Registered Nurse ICU
HCA Florida South Shore Hospital
Sun City Center, Florida
- Unit and setting
- ICU · Hospital
- License
- RN license
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support including free counseling and referral services
- Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, leaves of absence
- 401(k) Plan with 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Flexible spending accounts
More benefits (12)
- Preferred banking partnerships
- Retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships
- Partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Fertility and family building benefits
- Adoption assistance
- Life insurance
- Supplemental health protection plans
- Auto and home insurance
- Legal counseling
- Identity theft protection
- Consumer discounts
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026.
- Hospital
- HCA Florida SOUTH SHORE Hospital
- Address
- 4016 SUN CITY CENTER BLVD, SUN CITY CENTER, FL, 33573
- CMS rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Beds
- 138
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
On your path
ICU / Critical Care has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
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Seeking a Critical Care Registered Nurse for ICU to provide clinical expertise ensuring high quality, efficient care in a high acuity environment. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating care of critically ill patients, instructing patients and families regarding medications and treatment, maintaining patient records, and administering medications per physician orders.
What's around it?
Sun City Center, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,156/mo
- Household income
- $73,528/yr, all local households, not nurse pay