Registered Nurse Progressive Care

Ready for a role that supports your unique calling in patient care and fits your life? At HCA Florida Largo Hospital, you’ll find clear pathways to advance backed by our unmatched nationwide transfer policy that lets you grow your career when the time is right for you. With mentorship opportunities, clinical education courses, professional certification support, and educational assistance, you will have all the resources you need to build the career of a lifetime.  

Job Summary and Qualifications

Position Summary

Are you seeking a nursing role that goes beyond the traditional Progressive Care Unit experience? Our specialized Progressive Care Transplant & Advanced Heart Failure Unit provides highly complex care for liver transplant, kidney transplant, and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) patients throughout their recovery and long-term management journey.

As a Registered Nurse on this unique unit, you will care for a diverse population of medically complex patients requiring advanced clinical expertise, critical thinking, and multidisciplinary collaboration. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside transplant surgeons, transplant coordinators, advanced practice providers, cardiologists, and critical care teams to deliver exceptional, life-changing care.

Our nurses develop specialized knowledge in transplant medicine, immunosuppressive therapies, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical circulatory support, and complex patient education while caring for patients recovering from some of the most sophisticated procedures in modern medicine.

What Makes This Unit Unique:

• Specialized care for liver and kidney transplant recipients.
• Dedicated LVAD patient population with advanced mechanical circulatory support needs.
• Exposure to complex post-surgical and chronic disease management.
• Extensive collaboration with nationally recognized transplant and heart failure teams.
• High-acuity patient population requiring advanced clinical judgment and critical thinking skills.
• Opportunities for advanced education, specialty certification, and professional development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive nursing care for liver transplant, kidney transplant, and LVAD patients in a progressive care setting.
• Monitor and assess patients for signs of transplant rejection, infection, hemodynamic instability, and post-operative complications.
• Manage complex medication regimens, including immunosuppressive therapies, anticoagulation, and vasoactive medications as appropriate.
• Perform advanced assessments and intervene promptly when changes in patient condition occur.
• Care for patients requiring specialized monitoring and management of LVAD devices.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including transplant physicians, surgeons, pharmacists, dietitians, physical therapists, and case managers.
• Educate patients and families regarding transplant recovery, medication compliance, LVAD management, lifestyle modifications, and discharge planning.
• Support patients through the physical and emotional challenges associated with organ transplantation and advanced heart failure.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation utilizing the electronic medical record.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice activities.

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse (Associate Degree)

Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate is a compassionate, clinically curious nurse who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about caring for patients with highly specialized medical needs. Successful nurses on this unit embrace continuous learning, value interdisciplinary collaboration, and find fulfillment in helping patients navigate life-saving organ transplantation and advanced heart failure therapies.

Why Join Out Team?

Join a unit where innovation, expertise, and compassionate care come together to transform lives. Every day presents opportunities to care for patients who have received life-saving organ transplants or advanced cardiac support therapies, making a lasting impact on their recovery and future quality of life. This is a career opportunity for nurses seeking a challenging, rewarding specialty that offers the complexity of critical care with the continuity and relationship-building of progressive care nursing.

Benefits

HCA Florida Largo Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Largo Hospital is the premier healthcare provider in Pinellas County and beyond with 455 beds and is part of HCA Florida Healthcare, the largest healthcare network in Florida. Our hospital offers a wide range of specialty services, including advanced cardiac care, complex GI services, kidney and liver transplantation, weight loss surgery, advanced stroke care, and robotic surgeries. Our Graduate Medical Education program is affiliated with USF Morsani College of Medicine, ensuring that our patients receive the highest quality care from the most skilled and knowledgeable medical professionals. Pick HCA Florida Largo Hospital for all your healthcare needs.

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"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Progressive Care opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.

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