Hiring Now Registered Nurses for our Pediatrics and Women's Med/Surg Nursing Unit Full Time Days

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System•Sarasota, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our Team on 6WT: Pediatrics and Women's Med Surg Unit. Provides professional nursing care to patients and families in an acute clinical care environment, guided by the SMHCS nursing professional practice model and in accordance with the ANA's Standards of Professional Practice. We are currently seeking candidates for our full time day shift openings. Our team is recognized for their expertise and high priority on patient outcome. This is a specialized and unique unit with staff that provide complex medical care to both adult female patients and pediatric patients. We are one team with a multitude of specialized staff for each population. Our Women’s Medical Surgical Population consist of any female patient with a medical or surgical diagnosis, over age 18. We have specialized staff and a focus on patient populations for antepartum medical diagnosis, postpartum readmissions with medical diagnoses, GYN patients, and some postpartum mothers. Our Pediatric staff care for patients from ages 8 hours old to 17 years old, with medical surgical diagnoses. In addition to a dedicated Charge Nurse, Lead Pediatric Nurse, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Intervention RN and Child Life Specialist on our unit, we also have a Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist and Case Manager that work solely within our Women and Children’s Division. Our support staff also consist of Multi Skilled Technicians that are trained for both populations on the unit. There is an opportunity for nurses to be cross trained to deal with both populations as job advancement.

Requirements

Require Pediatric Advanced Life Support within three (3) months of hire for all RNs or six (6) months to nine (9) months for new graduates and must maintain throughout employment.
Require graduate of an accredited school of nursing or a diploma program.
For new hires as of 2023, Bachelor of Science Degree in nursing (BSN) required within five (5) years of hire date.
Require Certified Breastfeeding Counselor within six (6) months of hire, hospital grant funded.
Require basic working knowledge of commonly used computer applications.
Florida RN nursing license.
ASN: Associate of Science in Nursing
BLS: Basic Life Support/CPR
FL RN: FL Registered Nurse License

Nice To Haves

Specialized training in Post-Partum Assessments
Specialized training provided in PALS and Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC) course
Nurse Residency for all new graduates
Critical thinking and assessment skill development through coaching and mentorship
Opportunities for paid certification in Pediatrics or Med-Surg, such as the Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN), or MedSurg-BC Certification
Advancement opportunities in becoming a Preceptor and/or Charge Nurse
Cross Training opportunities in Pediatrics Med-Surg
Unit based and/or Housewide committee involvement

Responsibilities

Provides professional nursing care to patients and families in an acute clinical care environment.
Cross-trained to deal with both pediatric and adult female medical/surgical populations for job advancement.

Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement
Paid time off (start earning PTO on day one of employment)
Self-Scheduling
Discounted medical, prescription, dental, vision benefit plans for Full & Part-Time employees
Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care and Dependent Care), Pre- tax dollars
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Retirement Savings Plan: 403b
Discounted Child Care & Before and After School Program and Summer Camp! (Sarasota Campus)
Bereavement leave
Free parking
On campus dining with a 10% discount
Credit Union w/ teller machines on campus
Direct Deposit
Free Wellness Screening
Free confidential counseling services
Employee Discount Programs
Recognition Programs
Referral Programs