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I was wondering what the average pay rate is in Jacksonville. I'm relocating in the next couple of months. I have 5 years experience. Thanks!
I just go my RN license (BSN). I am looking for a job in Jacksonville! As a new grad I don't see any hope! They all require some experience and all I have is experience from clinicals and volunteer jobs back in Brazil, where I graduated!
What do I do?! I applied for Baptist, Shands, St Vincent, Mayo, Doc's office everywhere and no luck so far!
I just recently moved to Jacksonville and got a job at Baptist Health. I was lucky enough to have another offer from Memorial Hospital so I was able to compare and choose the best fit for me. I was told everywhere that Baptist was the best, had the better reputation and the better benefits, but didn't necessarily pay as well as memorial did. Well I found that if you have your BSN Baptist pays just as well if not better. I have 2 years of experience and Memorial offered me $23.92, where Baptist offered me $25.25. Memorial does not offer a differential for a BSN and I think that is where my decision was made easy. Hope this helps someone out there looking to move to Jacksonville, FL! :)
@JKrahn,
My husband is in the military, and we will likely be moving to Jacksonvillearea in the next few months. I have been looking at the different hospitals in the area, and I am very interested in joining Baptist Health. I am currently working in an ICU setting with my BSN and a little over one year of experience. I have my ACLS, BLS, and PALS certification. Since our orders haven't gone through yet, I am hesitant to apply in the event that we are going to stay at our current base. I have attempted several times to reach one of the nurse recruiters for critical care job positions, but I've been unsuccessful so far. I very thankful that I found your post because you've already answered some of my questions about Baptist. I was hoping that you might be willing to answer a few more questions? 1. How do you like Baptist so far? 2. After applying how long did it take for you to hear back for a job interview? 3. What kind of orientation did they give you to your unit? 4. I'm sure this is dependent on each unit, but what kind of shifts do you work? 5. Do you happen to know if there are shift differentials for nights and weekends? 6. I know this also depends on the unit, but what is the nurse to patient ratio? I have more questions specific to to the critical care units, but hopefully I will finally get through to a nurse recruiter to ask those questions. Thank you for any information you might be able to provide.
Annaruns4Nachos
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It took approx 1 business week to be contacted for an interview. I went to school out of state as well so I would not let that slow you down or worry you.
Good Luck!! Keep us posted