Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Wedgewood Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Lakeland, Florida
$19.50/hr
About $41k/yr
About a minute · no account or résumé needed.
Posted Aug 28, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 29, 2026
What this means for you
Wedgewood Healthcare and Rehabilitation is long-term care — slower turnover and deeper relationships with the people you look after. The posted pay pencils out to roughly $41k a year.
What the listing says
- Differentials
- Shift Differentials
- Patient load & staffing
- Floating required
About this role
Show full description
Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- CNA
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
About the employer
You would be walking into a skilled nursing and rehab center at 1010 Carpenters Way in Lakeland, not a big hospital tower. The RN work here is long-term care: care plans, staff oversight, delegation, and keeping the floor inside state…
What reviewers appreciate
- RN pay posted up to $40/hour depending on experience
- Evening Supervisor range $77,500–$87,500 with 3–11 lead responsibility
- Medical, dental, PTO, retirement, and a personal floating holiday listed on postings
What reviewers flag
- Staff turnover 40% and RN turnover 25%
- Staffing and health inspection CMS ratings at 3.0 with 6 health deficiencies
- Weekend RN HPRD drops to 0.37
Living in Lakeland, FL
Lakeland sits between Tampa and Orlando, offering a slower pace with easy access to both metros. True to its name, the city is dotted with lakes, including Lake Mirror near downtown. It's a mid-size Florida community where outdoor recreation and local events shape everyday life for residents.
- Metro price level · Lakeland area
- 3% below the national average
- BEA index 97.1 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,395/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $64,185/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the base pay range?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?