Registered Nurse, Pediatric CVICU, Full Time Days, Wolfson Children's Hospital

Jacksonville, Florida

You'll work in a 12-bed pediatric cardiovascular ICU staffed by cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and critical care physicians.

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted Oct 15 · 1 year of experience

Shift and hours: Nights This is a full time night shift position.
Unit and setting: Pediatric CVICU · Hospital Provide patient care to pediatric population utilizing all aspects of the nursing process.pediatric patients
License: RN license Licensed Registered Nurse RequiredLicensed registered nurse
Term: Permanent This is a full time night shift position.Full time

Do you qualify?

License: Licensed registered nurse Licensed Registered Nurse Required
Certification: BLS Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
Experience: 1-2 years telemetry experience 1-2 years Telemetry Experience
Also asks: Hospital experience Hospital Experience
Also asks: Level II background screening, a condition of employment and continued employment This position is designated as requiring a level II Background

Preferred

Certification: ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Preferred
Certification: Conscious sedation certification Conscious Sedation Certification Preferred
Certification: CCRN Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Preferred
Experience: 1-2 years cardiac experience 1-2 years Cardiac Experience Preferred

What it pays

Sign-on bonus: $5,000
Bonus: $5,000 sign-on bonus $5,000 Sign On Bonus

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The role and schedule

Unit size: 12-bed unit Our 12-bed Pediatric CVICU features advanced monitoring and treatment technologies
Hours stated: This is a full time night shift position.

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Wolfson Children's Hospital

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About Wolfson Children’s Hospital

Wolfson Children’s Hospital is the only children’s hospital in the region, and is ranked by U. S. News & World Report among the best children’s hospitals in the U. S. We’re a part of Baptist Health, which is recognized as a top place to work in health care and features several centers of excellence, including Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Heart Hospital, Baptist Neurological Institute and Wolfson Children's Hospital. $5,000 Sign On Bonus We are looking for a Registered Nurse to join our Pediatric CVICU team at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. This is a full time night shift position. Our 12-bed Pediatric CVICU features advanced monitoring and treatment technologies, and is staffed by congenital cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, critical care physicians, hospitalists and critical care nurses.

As an RN in the Pediatric CVICU, your responsibilities include but are not limited to: Provide patient care to pediatric population utilizing all aspects of the nursing process. Administer medications per hospital policies and procedures. Demonstrate professionalism when interacting with others.

Experience

Requirements

1-2 years Cardiac Experience Preferred
1-2 years Telemetry Experience
Hospital Experience
Education & Credential

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS) Required Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Preferred Conscious Sedation Certification Preferred Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Preferred Licensed Registered Nurse Required If you are interested in a rewarding career with Wolfson Children's Hospital, Apply Today! This position is designated as requiring a level II Background (A detailed fingerprint-based screening for positions of trust that check state (FDLE) and national (FBI) criminal history) and will undergo screening as a condition of employment and continued employment. For additional information, please visit Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Primary Location

Downtown - Main Building

What's around it?

In Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,465/mo
Household income: $69,872/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Jacksonville, FL

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals and many relocating nurses cluster in Riverside/Avondale (about $425K median) for walkable historic streets and King Street/Five Points life, San Marco (about $525K) for restaurants and river access, and Murray Hill (typical values around $228K) for 1940s bungalows, Edgewood Avenue breweries, Community Loaves, and the Murray Hill Theatre at a lower entry than the core historic districts. Southside/Tinseltown (about $345K) and Southside Estates sit about 15 minutes from J. Turner Butler Boulevard and St. Johns Town Center; Arlington (list prices around $253K) offers mid-century homes under oaks and a short hop to Jacksonville University and the beaches. Family-oriented Mandarin (about $398K) and Orange Park/Fleming Island (about $365K) trade suburban lots and schools for a longer downtown run; Nocatee (about $525K) is amenity-heavy master-planned living with CDD costs and distance from downtown. Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach ($685K–$725K) and Ponte Vedra (about $895K) buy coastal or country-club lifestyle at premium prices, hurricane and parking trade-offs, and often high HOA/CDD; Westside (about $285K) and Springfield/Northside (about $245K) are the cheapest and highly variable block by block.

Young professionals and many relocating nurses cluster in Riverside/Avondale (about $425K median) for walkable historic streets and King Street/Five Points life, San Marco (about $525K) for restaurants and river access, and Murray Hill (typical values around $228K) for 1940s bungalows, Edgewood Avenue breweries, Community Loaves, and the Murray Hill Theatre at a lower entry than the core historic districts. Southside/Tinseltown (about $345K) and Southside Estates sit about 15 minutes from J. Turner Butler Boulevard and St. Johns Town Center; Arlington (list prices around $253K) offers mid-century homes under oaks and a short hop to Jacksonville University and the beaches.

