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Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a **Rapid Response Registered Nurse (RN)** you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join **HCA Florida Memorial Hospital** which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at **HCA Florida Memorial Hospital** in sunny Jacksonville, Florida!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The **Rapid Response (RR) Registered Nurse (RN)** responds house-wide to emergent situations including Cardio-pulmonary arrests-Code Blue, Code STEMI, Code Strokes, Code Shock, Code ICE, Trauma Alerts, and increasing MEWS scores. In addition, staff may call a rapid response at any time they feel additional nursing expertise is needed. The Rapid Response RN checks with CCU Charge RN to assess the needs of unit when between patient care. The **Rapid Response RN** provides and documents patient care based on the nursing process in compliance with hospital policies and procedures. Plans, delegates and coordinates the nursing care of assigned patients. Utilizes basic physical and psychosocial assessment skills to identify actual nursing diagnosis/clinical problems based on assessment of patient and unique age specific needs. The **RR RN** assists in developing and implementing staff educational programs to improve house-wide response to emergent patient situations. This may include traditional in-services, poster presentations, and mock drills. Educational needs are identified through monthly data review for our Sepsis, STEMI, Stroke, and Code Blue data.

What qualifications you may need:

+ Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is required

+ Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active Compact/Multi-State RN license

+ A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required

+ A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Health Care Provider is required

+ Trauma Nursing Core Course, or TNCC Instructor must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date

+ At least 3 years of ICU/Critical Care Hospital Registered Nurse (RN) experience is required

This is a Full Time, Night Shift position. Shifts are 12 hours in length (approximately 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM).

Rotating Weekends and Holidays are required.

Benefits

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

+ **Comprehensive benefits** for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

+ **Wellbeing support,** including free counseling and referral services

+ **Time away from work** programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

+ **Savings and retirement resources** , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

+ **Education support** through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

+ **Additional benefits** for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

"Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing."

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare

Memorial Hospital (memorialhospitaljax.com) has provided quality healthcare services since 1969, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With more than 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our **450+ bed hospital** is one of the region's leading acute care facilities. We offer a range of services for our patients, including 24-hour emergency care at three different locations and a **Level II trauma center** . Other specialized programs include our accredited Chest Pain Center, certified Stroke Center, Heart Center, Bone and Joint Center, maternity center and much more. Memorial has received the **Gold Seal of Approval for Primary Stroke Centers** and is sepsis-certified by the Joint Commission.

At Memorial Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our Jacksonville community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our RN Rapid Response opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. **_We are interviewing apply today!_**

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.