Wekiva Springs Center
Specialty Hospital · Jacksonville, FL
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Specialty Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Rotating 1
What stands out
Experienced nurses
You'd work inpatient behavioral health with RN and LPN roles on the board, alongside techs and therapists.
Travel nurses
You'd see flexible scheduling and some time and location flexibility, with a heavier load when the floor is short.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: indeed.com
Experienced nurses
You'd likely get along with peers even if trust and day-to-day support feel uneven.
Moving here
You'd have some schedule and location flexibility, which can help while you settle in.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: indeed.com
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Reviewers note flexible scheduling and time/location flexibility, but understaffing creates a demanding workload that hurts work-life balance.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: indeed.com
The city
Living in Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville's cost-of-living index sits 0.5% below the national average, yet median homes at $281K and $1,568 rents stay well below Orlando, Tampa, and Miami. Relocating nurses cluster in Riverside/Avondale's walkable King Street scene (around $425K) or Murray Hill's 1940s bungalows and Edgewood Avenue breweries (around $228K)—both a quick hop to Atlantic Beach.
Browse roles in Jacksonville
- Metro price level · Jacksonville area
- about the national average
- BEA index 99.5 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,465/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $69,872/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Management and leadership
- Staff describe ineffective upper management, poor communication, little manager support, and a chaotic workplace; CEO approval and business outlook scores are low.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: indeed.com
- Staffing, turnover, and safety
- High turnover and being overworked are recurring themes; a Jacksonville review said low staff causing unsafe work environment.
As of 2025-09-10Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: indeed.com
- Coworker culture vs favoritism
- Employees often like camaraderie with peers, but also report favoritism, weak trust in colleagues, and uneven support.
More review themes
- Work-life balance
- Flexible scheduling is a plus for some, yet understaffing and long hours drive low work-life ratings (about 2.8/5 on Indeed).
As of 2025-09-10Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: indeed.com
- Pay, census pressure, and care quality
- Pay-and-benefits ratings are weak; a 2025 admissions leader said staff are underpaid and leadership prioritizes filling beds and UHS revenue over patient care.
As of 2025-09-10Source: indeed.com
- Overall recommend rates
- Glassdoor overall is about 2.4 (36% would recommend; Jacksonville 2.2); Indeed overall is 2.8 from 55 reviews.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: indeed.com
What to weigh
You'd walk into high turnover and a workload reviewers call overworked; one local review said low staffing made it unsafe.
As of 2025-09-10Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: indeed.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 28, 2026
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- PsychRotating 11 open
Inpatient Behavioral Health
Open roles include MH/BH techs, RNs, LPNs, and therapists; a review describes filling hospital beds and groups barely run from low staffing.
Source location unconfirmedSource: indeed.com
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