Family-oriented Mandarin (about $398K) and Orange Park/Fleming Island (about $365K) trade suburban lots and schools for a longer downtown run; Nocatee (about $525K) is amenity-heavy master-planned living with CDD costs and distance from downtown. Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach ($685K–$725K) and Ponte Vedra (about $895K) buy coastal or country-club lifestyle at premium prices, hurricane and parking trade-offs, and often high HOA/CDD; Westside (about $285K) and Springfield/Northside (about $245K) are the cheapest and highly variable block by block.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: movewithmomentum.com Source 2: zillow.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: youtube.com

Getting aroundJacksonville’s land area makes commute the make-or-break variable: a 12-mile drive can be 20 minutes off-peak and 50 minutes at 8 a.m., and locals warn that one St. Johns River bridge can wreck a morning. J. Turner Butler Boulevard (JTB) is the main east–west spine toward Southside jobs, St. Johns Town Center, and the beaches; weekday river-bridge backups from about 4–6 p.m. are especially bad beach-bound. Neighborhood fit depends on the hospital—Mayo Clinic versus NAS Jacksonville versus Baptist Health’s large campus network are different maps—and Nocatee is workable for JTB, Town Center, and beaches but needs planning for downtown rush hour. Public transit is limited, a car is essential, and parking is a known hassle in Riverside, Avondale, and Jacksonville Beach; drive the real route at the real shift time before signing a lease.

Jacksonville’s land area makes commute the make-or-break variable: a 12-mile drive can be 20 minutes off-peak and 50 minutes at 8 a.m., and locals warn that one St. Johns River bridge can wreck a morning. J. Turner Butler Boulevard (JTB) is the main east–west spine toward Southside jobs, St. Johns Town Center, and the beaches; weekday river-bridge backups from about 4–6 p.m. are especially bad beach-bound.

Neighborhood fit depends on the hospital—Mayo Clinic versus NAS Jacksonville versus Baptist Health’s large campus network are different maps—and Nocatee is workable for JTB, Town Center, and beaches but needs planning for downtown rush hour. Public transit is limited, a car is essential, and parking is a known hassle in Riverside, Avondale, and Jacksonville Beach; drive the real route at the real shift time before signing a lease.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: movewithmomentum.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: flybreeze.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: exprealty.com

OutdoorsLife outdoors runs on 22 miles of Atlantic beach (Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach—Jax Beach is the walkable, concert-and-surf hub), the north-flowing St. Johns River, and the salt marshes between them for kayaking, fishing, and paddling. Inland, the 136-acre Jacksonville Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 46,000-acre Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Tree Hill Nature Center, and Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens are the named weekend defaults. About 45 minutes northeast, Big and Little Talbot Island State Parks offer the region’s standout hiking; Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park near Mayport is described as Florida’s largest urban park, alongside Huguenot Memorial Park, Fort Caroline National Memorial, and Julington Durbin Creek Nature Preserve. The city claims the largest urban park system in the country across roughly 840 square miles.

Life outdoors runs on 22 miles of Atlantic beach (Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach—Jax Beach is the walkable, concert-and-surf hub), the north-flowing St. Johns River, and the salt marshes between them for kayaking, fishing, and paddling. Inland, the 136-acre Jacksonville Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 46,000-acre Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Tree Hill Nature Center, and Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens are the named weekend defaults.

About 45 minutes northeast, Big and Little Talbot Island State Parks offer the region’s standout hiking; Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park near Mayport is described as Florida’s largest urban park, alongside Huguenot Memorial Park, Fort Caroline National Memorial, and Julington Durbin Creek Nature Preserve. The city claims the largest urban park system in the country across roughly 840 square miles.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: zillow.com Source 2: visitflorida.com Source 3: visitjacksonville.com Source 4: flybreeze.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com

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Jacksonville is the largest city by land area in the contiguous U.S., which means Riverside’s oak-lined bungalows, Mandarin’s big lots, and Jacksonville Beach’s surf towns share a name but not a daily rhythm. That sprawl is the draw: 22 miles of public beach, the north-flowing St. Johns River, Timucuan Preserve, and a housing market still listing around the high $200Ks citywide—far below Miami or Tampa—plus about 225 mostly sunny days. It is also the trap. A 12-mile hop can be 20 minutes or 50 at 8 a.m.; river bridges clog 4–6 p.m., and Google Maps routinely understates the trip to Mayo Clinic, NAS Jacksonville, or Baptist campuses. Young professionals gravitate to Riverside, Avondale, San Marco, and cheaper Murray Hill for King Street brunch, Five Points bars, and the Saturday Riverside Arts Market; families often pay up for Nocatee’s splash pads and St. Johns County schools or stay in Mandarin and Orange Park. Bring a car, check flood zones and CDD fees, and drive your real commute before you sign.

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As of 2026Source 1: movewithmomentum.com Source 2: zillow.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: flybreeze.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com Source 6: youtube.com

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