HCA Florida Panama City Emergency
Ambulatory · Panama City, FL
- 1
- open role, live count
- 11
- beds
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Ambulatory
Benefits
Health insurance, 401(k) matching, PTO, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, employee stock purchase plan.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
You work an 11-bed free-standing ED with onsite CT, X-ray, and lab, fully integrated with Gulf Coast Hospital behind you.
Moving here
Panama City sits about 3% below the national cost of living, with no Florida state income tax and a typical commute near 17 minutes.
Experienced nurses
You triage and treat adults and kids in a Primary Stroke Center setting that handles a large share of Bay County pediatric ER visits through the parent hospital.
As of 2026Source 1: hcafloridahealthcare.comSource 2: hcafloridahealthcare.comSource 3: lensa.com
New graduates
Tuition reimbursement is listed among HCA Florida Gulf Coast benefits, alongside 401(k) matching and PTO.
More about working here
Experienced nurses
The parent hospital carries a Leapfrog Group A rating for four consecutive years and national accreditations spanning stroke, chest pain, and more.
Moving here
You can weigh waterfront, suburban, or beach-side neighborhoods in Lynn Haven, Callaway, Parker, or Panama City Beach, linked in part by the Bayway bus.
Experienced nurses
Scheduling is described as flexible, though mixed shifts with some nights are part of covering the free-standing ER.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Flexible scheduling; mixed schedule with some nights required for EM advanced practice roles covering the FSER
Starting out and growing here
- Tuition support
- Tuition reimbursement listed among HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital benefits
As of 2026Source: indeed.com
The city
Living in Panama City, FL
Panama City sits on Florida's Gulf Coast in the Panhandle, offering nurses a laid-back waterfront lifestyle near white-sand beaches. The city blends small-town familiarity with coastal recreation, making it a solid pick for RNs who want Gulf living without a big-city pace.
Browse roles in Panama City- Metro price level · Panama City area
- 3% below the national average
- BEA index 97.3 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,327/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $62,265/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You walk into an 11-bed free-standing emergency department on US-231 in Panama City, with CT, X-ray, and lab on site so you can move patients without waiting on a truck for every basic study.
- Ambulatory · Panama City
More about HCA Florida Panama City Emergency
The unit sees roughly 25,000 visits a year and stays fully integrated with HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, the 282-bed acute-care parent that has served this community for more than forty years. Your shift is the work of triage, assessment, and treatment across all ages—adults and kids—while you juggle multiple cases and coordinate with physicians and the departments behind you. The parent side carries Primary Stroke Center designation, a Leapfrog Group A rating for four straight years, and national accreditations in chest pain, stroke, and related lines, so the backup when someone needs more than the free-standing walls can hold is real. Scheduling is described as flexible, with the honest catch that mixed shifts and some nights are part of covering the FSER. Benefits listed for the Gulf Coast family include health insurance, 401(k) matching, PTO, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, and an employee stock purchase plan. Pay figures are not clear in what we have so far, so you will want to ask directly when you talk with them.
Working here
Culture and working life
What to consider
The good
- 11-bed FSED with onsite CT, X-ray, and lab
- Fully integrated with 282-bed HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital
- Primary Stroke Center designation and Leapfrog A rating four consecutive years
- Adult and pediatric emergency care
- Tuition reimbursement, 401(k) matching, PTO, and ESPP listed among benefits
- Flexible scheduling option in a no-state-income-tax city with below-average cost of living
The hard parts
- Mixed schedule with some nights required to cover the free-standing ER
- No published nurse-to-patient ratio in available facts
- No usable pay figures from our postings yet
What to weigh
Flexible scheduling still means a mixed schedule with some nights required to cover the free-standing ER.
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 16, 2026
- Website
- hcafloridahealthcare.com ↗
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Free Standing ER / FSED
HCA Florida Panama City Emergency is an 11-bed free-standing ED with 25,000 annual visits, APP coverage, onsite CT/Xray/Lab, fully integrated with Gulf Coast Hospital.
Source location unconfirmedSource: lensa.com
Emergency (adult and pediatric)
Gulf Coast Hospital ER provides 24/7 adult and pediatric care to >40,000 people yearly; Primary Stroke Center; almost half of Bay County pediatric ER visits.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: hcafloridahealthcare.comSource 2: hcafloridahealthcare.com
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