Caregiver / Home Health Aide
- Driver's license
How this pay compares
This posting states $17–$19 an hour. Open caregiver jobs in Tennessee post a median of $16.52 an hour, the middle half $16–$17.50, across 337 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Caregivers employed in Tennessee earn a median of $15.45 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
Caregivers in Tennessee: pay by town and employer
The Caregivers & Home Health Aides job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly
What Tennessee requires of a caregiver
Tennessee issues no caregiver credential of its own, by its own rules.
- Before working with clients, personal support services workers must demonstrate basic competency in observing and reporting changes, abuse and neglect prevention, client rights, infection control, personal hygiene assistance, safety and emergency procedures; medication assistance requires documented training by or under a registered nurse.
- Staying active: Training on job-related topics at least once a year.
Caregiver and home health aide jobs in our research
- How long these jobs stay listed: Median days to removal 28.0 days · Still listed at 7 days 85.5%
- Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.58x · Clicks 27
- How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 76.1% · Stating an hourly rate 73.8%
From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 11 Nov 2026. Every figure for Caregiver and home health aide jobs
About the job
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
FirstLight Home Care provides quality non-medical in-home care for seniors with need for companionship and personal care. Our in-home care practice is guided by our Culture of Care which promises our employees and clients service excellence. Everyone here recognizes that our Caregivers are the most significant members of our team in delivering this service commitment to others.
How do we do this? By providing...
- Excellent communication and support to You, our Exceptional Caregivers
- Flexibility for your schedule and a process that matches your skills to our clients
- A Caregiver Portal for your schedule and availability
- A GPS App for clocking in and out
- Top pay in the market for In-Home Caregivers and CNAs
- An employee pay experience that provides for instant withdrawal for time worked
Client location and schedule hours:
Clients in the Franklin area . Schedule is M-T-Thu 11a to 5p
Job Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities
- Provide standby assistance with mobility, transfers, and toileting
- Assist with ADLs : bathing, dressing, grooming, and hygiene
- Offer medication reminders and follow daily routines
- Prepare and serve meals/snacks; encourage hydration
- Perform light housekeeping (laundry, dishes, bed making, bathroom upkeep)
- Support catheter care (emptying/cleaning as needed)
- Monitor for changes in condition and report to family
- Provide companionship and engagement (conversation, light activities)
- Assist with safe ambulation (client uses walker/cane)
Client Overview
- Husband: Fall risk, uses walker, managing medical condition requiring catheter
- Wife: Alzheimer’s dementia, hearing impairment (uses hearing aids), vision loss
- Both clients are cooperative, kind, and benefit from structured routines
Qualifications
- Experience with Alzheimer’s/dementia care preferred
- Experience with senior care, HHA, CNA, or caregiver roles
- Comfortable assisting with mobility and fall risk clients
- Patient, attentive, and respectful of client independence
- Reliable transportation and punctuality required
Why Work With Us
- Supportive family environment
- Consistent schedule
- Meaningful, relationship-based care
Qualifications
Minimum of 1 year experience as an in-home Caregiver, CNA or related experiences with a loved one of family member
Ability to effectively communicate through written and verbal language
Valid Driver's License and adequate auto insurance
Consent to criminal, elder abuse, motor vehicle and sex offender background checks
Consent to drug and alcohol testing
TB test
From FirstLight Home Care's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
Selected agencies hiring now
All agencies and apps →
White Glove PlacementTravel nursing agency
Places travel, local, per diem and locum tenens clinicians across nursing, allied health, behavioral health and physician roles.
Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs
These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.
Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.
Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.
New caregiver and home health aide jobs in Tennessee, by email
One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.
About FirstLight Home Care
FirstLight Home Care hires caregivers, nursing assistants and nurses in 17 states.
Hires in 22 statesPay on its listings: 85.2% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
More open jobs at FirstLight Home Care
More caregiver and home health aide jobs
Experienced in home care or senior care?
One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.
FirstLight Home Care openings, sent to you weekly
Each week we send the newest postings from FirstLight Home Care's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.