Registered Nurse, Surgery, $25000 Bonus, Full Time, 7pm-7am, RN-Highly Specialized

Miami, Florida

You'll work as a surgery RN on 12-hour overnight shifts, 7pm to 7am. Baptist Health South Florida is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted May 21 · 7 months of experience

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights40 hours a week
Unit and setting: Surgery · Clinic Registered Nurse, Surgery, $25000 Bonus, Full Time, 7pm-7am, RN-Highly Specialized
License: RN license Active Florida RN license requiredActive Florida RN license
Term: Permanent Full Time, 7pm-7amFull time

Do you qualify?

License: Active Florida RN license Active Florida RN license required Check your license
Certification: BLS BLS and ACLS required
Certification: ACLS
Education: Associate degree in nursing or bachelor's in nursing associate degree in nursing or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, BSN preferred
Experience: 7 months of RN experience in the operating room 7 months of RN experience in the Operating Room

Preferred

Certification: Certification in area of practice Certification in area of practice preferred
Education: BSN

What it pays

Sign-on bonus: $25,000
Tuition assistance: Offered
Bonus: $25,000 sign-on bonus, available with experience Sign-On Bonus: Available with Experience

Benefits

BenefitsTuition assistancemillions of dollars in tuition assistance, comprehensive benefits and more.
Comprehensive benefits

Posted pay in Florida

The role and schedule

Floating: Floats to other units
Hours stated: 7pm-7am

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Baptist Health South Florida

Hospital

You are looking at Baptist Health South Florida, a Miami-based nonprofit system with 12 hospitals, 200 outpatient centers, and more than 29,000 employees across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, and Palm Beach. If you are a new graduate, the RN Residency is…

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Preceptors and orientation

Clinical preceptorship with trained preceptors using Married State preceptor model; 500+ employees serve as preceptors, managers, educators, mentors

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As of 2026Source 1: baptisthealth.net Source 2: careers.baptisthealth.net

Scheduling

Employees report flexibility in scheduling and decent work-life balance; some note PTO required for holidays

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Sign-On Bonus: Available with Experience Baptist Health South Florida is once again one of the 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For! This is the 20th time Baptist Health has been recognized on the list. We have also been recognized for being among the best healthcare providers in the nation by U. S. News & World Reports in its 2020-2021 Best Hospitals and have been honored as one of PEOPLE's 2020 50 Companies that Care by PEOPLE magazine and Great Place to Work.

Baptist Health South Florida is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization with more than 23,000 employees working across 11 hospital campuses and more than 100 outpatient facilities throughout Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. In 2016 we welcomed the newest weapon in the fight against cancer, the world-class Miami Cancer Institute and proton therapy center. Everything we do at Baptist Health, we do to the best of our ability.

That includes supporting our team with extensive training programs, millions of dollars in tuition assistance, comprehensive benefits and more. Working within our award-winning culture means getting the respect and support you need to do your best work ever. Find out why this is the best place to be your best!

Description: The Direct Patient Care Registered Nurse- DPC RN is a licensed professional able to demonstrate the following proficiency and mastery of the core competencies: assessment, technical skills, communication, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, planning, intervention, evaluation, flexibility, organizational skills, professional accountability, leadership and service who delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner utilizing and promoting evidence based practice standards of quality, safety and service.

Qualifications

Active Florida RN license required 7 months of RN experience in the Operating Room associate degree in nursing or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, BSN preferred RNs hired prior to 2/2012 are not required to have a BSN to continue in their non-leadership role as an RN. RNs hired after 2/2012 with an Associate degree will have 3 years from their date of hire to complete the BSN degree BLS and ACLS required Certification in area of practice preferred EOE

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In Miami, FL

Miami, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 14% above the US average

Median rent: $1,758/mo
Household income: $62,462/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Miami, FL

NeighborhoodsCoconut Grove, Miami’s oldest neighborhood, is bohemian, green, and walkable under dense tree canopies, with waterfront parks, bike trails, art festivals, and boutique dining; median home $592,500, median rent $1,401, safer than 84% of Florida cities, 54.4% owner-occupied. Coral Way mixes historic charm and commerce ($404,100 median home, $1,616 rent, safer than 70% of Florida cities). Flagami ($287,165 home / $1,212 rent), Hialeah ($256,900 / $1,210), and West Little River ($169,100 / $1,174, the most affordable of the set) are budget suburban options. Coral Gables—“The City Beautiful”—is a planned Mediterranean community with homes around a $950,000 median (West Coral Gables, Coral Way, Ponce Davis). Young professionals working downtown often look near Dadeland or another metro station rather than paying Brickell prices; beach-oriented choices include South Beach, Surfside, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, and Key Biscayne.

