Tampa- do not speak Spanish

chicookie, BSN, RN · Jul 12, 2011

I don't think it will be. I've never heard of that happening outside of the Miami area. I live in Jacksonville but have traveled to Tampa frequently and I don't see a large Latino population. Orlando has a bigger Latino population and my nurse friends there have never had that issue. Sorry I couldn't be much help!

Boog'sCRRN246, RN · Jul 12, 2011

I don't think it will be. I've never heard of that happening outside of the Miami area. I live in Jacksonville but have traveled to Tampa frequently and I don't see a large Latino population. Orlando has a bigger Latino population and my nurse friends there have never had that issue. Sorry I couldn't be much help!

Tampa has a huge Latino population.

Most job postings I've seen for places like TGH (Tampa General Hospital), as well as other hospitals in the area, list being bilingual in English/Spanish as either a requirement or as being given strong preference. Home care in this area is similar, but I don't know that not being bilingual will prevent you from getting an interview and/or getting hired.

chicookie, BSN, RN · Jul 12, 2011

Tampa has a huge Latino population.
Most job postings I've seen for places like TGH (Tampa General Hospital), as well as other hospitals in the area, list being bilingual in English/Spanish as either a requirement or as being given strong preference. Home care in this area is similar, but I don't know that not being bilingual will prevent you from getting an interview and/or getting hired.

I don't think it's large to the point where being not being bilingual will be a deciding factor like it is in Miami but I don't live there just my :twocents: *shrugs*

Sorry I didn't make myself clear. its late. LOL

SpanishConsultants · Aug 1, 2011

I understand your concern. The Spanish speaking community has reached 50 million in the US according to the recent census. Health care providers and social workers now need to learn Spanish if they want to work in a hospital. It is what it is.

BeagleBabe · Aug 13, 2011

We need to learn Spanish because they moved to our country? What a joke.

myoglobin, ASN, BSN, MSN · Aug 13, 2011

I work at a hospital in the South Orlando area and approximately 30 to 50% of my patients are primarily Spanish speaking. However, less than ten percent of my co-workers speak Spanish. So while helpful speaking Spanish is definately not a requirement. It becomes more of an issue with elderly, semi-confused, Spanish speaking only clients. I would love to learn Spanish, but it may never happen. Heck, I took four years of French in highschool (and paid for a tutor on the side) and could barely speak a work to save my life.

ukjenn231 · Aug 17, 2011

I just got a contract through Tampa Baycare Mobile Pool... it doesn't have benefits but it does have good pay and they will provide housing for 13 - 32 week contracts. They have home health contracts as well. I don't speak Spanish and it was never mentioned. It may be worth checking into if you can go without insurance through work. I also have a recruiter that has positions open at the University of Tampa in different departments through a travel contract.

myoglobin, ASN, BSN, MSN · Aug 23, 2011

Again, I've now worked in two central Florida hospitals (with my current one serving at least 30% Spanish speaking primarily clients), however probably less than 5% of nurses are fluent in Spanish. Yes it's a helpful skill to have, but hardly a prerequisite. If anything RN jobs are more numberous and easier to find in Tampa than in Orlando. Just do an advanced job search on one of the meta search engines like www.indeed.com and restrict the posting date to day 15 days. You will find nearly double the number of RN jobs for the Tampa area as for Orlando (this is by the way a decent way to gauge the "RN hiring" activity of many cities in the country). Few if any speak of speaking Spanish as a requirement.

Shorts · Aug 30, 2011

I work in Tampa, and no, speaking Spanish is definitely not a prerequisite at any of the hospitals. Moffitt Cancer Center is a great place to work, you should apply there. Most hospitals have interpreter services available 24 hours for almost any languages. Of course there are a number of patients/family members who only speak Spanish, but there are an equal number of bilingual nurses or techs who can be assigned to those patients if necessary.

Gia.19, ADN · Jan 22, 2018

I don't understand why most Americans are so close minded. Yes honey, in order to have a decent job in 20 years you SHOULD and MOST learn Spanish. Is not that hard.

"They" (Spanish speakers) soon might be majority specially in Florida.

Here's the thing, for instance, I'm not illegal or anything like that, I am an American citizen, I am Puerto Rican and yes, I am bilingual, and a well prepared nurse and most of the PR NURSES are SO SO good, we dealt with everything, without whining, here you need minimum a BSN, here in PR the people tend to study a lot. So you are already in disadvantage. Go grab a dictionary and download DUOLINGO.

BTW I'm moving this year í ½í¸‰

Gia.19, ADN · Jan 22, 2018

We need to learn Spanish because they moved to our country? What a joke.

I don't understand why most Americans are so close minded. Yes honey, in order to have a decent job in 20 years you SHOULD and MOST learn Spanish. Is not that hard.

"They" (Spanish speakers) soon might be majority specially in Florida.

Here's the thing, for instance, I'm not illegal or anything like that, I am an American citizen, I am Puerto Rican and yes, I am bilingual, and a well prepared nurse and most of the PR NURSES are SO SO good, we dealt with everything, without whining, here you need minimum a BSN, here in PR the people tend to study a lot. So you are already in disadvantage. Go grab a dictionary and download DUOLINGO.