Position Details Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only Provisional Level 1 Trauma center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population.
Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits. D7 opened its doors as a permanent unit in late 2020 in response to an increase in hospital census related to COVID. We are a medical surgical unit that sees a little bit of everything and have a very youthful staff that have been learning and growing together ever since!
We would be a great place for a nurse who is looking to learn and grow with us. We offer support in many ways, including weekly progress meetings with our Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN). Our goal is to tailor orientation to meet the specific needs of the team members!
Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period: 72.00
Weeknights with Rotating Weekends Location : 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL Pay Rate : Min $38.06 Mid $45.79
The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) will promote relationship-centered care that appreciates vulnerability of patients, anticipates needs, and incorporates the patient as a full partner in care. The RN will deliver high quality care based on therapeutic caring relationships that are individualized to the patients and their families' needs and values. The RN will practice competently and uphold the standards of nursing practice to promote positive patient outcomes.
The RN will assure proactive, protective, and safe practice resulting in the elimination of all preventable harm. The RN will adhere to organizational policies and procedures; regulatory accrediting body requirements and professional practice standards. The Clinical RN practices the scope and standards of nursing care including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
The Clinical RN demonstrates scope and standards of professional performance including quality of professional practice, evaluation of practice, lifelong learning, collegiality, ethics, collaboration, clinical inquiry, resource utilization, and leadership. Qualifications & Experience Essential: Associate Degree in Nursing( If licensed after 2016, you will be required to sign a BSN agreement) Nonessential: Bachelor Degree in Nursing (eligible for $1.00/hr differential) Essential: Basic Cardiac Life Support Registered Nurse Licenses Essential: Current license as Registered Nurse in Florida.
Certifications Preferred: Certification in Specialty of Nursing