Etowah Landing Care & Rehabilitation Center is located in picturesque Rome, Georgia. Our mission is providing a home setting while maintaining the highest quality care and treatment to all of our residents. We offer short-term, long-term, and skilled ventilator care in our 100 bed facility.
Required minimum
Education
Graduate of an accredited RN program
Required minimum certification(s)
Current GA RN License
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Benefits
Shift Differentials
Medical/Dental and Vision Insurance
Vacation time starts accruing day one
24/7 Keurig coffee / Snack bar / Filtered water for employees
Facility appreciation meals
Employee of the month reward
Roll over vacation time (PTO) or pay out at 75% during the month of December.
Neighborhoods+Homebuyers on local Facebook often name Garden Lakes, Mt Alto, and Armuchee, with mixed takes on nearby schools and sports. Reddit locals point to Between the Rivers as a beautiful historic neighborhood right downtown and Old East Rome as an older, community-friendly area. In-town historic streets near Broad Street hold Craftsman bungalows, Victorians, and porch-front homes in or near historic districts; downtown and the riverfront add renovated lofts, condos, and scarce historic houses. A few minutes out, mid-century ranches and cottages sit on wider, more car-dependent lots, while newer subdivisions on the city edge and in unincorporated Floyd County offer larger floorplans, pools, and playgrounds, with rural acreage and hobby farms farther into the county.
Homebuyers on local Facebook often name Garden Lakes, Mt Alto, and Armuchee, with mixed takes on nearby schools and sports. Reddit locals point to Between the Rivers as a beautiful historic neighborhood right downtown and Old East Rome as an older, community-friendly area.
In-town historic streets near Broad Street hold Craftsman bungalows, Victorians, and porch-front homes in or near historic districts; downtown and the riverfront add renovated lofts, condos, and scarce historic houses. A few minutes out, mid-century ranches and cottages sit on wider, more car-dependent lots, while newer subdivisions on the city edge and in unincorporated Floyd County offer larger floorplans, pools, and playgrounds, with rural acreage and hobby farms farther into the county.
Getting around+U.S. News lists an average commute of about 17.72 minutes, consistent with a compact county-seat layout. Healthcare is a local industry, so many nurses work at in-town systems such as Atrium Health Floyd and Piedmont Healthcare rather than driving to Atlanta. Downtown is served by the free Roman Chariot shuttle. Larger Georgia metros are a one- to two-hour drive; Rome sits about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta, with Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) roughly an hour away and Chattanooga (CHA) and Birmingham (BHM) as other airport options. Sources do not describe hospital parking or named highway routes to specific campuses.
U.S. News lists an average commute of about 17.72 minutes, consistent with a compact county-seat layout. Healthcare is a local industry, so many nurses work at in-town systems such as Atrium Health Floyd and Piedmont Healthcare rather than driving to Atlanta.
Downtown is served by the free Roman Chariot shuttle. Larger Georgia metros are a one- to two-hour drive; Rome sits about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta, with Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) roughly an hour away and Chattanooga (CHA) and Birmingham (BHM) as other airport options.
Sources do not describe hospital parking or named highway routes to specific campuses.
Outdoors+Daily outdoor life follows the three rivers: the Etowah and Oostanaula meet downtown to form the Coosa, with paddle, kayak, and fishing access and river paths off the Town Green. The Green’s interactive fountains nod to the rivers and Cherokee heritage; the Chief John Ross pedestrian bridge links downtown to the River District. Berry College’s campus—described as the world’s largest—adds historic buildings and scenic trails. Cave Spring is a favorite nearby town to explore. Pickleball and tennis are at the Downtown Rome Racquets Center; parks and trails are a stated reason people stay, with the landscape not heavily overbuilt.
Daily outdoor life follows the three rivers: the Etowah and Oostanaula meet downtown to form the Coosa, with paddle, kayak, and fishing access and river paths off the Town Green. The Green’s interactive fountains nod to the rivers and Cherokee heritage; the Chief John Ross pedestrian bridge links downtown to the River District.
Berry College’s campus—described as the world’s largest—adds historic buildings and scenic trails. Cave Spring is a favorite nearby town to explore.
Pickleball and tennis are at the Downtown Rome Racquets Center; parks and trails are a stated reason people stay, with the landscape not heavily overbuilt.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Rome
Rome, Georgia is a river city of about 40,000 at the junction of the Etowah, Oostanaula, and Coosa, built across seven hills with a Victorian downtown on Broad Street. For a nurse, the draw is unusually strong local healthcare—Atrium Health Floyd and Piedmont—plus short citywide drives (average commute under 18 minutes) and housing well below national prices, with many homes still under $250,000. Daily life clusters around the Town Green, the free Roman Chariot, river trails, and Berry College’s sprawling campus. Neighborhoods range from walkable Between the Rivers and historic in-town bungalows to Garden Lakes, Mt Alto, Armuchee, and newer Floyd County subdivisions. Downtown eating includes Tarantinos’ patio, Blossom Hill BBQ, River Remedy beer, and festival food at Fiddlin’ Fest; October and November fill the calendar with Wings Over North Georgia, Picklefest, the film festival, and Schnauzerfest. Tradeoffs are real: locals flag high taxes, water quality, mold, a tight housing market, and crime that is mostly drugs and theft. It is not a nightlife city. Atlanta’s airport is about an hour away when you need the big city, but most weeks stay small-town and outdoors-oriented.
