1,000+ Nursing & Healthcare Jobs in Miami, FL

Observed local wage data says Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations averaged $51.33/hour in the Miami metro, while registered nurses had a local median of $91,380/year. Directional posting data is broader and noisier: current posted ranges center on about $73k to $90k or about $42 to $50 / hour, while Florida's mean offered salary on new practitioner openings was about $93,808 in August 2026 (n=9,260).

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Advertised pay

Across the 302 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $55,000 at the 25th percentile, $86,500 at the median and $124,800 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 11, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Miami is a solid but selective market for licensed healthcare practitioners. Local unemployment was 3.7% in July 2026, while Education and Health Services reached 476.4 thousand jobs and grew 2.6282% year over year, outpacing total metro nonfarm growth of 0.4804%. The local posting sample also shows more than 2,300 practitioner openings across more than 350 companies over the last 90 days, so demand is broad rather than isolated to one employer. But statewide Florida signals show practitioner employment up 1.5% year over year while active postings are down 6.0%, which usually means employers still need staff but are filling roles more carefully.

Best positioned: You have the best odds if you already hold the needed license, can work on-site, and can point to inpatient, perioperative, rehab, or specialty-care experience plus current BLS/ACLS/CPR.

Main caution: Do not confuse high healthcare pay with an easy market: Miami's cost of living is about 14.2% above the U.S. average, and much of the visible premium sits in specialized sub-roles rather than broad-access openings.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,091 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. University of Miami: 200 open roles
2. Baptist Health: 71 open roles
3. HCA Florida Healthcare: 62 open roles
4. jacksonhealth.org: 56 open roles
5. Baptist Health International: 54 open roles
6. Broward Health: 35 open roles
7. Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.: 34 open roles
8. Baylor Scott & White Health: 26 open roles
9. Society of Critical Care Medicine: 22 open roles
10. Trinity Health: 19 open roles

Where the openings are

• Miami: 334
• Fort Lauderdale: 130
• Coral Gables: 119
• Hollywood: 73
• Miami Beach: 37
• Plantation: 34
• University Park: 32
• Coral Springs: 29

Work arrangement

on-site 1,022 (98%), remote 18 (2%), hybrid 7 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in hospital and health-system environments. In the local posting sample, the most-active industries are healthcare (about 70%), hospitals and health care (about 10%), health care services & hospitals (about 5%), healthcare services (about 5%), and colleges & universities (about 5%). That aligns with metro employment data: Education and Health Services reached 476.4 thousand jobs in July 2026 and grew 2.6282% year over year, faster than total metro nonfarm growth of 0.4804%. Inside that broad pool, the clearest pressure points are bedside nursing, operating room coverage, rehabilitation, and specialty programs. Late-August listings showed multiple 13-week, 40-hour OR RN travel contracts tied to HCA Florida Mercy, an ASAP-start OR RN contract in Miami, and a separate OR assignment starting September 21, 2026. Baptist Health South Florida also posted a med-surg telemetry RN role with a $15,000 sign-on bonus, signaling that inpatient staffing still needs active recruiting. There is also a specialty-care layer worth targeting. Baptist and Lifepoint opened a 62-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in South Miami in July 2026, and Baptist Health South Florida partnered with The START Center for Cancer Research on a new early-phase clinical trial site. Those expansions favor candidates who can tell a precise story in rehab, oncology, infusion, perioperative care, or research-adjacent clinical workflows.

• Hospital inpatient and perioperative care (high): The strongest urgency shows up in bedside and OR-related nursing, with repeated travel OR contracts and inpatient bonus signals in the local market.
• Academic medicine and university-affiliated care (moderate): University of Miami is the most visibly active named employer in the sample with more than 350 postings, and colleges & universities account for about 5% of category postings.
• Rehab, oncology, and specialty programs (high): Recent expansion includes a 62-bed inpatient rehab hospital and a new South Florida early-phase cancer trial site, supporting specialty clinical hiring beyond core med-surg.

