-migration — the city is no longer the bargain it was, though it remains far cheaper than the coastal metros people move here from.
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