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GuideStar Eldercare
Nashville, Tennessee

Neuro- Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

Industry leading salary

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

As a Neuro Nurse Practitioner at GuideStar Eldercare, you will have the opportunity to address the suffering of an aging population afflicted with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurocognitive disorders in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Experience the autonomy of private practice, but with an assigned caseload, the collaboration of corporate clinical leadership, and the administrative support of our in-house scheduling, coding, and billing departments.

As part of a multidisciplinary team which works to actively promote patient safety, functionality, and dignity, your contributions to our behavior health-centered patient care will include:

  • Travel daily to assigned facilities from your home.
  • Provide initial evaluations, continuing therapy services, and cognitive testing.
  • Document the need and extent of services for each patient.
  • Create and maintain positive professional relationships with client facilities, patients, and their families.

Qualifications

  • Proof of Nurse Practitioner licensure
  • Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team
  • Good time management skills
  • Able to function autonomously with regional Area Manager support
  • Pass pre-employment background check and drug screening
  • Complete credentialing process

Benefits

  • Industry leading salary with additional income potential through productivity bonus
  • Excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401K
  • Employee's medical premiums are 100% company paid
  • Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
  • In-house CME-CEU credit offerings (ANCC accredited)
  • 60-day new-hire training program
  • Four (4) weeks paid time off
  • Seven (7) paid holidays
  • State licensing reimbursement
  • Company provided medical malpractice insurance

All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against the flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact humanresources@guidestareldercare.com for more information. Testing for illegal drugs will be administered to all final candidates for whom an offer of employment has been extended.

What Makes Us Great

GuideStar Eldercare is the national leader in neurobehavioral long-term care services, providing expert neuropsychiatric and dementia care services to nursing homes and memory care facilities. GuideStar Eldercare's mission is to enhance the quality of life for patients by easing their suffering while actively promoting their safety, functionality, and dignity.

We believe in bringing the highest level of clinical care to the long-term care population.

GuideStar is led by CEO and Founder Dr. Steven L. Posar, alongside our clinical team of expert physicians, psychiatrists, gerontologists, neurologists, and psychologists, who work with our clinical staff to find the best possible outcomes for our shared patients.

Our neurologically based model ensures proper diagnosis and treatment, which improves care outcomes for patients with dementia, neurocognitive impairments, and/or psychiatric conditions.

GuideStar is dedicated to rigorous clinical care protocols and exceptional documentation and communication, based on the most up-to-date research and practice. Our dedication is underscored by our own research and desire to educate the greater long-term care industry.

Most recently, our research on antipsychotic reduction through neurologic protocols was published in JAMDA in September of 2023. Associations and publications our research has been featured in include: PALTC, McKnight’s, AAGP, OHCA, and AAIC.

GuideStar Eldercare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

GuideStar is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, GuideStar will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need accommodation please contact us at careers@guidestareldercare.com

Key Responsibilities

Provide initial evaluations, continuing therapy, and cognitive testing for patients with neurocognitive disorders in long-term care facilities. Maintain professional relationships with facilities and families while documenting the extent of services provided.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Neurocognitive AssessmentPatient EvaluationAlzheimer's CareBehavioral HealthInterdisciplinary CollaborationClinical Documentation

Neurology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 48% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the Nurse Practitioner market look like in Tennessee?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.2 / 10 · top 25% in neurology (np)ranked against 151 Neurology (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $140k (middle half $130k–$160k)289 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTennessee index 91.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All nurse practitioner listings in Tennessee323 active15,583 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 20% remote · 48% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTennessee nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 2% offer loan repayment323 active listings, Nov 2026
Neurology NP hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 45 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 48 postings, 60 closed
New Neurology NP listings49 in the last 30 days53 the 30 days before (−8%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties)+1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Implied production pay~$250k$50/wRVU × 5,000 wRVUsCMS CPT frequencies; WeekdayDoc listing median $/wRVU
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (151 Neurology (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), CMS Physician Fee Schedule, WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Tennessee figures use all nurse practitioners: too few Tennessee Neurology postings state pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Neuro- Nurse Practitioner at GuideStar Eldercare a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Neurology (NP) — ranked against 151 active Neurology (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 151 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About GuideStar Eldercare

Medical Practices
Crown Point, Indiana
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Industry leading salary with productivity bonus
Medical, dental, vision, 401K
Employee's medical premiums 100% company paid
Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
In-house CME-CEU credit offerings (ANCC accredited)
60-day new-hire training program
Four (4) weeks paid time off
Seven (7) paid holidays

Living in Nashville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$409k
Typical market rent
$1,820/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.3
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.