Where to focus: If you already have a license, focus first on hospital-based roles in inpatient, perioperative, rehab, or oncology service lines, then add academic medical employers as a second lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Medical assistant: Outpatient employers keep asking for patient care, patient education, and clinical documentation, so this can be a practical clinic-side entry point while you build toward a licensed practitioner role.
• Care coordinator / patient navigator: This fits people whose strengths are patient education, treatment planning, and discharge planning rather than hands-on procedural work.
• Clinical research coordinator: Baptist Health South Florida and The START Center are expanding early-phase cancer trial activity locally, which creates adjacent roles in trial operations, screening, and patient follow-up.
• Home health aide or nursing assistant: South Florida has reported caregiver shortages after TPS-related staffing losses, so support-side hiring may open faster than practitioner roles with heavier license barriers.

What postings ask for

• BLS / Basic Life Support (table_stakes | immediate): BLS is one of the most commonly requested credentials in local practitioner postings, which makes it a screening requirement before employers even compare experience. Who: Nearly all bedside clinicians and anyone targeting hospital or clinic roles.
• ACLS (differentiator | immediate): ACLS appears frequently in local postings and matters especially for inpatient, telemetry, and perioperative work where current hiring signals are strongest. Who: RNs, APPs, and other clinicians targeting higher-acuity settings.
• Patient assessment (table_stakes | immediate): Patient assessment is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample at about 30%, so it belongs near the top of your resume and interview examples. Who: All direct-care practitioners, especially newer applicants who need to prove readiness fast.
• Clinical documentation (differentiator | near-term): Clinical documentation appears in about 15% of local postings, and employers are increasingly working with ambient documentation and AI-assisted workflows, so being accurate and tech-comfortable matters. Who: Anyone moving between employers, EHR environments, or care settings.
• Medication administration (table_stakes | immediate): Medication administration is repeatedly named in local postings, making it a core proof-of-competence skill rather than a nice-to-have. Who: Nurses and medication-handling clinical staff.
• Treatment planning and discharge planning (differentiator | near-term): These skills show up in local postings and line up well with rehab, inpatient, and care-transition work now gaining local capacity. Who: Mid-career clinicians, rehab candidates, and anyone targeting step-down or transition-of-care roles.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Observed local wage data says Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations averaged $51.33/hour in the Miami metro, while registered nurses had a local median of $91,380/year. Directional posting data is broader and noisier: current posted ranges center on about $73k to $90k or about $42 to $50 / hour, while Florida's mean offered salary on new practitioner openings was about $93,808 in August 2026 (n=9,260). Those pay levels are above the metro's all-occupations median of $48,640, but Miami's cost of living is about 14.2% above the U.S. average, so solid nominal pay does not automatically mean easy financial upside.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in hospital and health-system environments. In the local posting sample, the most-active industries are healthcare (about 70%), hospitals and health care (about 10%), health care services & hospitals (about 5%), healthcare services (about 5%), and colleges & universities (about 5%). That aligns with metro employment data: Education and Health Services reached 476.4 thousand jobs in July 2026 and grew 2.6282% year over year, faster than total metro nonfarm growth of 0.4804%. Inside that broad pool, the clearest pressure points are bedside nursing, operating room coverage, rehabilitation, and specialty programs. Late-August listings showed multiple 13-week, 40-hour OR RN travel contracts tied to HCA Florida Mercy, an ASAP-start OR RN contract in Miami, and a separate OR assignment starting September 21, 2026. Baptist Health South Florida also posted a med-surg telemetry RN role with a $15,000 sign-on bonus, signaling that inpatient staffing still needs active recruiting. There is also a specialty-care layer worth targeting. Baptist and Lifepoint opened a 62-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in South Miami in July 2026, and Baptist Health South Florida partnered with The START Center for Cancer Research on a new early-phase clinical trial site. Those expansions favor candidates who can tell a precise story in rehab, oncology, infusion, perioperative care, or research-adjacent clinical workflows.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from University of Miami (350 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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