Janet Moreland

Janet Moreland has more than 35 years of experience in hospital, home health, skilled nursing, community and public health primary care environments and has served as clinical faculty. As Associate Vice President, Mrs. Moreland oversees the daily operations of the 70-bed, acute-care teaching hospital in Belle Glade.

Mrs. Moreland was named Associate Vice President in September 2020 following a promotion to Hospital Administrator in June 2019. She was previously Lakeside Medical Center’s Director of Nursing where she oversaw the leadership and direction of nursing, case management, nurse navigation, and clinical education at the hospital.

Prior to that, she served as the hospital’s Director of Quality and Patient Safety. In that role, Mrs. Moreland led successful initiatives to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of the medical services Lakeside Medical Center provides to its patients. Thanks in large part to her leadership, Lakeside Medical Center was named an “A” rated, top hospital in the nation for patient safety, as recognized by Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade for the fall of 2018. The hospital also received the 2018 Florida Hospital Association (FHA) Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) Award for excellence in patient safety.

Before joining Lakeside Medical Center in August 2013, Mrs. Moreland served with the Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County for more than 25 years. She was the Health Center Administrator for the C. L. Brumback Health Center in Belle Glade where she oversaw daily operations. Other positions she held during her tenure with the Health Department include senior community health nurse, community health nursing supervisor, senior community health nursing supervisor and ARNP coordinator.

Mrs. Moreland received her Master of Science in Nursing Education and Master of Science in Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and is licensed as a Health Care Risk Manager.

Mrs. Moreland made her home in the Glades area when she was one year old. She enjoys mentoring young adults in the community where she was raised to help them succeed in their future careers.