Registered Nurse, 4 East Medsurg
Miami, Florida
RN
Posted Aug 29 · New grads welcomed
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Unit
- Med-Surg
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour days
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- New graduates
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Pay
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About this role
Baptist Health is the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 29,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 25 years, we’ve been named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2024-2025 U. S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.
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What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients’ shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we’re all in.
Description
The Direct Patient Care Registered Nurse- DPC RN is a licensed professional able to demonstrate the following proficiency and mastery of the core competencies: assessment, technical skills, communication, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, planning, intervention, evaluation, flexibility, organizational skills, professional accountability, leadership and service who delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner utilizing and promoting evidence based practice standards of quality, safety and service.
Qualifications
Degrees
- Associates.
Licenses &
Certifications
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
- ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program.
- Basic Life Support.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.
- Registered Nurse.
Additional
Qualifications
- Associates degree in Nursing or Bachelors degree in Nursing.
- RNs hired prior to 2/1/2012 (South), 10/1/2017 (Bethesda), 10/1/2023 (Boca), 7/1/2018 (Fishermen‘s) are not required to have a BSN to continue in their non-leadership role as an RN.
- RNs hired after 2/1/2012 (South), 10/1/2017 (Bethesda), 10/1/2023 (Boca), 7/1/2018 (Fishermen‘s) with an Associate‘s degree will have 3 years from their date of hire to complete the BSN degree.
- RN must complete a preceptor class within twelve months of being deemed competent by department leadership for independent practice.
- As per department standard any of the following may be required (ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support, BLS- Basic Life Support, PALS- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, NRP- Neonatal Resuscitation Program or ONS-Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Card).
Minimum Required
Experience
Less than 1 year
EOE
Sourced from a public job board.
“Minimum Required Experience: Less than 1 year” · from this posting
Requirements
- Associates degree in Nursing or Bachelors degree in Nursing.
- RNs hired prior to 2/1/2012 (South), 10/1/2017 (Bethesda), 10/1/2023 (Boca), 7/1/2018 (Fishermen‘s) are not required to have a BSN to continue in their non-leadership role as an RN.
- RNs hired after 2/1/2012 (South), 10/1/2017 (Bethesda), 10/1/2023 (Boca), 7/1/2018 (Fishermen‘s) with an Associate‘s degree will have 3 years from their date of hire to complete the BSN degree.
- RN must complete a preceptor class within twelve months of being deemed competent by department leadership for independent practice.
- As per department standard any of the following may be required (ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support, BLS- Basic Life Support, PALS- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, NRP- Neonatal Resuscitation Program or ONS-Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Card).
Place
- City
- Miami, Florida
- Median rent
- $1,758/mo
- Local household income
- $62,462/yr
- Metro price level
- 14% above the national average
- Address
- 9555 SW 162 AVE, MIAMI, FL, 33196
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 168
- Magnet
- Designated since 2015 (ANCC)
- RN residency
- ANCC-accredited: Baptist Health South Florida RN Residency at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, through Jan 2029
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Miami area index 114.2, where 100 is the national average.
Miami blends sun-soaked coastal living with a fast-paced, multicultural energy. Nurses relocating here find year-round warmth, Latin-Caribbean flavor, and bustling healthcare corridors. Whether you prefer the high-rise condos of Brickell or the beach-town feel of Miami Beach, the city delivers a vibrant lifestyle where ocean breezes meet 24/7 urban excitement.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
You would be walking into West Kendall Baptist Hospital at 9555 SW 162nd Ave, a campus that opened in 2011 and grew again with a four-story East Pavilion—doubled ED, 70 new private inpatient rooms, cath lab, progressive care, and IR—finished…
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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