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Morristown, Tennessee · Hamblen County
Caregiver Jobs in Morristown, TN
Morristown is a Hamblen County city of about 31,500 residents, home to the main campuses of Walters State Community College and TCAT Morristown. Families post private sitter and in-home care work on CaregiverConnect; the list above refreshes whenever a family publishes a job, and each card names its town and distance.
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Morristown is an incorporated city in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Census Bureau estimates for 2020–2024 (ACS) put the population at 31,527; 16.4% are 65 or older, and 49.7% of those older residents report a disability. Women aged 65 and over who live alone head 10.7% of the city's households, and men in the same situation another 4.6%.
On CaregiverConnect, families post the job, set the hours and pay, and talk to you directly; there is no agency between you. This group of Tennessee pages covers a handful of small towns around Mohawk, so the setting that matters most is your travel radius. Mohawk, in Greene County, is about 10 straight-line miles from Morristown by ZIP centroid, and Bulls Gap and Rogersville in Hawkins County are part of the same small group of pages; a radius of 15 to 20 miles lets the live list above show jobs in those towns next to jobs in the city.
Spanish is a real asset here. The ACS finds Spanish spoken at home by 19.8% of Morristown residents five or older, and 10.9% of residents speak Spanish and rate their own English below very good. A Spanish-speaking caregiver should say so at the top of the profile.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Morristown, TN
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Morristown
Private sitter and in-home work usually means companion shifts for a widowed or single parent at home, help with bathing and dressing, meals and housekeeping, rides to Covenant Health Morristown-Hamblen or to a doctor's office, and overnight cover after a hospital stay.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Morristown: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Morristown, TN metro (Hamblen and Jefferson counties); private rates on CaregiverConnect are agreed between each caregiver and family and are not tracked by any agency.
| Measure | Hourly | Source and coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Home health and personal care aides, Morristown, TN metro (Hamblen and Jefferson counties) | $14.44 median ($15.23 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 470 jobs; concentration 0.36× national |
| Tennessee statewide home health and personal care aides (35,950 jobs), median | $15.45 | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Federal (Tennessee has no state minimum) minimum wage | $7.25 | effective July 24, 2009 |
| Nursing assistants, Morristown, TN metro (Hamblen and Jefferson counties) | $18.09 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025 (certified roles, for comparison) |
Who is the employer. A family that hires you directly is your employer. Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, so the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour is the legal floor, and federal overtime rules apply to directly employed caregivers unless the work is exempt companionship under the FLSA. Sources: US Department of Labor, state minimum wage laws; US Department of Labor, direct care workers.
BLS publishes a separate metro series for Morristown that covers Hamblen and Jefferson counties only. In May 2025 it counted 470 employed home health and personal care aides there, with a median of $14.44 an hour, below the Tennessee median of $15.45 and below the $16.28 BLS reports for the ten-county East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area that takes in Greene and Cocke counties. Its concentration figure of 0.36 means about a third as many aide jobs per worker as the national average. Nursing assistants in the metro earned a median of $18.09. With no state minimum wage, the federal $7.25 is the legal floor for covered work; private rates are whatever you and a family agree.
How the public numbers relate to private rates, and what affects them, is covered in the caregiver pay guide.
Rules
Caregiver requirements in Tennessee, applied to Morristown
Tennessee does not license a sitter or companion whom a Morristown family hires directly, and no state page we read requires a background check for that kind of private arrangement. Licensing applies to employers: home health agencies, and personal support services agencies, which the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services licenses and reviews by desk audit. To become a certified nurse aide you complete an approved course and pass the state exam within 24 months of it; the registry is now run for the Health Facilities Commission by Credentia, and renewal every two years needs eight hours of work in a licensed or certified facility. Private duty, sitter and companion work does not count toward that renewal. Under federal law, a household that employs you directly owes at least $7.25 an hour unless the job fits the companionship exemption; a caregiver living in the household can lose overtime protection while keeping the minimum wage. Tennessee Adult Protective Services answers its 24-hour hotline, 1-888-APS-TENN, for any worry about mistreatment of an older or disabled adult.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Morristown
Morristown training, transport and senior services, each checked on its own website or a published resource list on October 25, 2026.
- TCAT Morristown, Patient Care Technology/Medical Assisting821 West Louise Ave. (main campus); call 423-586-5771. An eight-month, 864-clock-hour day program; the first 246 hours earn a Nurse Aid certificate, followed by phlebotomy, EKG and patient care technician certificates. Listed tuition and fees: $3,082. The 12-month Practical Nursing diploma is also taught here.
- Walters State Community College, Workforce TrainingMorristown campus, 500 South Davy Crockett Parkway, 423.585.2600; workforce information 423.585.2675. Short non-credit allied health courses include Certified Nurse Assistant, Medication Aide-certified, Direct Support Professional, phlebotomy and BLS for Healthcare Provider.
