Smith County Health & Rehabilitation: Compassionate Care Meets Community Commitment
Smith County Health & Rehabilitation in Carthage, Tennessee, has long been a place where health care, rehabilitation, and dignity intersect. With its reputation for personalized nursing services and short-term rehabilitation, this facility has served its community faithfully. Now, with their new status as an Empower Certified Employer, their impact is growing in even more meaningful ways.
Who They Are
Smith County Health & Rehabilitation is a long-term care and rehabilitation facility located at 112 Health Care Drive, Carthage, TN. They offer both skilled nursing and short-term rehab services to help residents recover, maintain comfort, dignity, and independence. The staff emphasize compassionate, competent care in a warm, family-oriented environment. Residents and families often comment on how “everyone works together,” the personalized attention residents receive, and the facility striving for a home-like atmosphere. It is a licensed facility (nursing home / rehabilitation center). It appears to house around 128 beds (from job listings) and offers both full and part time positions for RNs, CNAs, LPNs, etc. They emphasize ongoing staff training, career growth, and competitive pay.
What It Means to Be an Empower Certified Employer
Empower Upper Cumberland partners with employers committed to helping break poverty cycles in our region. Certified Employers in the program commit to:
Hiring participants in Empower’s support/coaching programs.
Creating workplaces that are supportive, flexible, and growth-oriented.
Using poverty-informed practices to retain employees well.
In return, these employers gain access to recruiting support, wage reimbursements for eligible hires, specialized training, and public recognition as part of a movement of businesses acting for community good.
Why This Matters for Smith County Health & Rehabilitation
Becoming Empower Certified signals that Smith County Health & Rehabilitation is doing more than providing top notch clinical care. It means:
Investing in staff: Employees who might face barriers get real opportunity, support, and training. That helps build loyalty, reduce turnover, and improves care continuity.
Strengthening the community: As people gain steady wages, skills, and stability, the benefits radiate beyond the facility — to their families and neighbors.
Elevating standards: When a facility aims to both care for residents and hold up strong employment practices, it sets an example for others in health & rehab and other sectors.
Smith County Health & Rehabilitation has a mission centered on care, dignity, and healing. Now, by embracing Empower certification, they extend that mission into how they treat those who make that care possible — their employees. It’s a powerful statement: caring for staff is part of caring for those staff serve.
