Registered Nurse Med Surg Observation

Ascension

Pensacola, Florida

You'll be the primary coordinator for your patients, working with every discipline on their care.

Posted Sep 28

Shift and hours: Nights Schedule: Night Shift | PRN
Unit and setting: Med Surg Observation Specialty : Med Surg Observation
License: RN license Licensed as a Registered Nurse in Florida required.Florida registered nurse license
Term: Per Diem Schedule: Night Shift | PRNPRN

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License: Florida registered nurse license Licensed as a Registered Nurse in Florida required. Check your license
License: Florida Board of Nursing credential before hire Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Florida Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. Check your license
License: Compact State multi-state license recognition before hire, or current home-state license Check your license
Certification: BLS provider card within one month of hireAfter hire · obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required.
Education: diploma from an accredited nursing school, or required professional licensure at hire Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.

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The role and schedule

Day to day: primary coordinator of all disciplines for patient care Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
Day to day: discharge planning with the healthcare team Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
Hours stated: Night Shift | PRN

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Specialty : Med Surg Observation

Schedule

Night Shift | PRN Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Monitor, record and communicate patient condition as appropriate. Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. Note and carry out physician and nursing orders. Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Licensure / Certification / Registration

BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Florida Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. Licensed as a Registered Nurse in Florida required. Credentialed from State Board of Nursing or current home state license for multi-state license recognition "Compact State" obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.

Education

Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.

What's around it?

In Pensacola, FL

Pensacola, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 2% below the US average

Median rent: $1,322/mo
Household income: $74,212/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Pensacola, FL

NeighborhoodsLocals most often name East Hill, Scenic Heights, and Cordova Park as the in-town neighborhoods to target, with mixed price points and relatively easy access to beaches and amenities. Downtown is the walkable core along brick-paved Palafox Street (shops, restaurants, bars, events), with Uptown called out as a busier commercial pocket. Pace, an unincorporated Santa Rosa County suburb, is the usual alternative for newer construction, larger lots, about 83% owner-occupancy, and more house for the money versus the city’s roughly 64% owner-occupancy. Among 220 communities ranked in 2026, the fastest-selling pockets include Bayou Marcus Heights (about $254,000), Belle Chasse (about $218,000), Eagle Pointe (about $372,000), Ensley (about $179,000), and Mariners Oaks (about $305,000); city ZIPs cited include 32503, 32507, 32514, and 32526.

Locals most often name East Hill, Scenic Heights, and Cordova Park as the in-town neighborhoods to target, with mixed price points and relatively easy access to beaches and amenities. Downtown is the walkable core along brick-paved Palafox Street (shops, restaurants, bars, events), with Uptown called out as a busier commercial pocket.

Pace, an unincorporated Santa Rosa County suburb, is the usual alternative for newer construction, larger lots, about 83% owner-occupancy, and more house for the money versus the city’s roughly 64% owner-occupancy. Among 220 communities ranked in 2026, the fastest-selling pockets include Bayou Marcus Heights (about $254,000), Belle Chasse (about $218,000), Eagle Pointe (about $372,000), Ensley (about $179,000), and Mariners Oaks (about $305,000); city ZIPs cited include 32503, 32507, 32514, and 32526.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: bastionrealtysouth.com Source 4: movewithmomentum.com Source 5: visitpensacola.com

Getting aroundDaily life is built around driving. U.S. News lists an average commute of about 17.99 minutes, and Reddit locals treat getting around as a non-issue compared with bigger Florida cities. Walk Score is 36 and Bike Score 47; Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) buses exist but coverage is patchy and headways can be long, so a car is the default for shifts and errands. Pace versus central Pensacola is the space-versus-in-town-drive tradeoff buyers actually debate; hospital-campus drive times and parking are not described in these sources.

Daily life is built around driving. U.S. News lists an average commute of about 17.99 minutes, and Reddit locals treat getting around as a non-issue compared with bigger Florida cities.

Walk Score is 36 and Bike Score 47; Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) buses exist but coverage is patchy and headways can be long, so a car is the default for shifts and errands. Pace versus central Pensacola is the space-versus-in-town-drive tradeoff buyers actually debate; hospital-campus drive times and parking are not described in these sources.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: rent.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: bastionrealtysouth.com

OutdoorsPensacola Beach’s sugar-white Gulf sand is the everyday outdoor draw and a short drive from most of the city. Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park, minutes from downtown, has boardwalks, rare pitcher plants, hiking trails, and bayou wildlife. The rest of the outdoor menu is paddling, fishing, biking, dolphin cruises, Civil War-era Fort Barrancas, and waterfront Admiral Mason Park with the Veterans Memorial and a Vietnam Wall replica. Across the bay, Gulf Breeze Zoo holds more than 800 animals, giraffe feeding, a safari train, and a petting zoo.

Pensacola Beach’s sugar-white Gulf sand is the everyday outdoor draw and a short drive from most of the city. Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park, minutes from downtown, has boardwalks, rare pitcher plants, hiking trails, and bayou wildlife.

The rest of the outdoor menu is paddling, fishing, biking, dolphin cruises, Civil War-era Fort Barrancas, and waterfront Admiral Mason Park with the Veterans Memorial and a Vietnam Wall replica. Across the bay, Gulf Breeze Zoo holds more than 800 animals, giraffe feeding, a safari train, and a petting zoo.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: visitpensacola.com Source 2: visitflorida.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: rent.com

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Pensacola is a Gulf Coast city of about 54,000 (metro near 539,000) that still feels like a working town rather than a resort strip: founded in 1559, nicknamed the Cradle of Naval Aviation, and home to the Blue Angels. Locals keep more of a nursing paycheck because Florida levies no state income tax, and housing undercuts many Florida metros—median sale prices in the low-to-mid $300,000s, one-bedrooms roughly $1,200–$1,500. East Hill, Cordova Park, and Scenic Heights are the neighborhoods people actually name; Pace, over the Santa Rosa line, buys more square footage and yard. Life is car-first (Walk Score 36, thin ECAT bus service, about 18-minute average commute). Downtown Palafox holds the Saturday market, Gallery Night, Fosko Coffee, and Jackson’s Steakhouse; weekends run to Pensacola Beach, Tarkiln Bayou, Ice Flyers hockey, or Foo Foo Fest. Honest tradeoffs: summer tourist congestion, limited transit, and a smaller scene than Jacksonville. Mild winters and a military-and-beach social fabric are why people stay.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: bastionrealtysouth.com Source 6: rent.com Source 7: visitpensacola.com Source 8: facebook.com Source 9: instagram.com Source 10: youtube.com

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Pensacola, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.