Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center
580 W 8Th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 56 certified beds
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Jacksonville, Florida. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 6.23 hours per resident per day, above the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Feb 12, 2026 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Shands Jacksonville Medical Center compares
This facility vs. the Florida and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Florida avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 6.23 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.22 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.66 | 2.34 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 15.7% | 42.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- No health deficiencies cited at the last 3 standard inspections (May 2022 to February 2026)
About this facility
- Address
- 580 W 8Th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209 - CMS certification #
- 105961
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 56
- Avg residents/day
- 55.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1997-07-24
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Shands Jacksonville Medical Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Programs Medicare-certified home health agency at this address
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone C; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
Medicare agencies at this address
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency UF HEALTH HOME CARE - JACKSONVILLE (Medicare CCN 107125) lists this same street address. Ownership type: NON-PROFIT. Medicare certified since 01/28/1976. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
A shared street address is a fact about location. CMS does not say whether the agency is run by the community.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Shands Jacksonville, Jacksonville. 0.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- North Bank Center for Rehabilitation and Healing, Jacksonville. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Uf Health Home Care - Jacksonville, Jacksonville. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Owens Pharmacy. 2.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 32209 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci Jacksonville Mid-Town, Jacksonville, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Ara - West Jacksonville LLC, Jacksonville, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Clinic Inc, Jacksonville, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 32209.
Hospice Of Florida, office in Jacksonville, 1.9 miles away, straight line
Heartland Hospice (Jacksonville), office in Jacksonville, 9.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Community Hospice Of Northeast Florida Inc, office in Jacksonville, 10.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Baptist Agewell Physicians Inc, Jacksonville. 2.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone C (Duval C) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Florida AHCA generator status | Oct 15, 2026 | Not matched |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | See above |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Shands Jacksonville Medical Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Shands Jacksonville Medical Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Shands Jacksonville Medical Center staffed?
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center reports 6.23 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Shands Jacksonville Medical Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Shands Jacksonville Medical Center have?
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center is certified for 56 beds.