Registered Nurse Jobs at Lakeland Regional Health with Visa Sponsorship
Lakeland Regional Health hires Registered Nurses across a range of clinical settings and has a track record of sponsoring international nursing talent through the H-1B visa. If you're an internationally trained nurse targeting a Florida-based health system, this page covers what to expect from the sponsorship process and how to position yourself effectively.
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Position Details
Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only Provisional Level 1 Trauma center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population. Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.
Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off
Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period: 72.00
Shift: 12 Hour Night Shift 1900-0730
Location: 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL
Pay Rate: Min $38.06 Mid $45.79
Position Summary
The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) will promote relationship-centered care that appreciates vulnerability of patients, anticipates needs, and incorporates the patient as a full partner in care. The RN will deliver high quality care based on therapeutic caring relationships that are individualized to the patients and their families' needs and values. The RN will practice competently and uphold the standards of nursing practice to promote positive patient outcomes. The RN will assure proactive, protective, and safe practice resulting in the elimination of all preventable harm. The RN will adhere to organizational policies and procedures; regulatory accrediting body requirements and professional practice standards. The Clinical RN practices the scope and standards of nursing care including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Clinical RN demonstrates scope and standards of professional performance including quality of professional practice, evaluation of practice, lifelong learning, collegiality, ethics, collaboration, clinical inquiry, resource utilization, and leadership.
Position Responsibilities
People At The Heart Of All We Do
- Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
- Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
- Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.
Safety And Performance Improvement
- Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
- Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
- Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.
Stewardship
- Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
- Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.
Standard Work Duties: Registered Nurse
- Uses the standards of nursing practice and mutually problem solves with the patient, family, other healthcare providers, and the community, as appropriate, to develop a well-coordinated and collaborated plan of care to address the patient's needs.
- Demonstrates a competent level of behavior in the professional registered nurse role, through engagement in caring relationships, modeling of caring factors and the promotion of optimal outcomes.
- Assure zero preventable harm by demonstrating keen attention to all patient safety and quality practices including but not limited to hand hygiene, intentional hourly rounding, pro-active toileting, clutter-free, healing environment.
- Establish self-caring practices through demonstrating personal safety practices and engaging in continuous learning to advance one's professional practice.
- Exhibits commitment to the vision, core purpose/mission and goals of LRH, modeling the Quality-Caring Model concepts by initiating, cultivating, and sustaining caring relationships with patients and families, other nurses and other members of the healthcare team.
- Demonstrate ethical practice by maintaining patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters in a nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory manner that appreciates the unique meanings of patients, families, and the community.
- Fosters a spirit of clinical inquiry through integration of the Quality-Caring Model with specific evidenced based nursing interventions, to positively influence health outcomes. Uses the best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions and continually question and evaluate practice. Participate in activities to support clinical inquiry as appropriate to the nurse's skills, knowledge and experience.
- Appropriately utilizes resources by maintaining an open, flexible approach and considering factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact in planning and delivering nursing services.
- Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of students, peers, and other healthcare providers as colleagues. Use caring relationship to enhance the healthy work environment by working with others in a way that promotes mutual respect and meaningful recognition of each person's contribution.
- Demonstrates leadership qualities that influence and guide fellow team members to maximize the potential of the team as a whole and promote a culture of peer to peer accountability. Contribute to the professional practice environment through participation on committees, councils, administrative teams and in professional organizations as appropriate to the nurse's skills, knowledge, and experience.
Competencies & Skills
Essential:
- Demonstrate nursing practice of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Demonstrate relationship-centered care to deliver a well communicated and collaborative plan of care utilizes the core concepts of the Quality-Caring Model. Clinical Registered Nurse Department/Division Specific Competency Addendum attached here.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
- Associate Degree
Nonessential:
Bachelor Degree
Essential:
- Nursing: If hired after 2016, must obtain Bachelor degree in Nursing within 3 years of employment date.
Nonessential:
Nursing
Essential:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Registered Nurse
Other information:
Licenses Essential: Current license as Registered Nurse in Florida.
Certifications Essential: BLS
Certifications Preferred: Certification in Specialty of Nursing

Position Details
Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only Provisional Level 1 Trauma center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population. Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.
Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off
Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period: 72.00
Shift: 12 Hour Night Shift 1900-0730
Location: 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL
Pay Rate: Min $38.06 Mid $45.79
Position Summary
The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) will promote relationship-centered care that appreciates vulnerability of patients, anticipates needs, and incorporates the patient as a full partner in care. The RN will deliver high quality care based on therapeutic caring relationships that are individualized to the patients and their families' needs and values. The RN will practice competently and uphold the standards of nursing practice to promote positive patient outcomes. The RN will assure proactive, protective, and safe practice resulting in the elimination of all preventable harm. The RN will adhere to organizational policies and procedures; regulatory accrediting body requirements and professional practice standards. The Clinical RN practices the scope and standards of nursing care including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Clinical RN demonstrates scope and standards of professional performance including quality of professional practice, evaluation of practice, lifelong learning, collegiality, ethics, collaboration, clinical inquiry, resource utilization, and leadership.
Position Responsibilities
People At The Heart Of All We Do
- Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
- Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
- Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.
Safety And Performance Improvement
- Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
- Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
- Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.
Stewardship
- Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
- Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.
Standard Work Duties: Registered Nurse
- Uses the standards of nursing practice and mutually problem solves with the patient, family, other healthcare providers, and the community, as appropriate, to develop a well-coordinated and collaborated plan of care to address the patient's needs.
- Demonstrates a competent level of behavior in the professional registered nurse role, through engagement in caring relationships, modeling of caring factors and the promotion of optimal outcomes.
