The posting
Overview
🎓 Your Nursing Career Starts Here!
🗓️ Application Deadline: October 27, 2026, at 11:00 PM
December 2026 Nursing Graduates — Your Future Starts at UF Health! 🧡💙
Are you ready to turn your passion for nursing into a rewarding career? UF Health is looking for compassionate, motivated, and dedicated new graduate Registered Nurses who are excited to make a difference!
Join a team where your passion meets purpose, your skills continue to grow, and your career opportunities are just beginning.
At UF Health, you'll have the opportunity to:
- 🩺 Build Your Confidence – Transition from the classroom to clinical practice with guidance from experienced nursing professionals.
- 🌟 Grow Your Skills – Gain valuable hands-on experience while delivering exceptional, evidence-based patient care.
- 🤝 Find Your Team – Work alongside supportive healthcare professionals in a collaborative, patient-centered environment.
- 🚀 Launch Your Career – Explore exciting opportunities to learn, grow, and build your future in nursing.
⏰ Don't Miss Your Opportunity!
All applications must be received by Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 11:00 PM.
Your degree is just the beginning. Your future starts here! 🧡💙
Responsibilities
🩺 What You'll Do: Make a Difference Every Day!
As a New Graduate Registered Nurse at UF Health, you'll play an important role in delivering exceptional patient care while building the skills, confidence, and experience needed for a successful nursing career.
- ❤️ Deliver Compassionate Care – Provide safe, high-quality, patient-centered nursing care that makes a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and families.
- 🩺 Put Your Clinical Skills into Action – Assess patient conditions, recognize changes, and communicate important findings to the healthcare team.
- 📋 Create Personalized Care Plans – Collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to develop, implement, and evaluate individualized plans of care.
- 💊 Provide Safe Treatments – Administer medications and treatments in accordance with provider orders, established policies, and safety standards.
- 💻 Document with Accuracy – Maintain clear, timely, and accurate electronic health records to support quality patient care.
- 💬 Educate and Empower – Help patients and families understand their care, medications, treatments, and discharge instructions.
- 🌟 Learn, Grow, and Thrive – Participate in orientation, clinical education, competency development, and ongoing professional growth opportunities.
- 🤝 Be Part of Something Bigger – Demonstrate professionalism, accountability, and teamwork while supporting patient safety and continuous improvement.
At UF Health, you're not just starting a job — you're building a career, making connections, and changing lives! 🧡💙
Qualifications
🎓 What You'll Need to Join Our Team!
Ready to take the next step toward your nursing career? Here's what we're looking for:
- 🎓 Education – Graduate of an accredited nursing program with an anticipated graduation date of December 2026.
- 🩺 RN Licensure – Active Florida Registered Nurse (RN) license or eligibility to obtain Florida RN licensure upon graduation.
- ❤️ BLS Certification – Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association.
- 🌟 Specialty Certifications – Additional certifications, such as ACLS, PALS, or other specialty-specific credentials, may be required depending on the department.
Your education has prepared you for this moment. Let UF Health help you take the next step! 🧡💙
We are hiring new grads in the following locations and areas:
Central - Leesburg - Clinical Decision Unit
Central - Leesburg - ICU Stepdown
Central - Leesburg - Cardiovascular Unit
Central - Leesburg - Surgical
Central - Leesburg - Observation
Central - Leesburg - Medical Unit
Central - The Villages/Spanish Plaines Hospital – Observation Unit
Central - The Villages/Spanish Plaines Hospital - ED
Gainesville - 82 Medical ICU
Gainesville - 2425 Burn ICU
Gainesville - 87 Thoracic Vascular Lung and Transplant ICU
Gainesville - 4 East Surgical ICU
Gainesville - 4 West Trauma ICU
Gainesville - 64 General Med Surg
Gainesville - 52 General Med Surg North Tower (ENT, Plastic Surgery, GYN, Oral Maxillary and Medicine)
Gainesville - General Med Surg 75 North Tower
Gainesville - 65 Family General Med Surg
Gainesville - 45 Pediatric Med Surg
Gainesville - 6 West Orthopedic Med Surg
Gainesville - 74 General Med Surg North Tower
Gainesville - 56 Neuro Med Surg
Gainesville - 77 Cardiac ICU
Gainesville - North Tower Operating Room
Gainesville - 76 Cardiac Intermediate Care/ICU
Gainesville - 8 East Oncology
Gainesville - Mother/Baby
Gainesville - 7W Blood & Marrow Transplant Unit
Gainesville - Pediatric Cardiac ICU
Gainesville - Dialysis - Chronic & Acute
Gainesville - Heart and Vascular Tower - OR
Gainesville - Adult ED
Gainesville - Unit 62 Med Surg Psych
Gainesville - Unit 11-5 Adult Med Surg
Jacksonville - Downtown Main ED
Jacksonville - North ED
Jacksonville - North Operating Room
Jacksonville - Pediatric ICU
Jacksonville - Coronary Care Unit
Jacksonville - 7N Medical ICU Stepdown (IMCU)
Jacksonville - North Tower B Medical ICU Stepdown (IMCU)
Jacksonville - North Tower B Med Surg
Jacksonville - 4 South Orthopedics
St. Johns - ICU
St. Johns - Cardiovascular Unit
St. Johns - Women's Health
St. Johns - General Med-Surg 5th FL
St. Johns - General Med-Surg 8th FL
St. Johns - General Med-Surg 7th FL / 3 East



