NovaPro Staffing - Facility Spotlight - Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Another way to enjoy the warm Florida sunshine for travel nurses is to get acquainted with the Sarasota Memorial Hospital. This 828-bed regional medical center is also the second-largest acute care public hospital in Florida. With about 3,000 staff members and more than 1,000 volunteers, it is Sarasota County's third-largest employer.

A community hospital, Sarasota Memorial is governed by the nine-member elected Sarasota County Public Hospital Board. It is a full-service facility, with specialized expertise in heart, cancer and neuroscience services and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, outpatient services, home health and long-term care among its many programs. It is the only provider of obstetrical and inpatient pediatric services in Sarasota County, as well as being affiliated with All Children's Hospital.

The hospital, founded in 1925, is among the top providers in the United States in the number of open-heart surgeries performed annually. One of the first non-academic hospitals in the nation to develop a clinical research service, the hospital is conducting clinical research studies in Lung Disease, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Vascular Surgery, Geriatric Medicine and many other specialty areas.