- Assure zero preventable harm by demonstrating keen attention to all patient safety and quality practices including but not limited to hand hygiene, intentional hourly rounding, pro-active toileting, clutter-free, healing environment.
- Establish self-caring practices through demonstrating personal safety practices and engaging in continuous learning to advance one's professional practice.
- Exhibits commitment to the vision, core purpose/mission and goals of LRH, modeling the Quality-Caring Model concepts by initiating, cultivating, and sustaining caring relationships with patients and families, other nurses and other members of the healthcare team.
- Demonstrate ethical practice by maintaining patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters in a nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory manner that appreciates the unique meanings of patients, families, and the community.
- Fosters a spirit of clinical inquiry through integration of the Quality-Caring Model with specific evidenced based nursing interventions, to positively influence health outcomes. Uses the best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions and continually question and evaluate practice. Participate in activities to support clinical inquiry as appropriate to the nurse's skills, knowledge and experience.
- Appropriately utilizes resources by maintaining an open, flexible approach and considering factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact in planning and delivering nursing services.
- Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of students, peers, and other healthcare providers as colleagues. Use caring relationship to enhance the healthy work environment by working with others in a way that promotes mutual respect and meaningful recognition of each person's contribution.
- Demonstrates leadership qualities that influence and guide fellow team members to maximize the potential of the team as a whole and promote a culture of peer to peer accountability. Contribute to the professional practice environment through participation on committees, councils, administrative teams and in professional organizations as appropriate to the nurse's skills, knowledge, and experience.
Competencies & Skills
Essential:
- Demonstrate nursing practice of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Demonstrate relationship-centered care to deliver a well communicated and collaborative plan of care utilizes the core concepts of the Quality-Caring Model. Clinical Registered Nurse Department/Division Specific Competency Addendum attached here.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
- Associate Degree
Nonessential:
Bachelor Degree
Essential:
- Nursing: If hired after 2016, must obtain Bachelor degree in Nursing within 3 years of employment date.
Nonessential:
Nursing
Essential:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Registered Nurse
Other information:
Licenses Essential: Current license as Registered Nurse in Florida.
Certifications Essential: BLS
Certifications Preferred: Certification in Specialty of Nursing
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Verify your credentials before applying
Florida requires RN licensure through the Florida Board of Nursing, and international graduates must complete a credentials evaluation through CGFNS or an equivalent body. Start this process early since evaluation timelines can run several months.
Target units with persistent staffing gaps
Lakeland Regional Health consistently posts openings across acute care, ICU, and emergency settings. Applying to high-turnover or hard-to-fill units increases the likelihood the employer will move forward with H-1B sponsorship rather than holding out for a local candidate.
Understand how H-1B cap timing affects your start date
H-1B petitions are subject to an annual cap with an October 1 start date. If you receive an offer outside the filing window, your employer will need to time the petition accordingly, which can delay your actual start by several months.
Ask HR directly about their sponsorship workflow
Not every recruiter at a large health system knows the H-1B process in detail. Ask specifically whether the organization works with outside immigration counsel, who initiates the Labor Condition Application with DOL, and what documentation they need from you upfront.
Browse open roles using Migrate Mate
Filtering by visa sponsorship history saves time when targeting a specific employer. Use Migrate Mate to identify current Registered Nurse openings at Lakeland Regional Health and cross-reference them against the hospital's active hiring patterns before you apply.
Get your NCLEX and English proficiency documents organized early
Lakeland Regional Health expects NCLEX passage and, for internationally educated nurses, proof of English proficiency such as IELTS or TOEFL. Having these ready before an offer is made prevents delays once the employer is ready to initiate sponsorship paperwork.
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Does Lakeland Regional Health sponsor H-1B visas for Registered Nurses?
Yes, Lakeland Regional Health has sponsored H-1B visas for Registered Nurses. Sponsorship is not guaranteed for every open role, and the decision typically depends on the specific unit's staffing needs and whether a qualified local candidate is available. Engaging directly with their HR team during the interview process is the most reliable way to confirm sponsorship availability for a given position.
Which visa types are commonly used for Registered Nurse roles at Lakeland Regional Health?
The H-1B is the primary visa category used for Registered Nurses at employers like Lakeland Regional Health, as the RN role qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring at least a bachelor's degree in nursing. Some internationally trained nurses also pursue the employment-based Green Card pathway, often EB-3, after securing initial H-1B status. The EB-3 route typically involves PERM labor certification filed through the DOL before the immigrant petition can proceed.
What qualifications and experience does Lakeland Regional Health expect for Registered Nurse roles?
Lakeland Regional Health generally expects candidates to hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or an Associate Degree in Nursing at minimum, along with active Florida RN licensure or eligibility for endorsement. Clinical experience in acute care, critical care, or specialty units is frequently listed as a requirement. Internationally educated nurses should also have a CGFNS credentials evaluation and passing NCLEX scores before applying.
How do I apply for Registered Nurse jobs at Lakeland Regional Health?
You can find and apply for Registered Nurse openings at Lakeland Regional Health directly through their careers portal or by browsing visa-sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate, which lets you filter roles by sponsorship history. When applying, tailor your resume to the specific unit and patient population listed in the job description, and address your visa status clearly in your application or cover letter so recruiters can route your file appropriately.
How do I plan my timeline if I need H-1B sponsorship at Lakeland Regional Health?
H-1B petitions are filed with USCIS once per year during a registration window that typically opens in March, with an employment start date of October 1 at the earliest. If you receive an offer after the filing deadline has passed, your start date will be pushed to the following fiscal year. Factor in several months for the Labor Condition Application with DOL, USCIS processing, and any required credentialing steps when building your timeline.
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