150+ Healthcare Support Jobs in Nashville, TN

The strongest local government anchor is the BLS Nashville occupational wage report published July 10, 2026, but the evidence here does not include the full metro wage table for every sub-role. The clearest usable local pay signals are proxy readings: hourly postings center on about $20 to $23 / hour, direct-care pay is around $18.11 / hour with a $16.08 floor, and a BLS-based estimate puts Nashville medical assistants at a $44,620 median annual wage.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 35 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $41,600 at the 25th percentile, $41,600 at the median and $50,280 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable but more selective market for healthcare support and healthcare administration in Nashville right now. Nashville metro unemployment was 3.1% in July 2026, metro employment was up 1.6% year over year, and local Education and Health Services employment reached 185 thousand in June, up 2.8349% year over year. But Tennessee-wide signals for this job family are softer: employment was essentially flat year over year in August 2026, while active postings were down 11.1%. Expect real openings, but not a market where broad applying alone is likely to work.

Best positioned: Candidates with hands-on patient-care skills plus admin workflow fluency do best, especially if they can work fully on-site and already hold medical assistant certification, CPR/BLS, and practical skills like phlebotomy, vitals, and documentation.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming healthcare is automatically an easy hire: most roles are on-site, the market skews entry-level, and statewide posting volume for this category is thinner than a year ago.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 159 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Vanderbilt Health: 13 open roles
2. HCA Healthcare, Inc.: 11 open roles
3. Tennessee Oncology: 11 open roles
4. Ascension: 9 open roles
5. HCA Healthcare: 8 open roles
6. TriStar Centennial Medical Center: 7 open roles
7. Fresenius Medical Care AG: 6 open roles
8. INAAP: 6 open roles
9. Lifepoint Health, Inc.: 6 open roles
10. TriStar Summit Medical Center: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Nashville: 85
• Hendersonville: 19
• Gallatin: 13
• Franklin: 11
• Hermitage: 8
• Brentwood: 6
• Smyrna: 6
• Springfield: 4

Work arrangement

on-site 152 (100%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated inside mainstream healthcare employers rather than remote back-office work. Within local postings, the most-active industry buckets were healthcare at about 55%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, health care services & hospitals at about 10%, hospitals & health clinics at about 10%, and hospital & health care at about 5%. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 75 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. That fragmentation still has clear centers of gravity. The most consistently active named employers were Ascension, HCA Healthcare, AdamsPlace, HCA Healthcare, Inc., Heritage Medical, Vanderbilt Health, and Fresenius Medical Care AG. In practice, that creates three main lanes: large-system hospital support, ambulatory clinic workflow roles, and home-based or senior-care support. The most attractive lane for many job seekers is the middle one. A fresh Nashville float medical assistant example combined EMR documentation, procedures, and care coordination across vascular, plastic, and oncology specialties, while the home-care lane is expanding into a multi-county service model rather than staying inside one central site.

• Large health systems and hospitals (high): Good volume and recognizable employers, led by Ascension, HCA Healthcare, and Vanderbilt Health in the local sample.
• Multi-specialty clinics and float support roles (high): Strong fit for candidates who can combine rooming, documentation, EMR use, procedures, and front-office coordination; Heritage Medical and Vanderbilt-linked roles fit this pattern locally.
• Home care, senior care, and dialysis support (moderate): A practical entry route through employers such as AdamsPlace, Fresenius Medical Care AG, and Silver Angels, with some roles extending across Davidson and surrounding counties.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site clinic and large-system roles first if you can show both patient-care and admin workflow skill; widen into home care or senior care if you can handle a broader county travel radius.

Roles worth searching next

• Health insurance member services representative: It uses patient communication, coverage explanations, scheduling logic, and healthcare vocabulary without requiring hands-on clinical work.
• Clinical research assistant: It builds on documentation, patient interaction, scheduling, and compliance habits learned in clinics.
• Health-tech customer support or implementation coordinator: This path rewards EMR familiarity, clinic workflow knowledge, and digital fluency as healthcare software adoption expands.
• General office or service operations coordinator: It lets you use scheduling, customer communication, intake, and process skills if you need income while building healthcare credentials.

What postings ask for

• Medical assistant certification / CCMA / CMA (table_stakes | immediate): Medical assistant certification is one of the most commonly required credentials in local postings, and Nashville has an employer-linked CCMA training route through Nashville State and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers.
• CPR / BLS Provider (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification and BLS Provider appear repeatedly in local requirements, so they function as a quick screening tool even for otherwise trainable candidates. Who: Almost everyone targeting patient-facing support work.
• Phlebotomy (premium | immediate): Phlebotomy is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample, appearing in about 30% of postings. Who: Medical assistants, patient care tech candidates, and anyone trying to rise above the entry-level pack.
• Vital signs, medication administration, injections, and patient care (differentiator | immediate): Local employers repeatedly ask for patient care, vital signs monitoring, medication administration, injections, and patient education, which shows they want hands-on readiness rather than abstract interest in healthcare. Who: Entry-level and direct-care applicants.
• Clinical documentation and EMR workflow (differentiator | immediate): Clinical documentation is a recurring local skill, and a fresh Nashville float role highlighted EMR documentation, procedures, and care coordination across specialties. Who: Mid-career applicants and switchers coming from office, scribe, or front-desk backgrounds.
• Scheduling, care coordination, and multi-specialty support (differentiator | near-term): The strongest local openings increasingly blend clinical and administrative duties instead of separating them cleanly, especially in float and clinic settings. Who: Candidates aiming for clinic-based roles or upward mobility into lead support functions.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

The strongest local government anchor is the BLS Nashville occupational wage report published July 10, 2026, but the evidence here does not include the full metro wage table for every sub-role. The clearest usable local pay signals are proxy readings: hourly postings center on about $20 to $23 / hour, direct-care pay is around $18.11 / hour with a $16.08 floor, and a BLS-based estimate puts Nashville medical assistants at a $44,620 median annual wage. That is moderate pay with relatively broad access, not premium pay. Nashville's overall cost of living is approximately 2% below the national average, but the direct-care index still shows a $1,578 one-bedroom fair-market rent, so entry wages can feel tight if you are living alone.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated inside mainstream healthcare employers rather than remote back-office work. Within local postings, the most-active industry buckets were healthcare at about 55%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, health care services & hospitals at about 10%, hospitals & health clinics at about 10%, and hospital & health care at about 5%. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 75 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. That fragmentation still has clear centers of gravity. The most consistently active named employers were Ascension, HCA Healthcare, AdamsPlace, HCA Healthcare, Inc., Heritage Medical, Vanderbilt Health, and Fresenius Medical Care AG. In practice, that creates three main lanes: large-system hospital support, ambulatory clinic workflow roles, and home-based or senior-care support. The most attractive lane for many job seekers is the middle one. A fresh Nashville float medical assistant example combined EMR documentation, procedures, and care coordination across vascular, plastic, and oncology specialties, while the home-care lane is expanding into a multi-county service model rather than staying inside one central site.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Ascension (more than 20 postings), HCA Healthcare (more than 20 postings), AdamsPlace (around 20 postings), HCA Healthcare, Inc. (around 15 postings), Heritage Medical (around 15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

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