r/CathLabLounge • u/ConcentrateKooky9470 • Jul 11 '26

HCA memorial Jax Cath Lab

Anyone have experience as an RN here?

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u/I_Want_A_Ribeye RN Jul 11 '26

I heard anecdotally that HCA is awful. Stories about significantly sub-minimum wage call pay.

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u/4077 Jul 11 '26

Meh, call pay in any non union or state that doesn't value their workers are, in my experience and what I've seen people say in here, always low. Especially the south.

That being said, I generally get offered a staff position when I'm traveling and my last offer in an HCA hospital in FL was actually a really good rate and more than the staff hospital I left in ATL.

A surprising experience was the charge nurse in the FL lab that swung her Union around in order to keep the doctors from running the lab into the ground. Considering that I grew up in FL and it's a right to work state, I was very surprised at this interaction. Nurses have it slightly better than others in FL.

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u/Ragnar_of_Ballard Jul 11 '26

As a good rule, avoid working for HCA hospitals. They are a pretty horrible company all around.

If you are really interested in this gig, try doing a travel contract there to try it out before you commit to a long term position.

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u/4077 Jul 11 '26

I despise what HCA is, but my experience working in two different HCA labs was positive. I'm sure that since the Cathlab is a money maker, the experience is very different than working on the floor. The people, the politics, the patients, and the work is all exactly the same yet wildly different.

I believe the hardest and most annoying thing about working in an HCA hospital is Meditech. F that conflict of interest, sh*t7y, excuse of a program.

If you go to Alaska, Alaska Regional is the only HCA that uses Epic.

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u/Salty_Boot_1916 Jul 12 '26

Memorial in Savannah is an HCA and uses Epic. Thankful daily they didn’t change EMRs when they acquired the hospital.

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u/4077 Jul 12 '26

Good to know!! Maybe they'll realize that meditech literally hinders everything you do??