- Lakeway Transit2800 West Andrew Johnson Highway, 1-833-923-0032. Three fixed routes (Orange, Blue, Green) across the city, Monday to Friday 7:00am to 6:00pm. Adult fare $1.50; $0.75 with an approved application for seniors, veterans and disabled riders, and for Walters State and TCAT students. Lift paratransit requires certification first and serves trips that start and end near a fixed route.
- ETHRA Public TransitDoor-to-door rides in 16 counties including Hamblen and Cocke, open to the public, Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm, medical trips first; book three business days ahead at 1-800-232-1565. $3.00 a trip in the county.
- Senior Citizen Center841 Lincoln Ave., 423-581-5166, Monday to Friday 9:30am to 3:30pm, for adults 50 and over: health screenings, fitness, trips and lunch-and-learns. Meals on Wheels for homebound seniors runs from 224 Lincoln Ave. (423-587-3076) through the Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority.
The area
Morristown in numbers
Morristown at a glance, from ACS 2020–2024: 31,527 residents, median age 36.3, 24.0% Hispanic or Latino, median household income $47,917, a 26.0% poverty rate (17.7% among older residents), 45.1% of homes rented, and 7.5% of households without a vehicle. Workers average a 21.5-minute commute. In BLS county estimates, Hamblen County's unemployment rate averaged 3.8% in 2025, against 3.5% for Tennessee.
The city's hospital is Covenant Health Morristown-Hamblen at 908 West Fourth North Street, (423) 492-9000; Covenant also runs Morristown-Hamblen West for the west side of the county. On the state health department's February 2024 licensure list, 28 home health agencies may serve Hamblen County, and three are headquartered in it: Amedisys Home Health Care, Premier Support Services and the University of Tennessee Medical Center's home health and hospice service. Smoky Mountain Home Health & Hospice keeps a Morristown office at 506 W. Morris Blvd., and Amedisys Hospice is at 1423 W. Morris Blvd. The McNabb Center's Hamblen guide also lists ALPS Adult Day Services, a state-licensed day program on North Daisy Street, and assisted living at Dewitt Place and Regency Retirement Village. Newport and Greeneville have their own pages, and all Tennessee pages are listed on the Tennessee caregiver jobs page.
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How to find private caregiver jobs in Morristown (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Morristown
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Sources (checked 2026-10-25):
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year data profiles (DP02–DP05), Morristown city, Tennessee
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Morristown, TN metro (34100), 31-1120 and 31-1131, via BLS Public Data API
- BLS OEWS area definitions (Morristown, TN: Hamblen and Jefferson counties)
- BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Hamblen County and Tennessee, 2025 annual averages
- U.S. Department of Labor, state minimum wage laws (Tennessee) and federal minimum wage history
- U.S. Department of Labor, home care and direct care workers under the FLSA
- TennCare, CHOICES and Consumer Direction
- ETHRA, East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability
- Tennessee Department of Human Services, Adult Protective Services
- Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, nurse aide programs and registry (archived August 17, 2026)
- Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, become a licensed provider (archived September 2, 2025)
- Tennessee Department of Health licensure, home health agencies by county served, 2/7/2024 (archived)
- Covenant Health Morristown-Hamblen
- TCAT Morristown, Patient Care Technology/Medical Assisting and Practical Nursing
- Walters State Community College, Morristown campus and allied health workforce training
- Lakeway Transit, fares and Lift service
- ETHRA Public Transit, service area and fares
- McNabb Center, Hamblen County resource guide
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Morristown: frequently asked questions
Do I need a certificate to work as a private sitter in Morristown?
No. Tennessee does not license private sitters, companions or personal care workers employed by the household itself. A nurse aide certificate from TCAT Morristown or Walters State helps if you also want agency or hospital work, and it shows families you have formal training.
What do home care aides earn in the Morristown area?
BLS put the May 2025 median at $14.44 an hour for the 470 aides employed in the Morristown metro, which is Hamblen and Jefferson counties. Nursing assistants there had a median of $18.09. Private rates are set between you and each family.
Does TennCare ever pay relatives who look after someone in Hamblen County?
Sometimes. TennCare CHOICES covers home care for people 65 and older and adults 21 and older with a physical disability who meet its medical and financial rules. Under Consumer Direction the member becomes the employer and may hire family members, friends or neighbors, with some limits; payroll goes through Consumer Direct Care Network Tennessee (CDTN). Anyone not yet enrolled in TennCare applies with help from the regional aging office, reached on 1-866-836-6678.
Who runs senior services for Hamblen County?
ETHRA, the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, operates the regional aging and disability office for Hamblen and 15 other counties. It funds meals, homemaker and personal care services, the family caregiver support program, Options for Community Living and Medicare counseling. Call 1-866-836-6678.
Can I get to sitter jobs in Morristown without a car?
Inside the city, Lakeway Transit runs three weekday routes for $1.50 a ride. Beyond them, ETHRA Public Transit offers door-to-door rides for $3.00 if you book three business days ahead.
Will sitter work keep my nurse aide certificate active?
No. For the two-year renewal, Tennessee wants proof of at least eight paid hours at a licensed or certified health care facility; hours spent sitting with or caring for a private client are excluded.
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