Clinical Nurse - Med Surg
Tampa General Hospital
Brooksville, FL
RN
Posted Jul 15
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Unit
- Med-Surg
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Florida is $33/hr, across 554 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal-directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement
Essential Functions
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- Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner. Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
- Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reports significant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heath care team.
- Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
- Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
- Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
- Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
- Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure the delivery of quality care.
- Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
- Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
- Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow-up. Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders. Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
- Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames per policy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
- Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patient populations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based).
- Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served.
Qualifications
Education
Associate's Degree in Nursing
License/Registration
Registered Nurse -Issued by Florida or Compact State And/Or
Certification
Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Work Experience and Additional Information Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to:
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS)
Stroke
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Stable
- Primary Location: Brooksville
- Work Locations: TGH Brooksville 17240 Cortez Boulevard Brooksville 34601
- Eligible for Remote Work: On Site
- Job: Nursing (LPNs, RNs)
- Organization: Tampa General Hospital-Hernando
Schedule
- Full-time
- Shift: Night Job
- Job Type: On Site
- Shift Hours: 0645 pm to 0715am
- Minimum Salary: 31.55
- Job Posting: Jul 15, 2026, 3:23:54 PM
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Requirements
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- License/Registration
- Registered Nurse -Issued by Florida or Compact State And/Or
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
- Work Experience and Additional Information
- Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to:
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS)
- STROKE
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- STABLE
- Primary Location: Brooksville
- Work Locations: TGH Brooksville 17240 Cortez Boulevard Brooksville 34601
- Eligible for Remote Work: On Site
- Job: Nursing (LPNs, RNs)
- Organization: Tampa General Hospital-Hernando
Place
- City
- Brooksville, FL
- Median rent
- $1,137/mo
- Local household income
- $54,926/yr
- State price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Florida index 103.4, where 100 is the national average.
Brooksville is a quiet, inland Florida town framed by rolling hills and oak canopies, offering a slower pace away from the coast. With nearby Withlacoochee State Forest for outdoor downtime and a compact historic downtown, it appeals to nurses seeking affordable small-town living within an hour of Tampa Bay's major hospital networks.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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