Coconut Grove, Miami’s oldest neighborhood, is bohemian, green, and walkable under dense tree canopies, with waterfront parks, bike trails, art festivals, and boutique dining; median home $592,500, median rent $1,401, safer than 84% of Florida cities, 54.4% owner-occupied. Coral Way mixes historic charm and commerce ($404,100 median home, $1,616 rent, safer than 70% of Florida cities).

Flagami ($287,165 home / $1,212 rent), Hialeah ($256,900 / $1,210), and West Little River ($169,100 / $1,174, the most affordable of the set) are budget suburban options. Coral Gables—“The City Beautiful”—is a planned Mediterranean community with homes around a $950,000 median (West Coral Gables, Coral Way, Ponce Davis).

Young professionals working downtown often look near Dadeland or another metro station rather than paying Brickell prices; beach-oriented choices include South Beach, Surfside, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, and Key Biscayne.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: realpha.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: quora.com

Getting aroundPeople working downtown are told to live near Dadeland or another metro station so the ride stays easy if they skip living in the core. Closeness to downtown or Brickell is what you pay for; a lifelong resident’s rule of thumb is an hour to 90-minute drive before housing gets cheap. Traffic is widely called nightmarish, South Florida rush hour is treated as a given, and parking in downtown areas is a premium add-on. Auto insurance is described among the highest in the nation, and rideshares jump in tourist season; sources do not name specific hospital campuses or bus/rail line numbers.

People working downtown are told to live near Dadeland or another metro station so the ride stays easy if they skip living in the core. Closeness to downtown or Brickell is what you pay for; a lifelong resident’s rule of thumb is an hour to 90-minute drive before housing gets cheap.

Traffic is widely called nightmarish, South Florida rush hour is treated as a given, and parking in downtown areas is a premium add-on. Auto insurance is described among the highest in the nation, and rideshares jump in tourist season; sources do not name specific hospital campuses or bus/rail line numbers.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: quora.com Source 3: thehonestlocal.com Source 4: caddymoving.com

OutdoorsKayak, canoe, or stand-up paddle at Oleta River State Park, the Deering Estate, or Crandon Park. Boat through Biscayne National Park—95% underwater and part of the Florida Reef, the only living coral barrier reef in the United States. Hike or take guided tours in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve; stroll Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden among rare palms, aromatic fruits, and flowering trees. Coconut Grove adds waterfront parks, bike trails, The Barnacle Historic State Park, and Vizcaya Museum & Gardens; Zoo Miami lists over 500 species, and Maurice A. Ferré Park sits by the bay downtown. Snorkeling in a national park is treated as a same-day local outing.

Kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddle at Oleta River State Park, the Deering Estate, or Crandon Park. Boat through Biscayne National Park—95% underwater and part of the Florida Reef, the only living coral barrier reef in the United States.

Hike or take guided tours in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve; stroll Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden among rare palms, aromatic fruits, and flowering trees. Coconut Grove adds waterfront parks, bike trails, The Barnacle Historic State Park, and Vizcaya Museum & Gardens; Zoo Miami lists over 500 species, and Maurice A. Ferré Park sits by the bay downtown.

Snorkeling in a national park is treated as a same-day local outing.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: miamiandbeaches.com Source 2: caffeinatedexcursions.com Source 3: realpha.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: extraspace.com

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Miami sells year-round tropical living and no state income tax: paddle-board in January, Cuban coffee and Michelin food the same week, Wynwood Walls or PAMM after a shift. Latin culture, Biscayne and Everglades wilderness, and Art Deco South Beach are the draw. Housing is the tax. Coconut Grove (median home $592,500, rent about $1,401) is the safest, greenest landing, with Barnacle Historic State Park; Coral Gables’ Mediterranean streets and top-rated schools run nearer $950,000. Flagami, Hialeah, and West Little River ($169k–$287k homes, rents ~$1,170–$1,210) stretch a nurse salary. Downtown workers often live by Dadeland or another Metrorail stop rather than Brickell rents. Tradeoffs: nightmarish traffic, tourist-priced leisure, June–September storms and hurricanes, wet-blanket summer humidity, and high flood and auto insurance. Off days, kayak Oleta River or Crandon Park, boat Biscayne’s reef, or skip the beach for Vizcaya and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Safer overall than Orlando or L.A.; still pick the neighborhood carefully.

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As of 2026-08Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: realpha.com Source 3: thehonestlocal.com Source 4: miamiandbeaches.com Source 5: caddymoving.com Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: caffeinatedexcursions.com

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